Maleficent - Pahatar

...Jolie has never gotten the credit she deserves as both an old-fashioned glamorous movie star and a skilled, thoughtful actress; this part fuses both sides of her talent.

Jolie is a movie star giving a majestic movie-star turn.

I'd forgotten what a fierce screen presence Jolie is: she is becoming the Sophia Loren of our age.

... Impressive visuals and a very watchable cast make this a fun popcorn fantasy flick that's at its best when it leans into its genre roots and aims to create a truly fantastical fairytale world.

Det er virkelig svært ikke at holde med og af Maleficent, og hendes popularitet bør boome gevaldigt som flere og flere unge piger vil se filmen, der, lige som Disneys foregående succes Frost, prædiker søster-solidaritet frem for romantisk kærlighed.

...[rummer] scener indhyllet i herligt naiv eventyrmagi og en overraskende kærlighedshistorie, der er langt mere gribende, end man havde turdet forvente.