Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Stars	User	Rating
9	Ytadel	7 _83rd
(2014-15 Disneython #10:) I love how gratuitously evil Maleficent is just for the sake of evil. Scar, Jafar, and Ursula all wanted to rule their respective kingdoms, Gaston wanted to get laid, Cruella de Vil wanted a fur coat, hell, even Snow White's Queen wanted to be the fairest in the land. But Maleficent's entire motivation is "HEY FUCK YOU I'M EVIL" curses your daughter spits in your soup kicks your dog gets your phone wet leaves the front door ajar
9	BeeDub	88 _75th
I always found Maleficent more attractive than Aurora. Send help.
3	Nathan S	3 _45th
The plot is thin and the songs don't do anything for me, but holy crap... the animation. This is among the most gorgeous animated films ever made, eschewing Disney's typically rounded style for something more angular, gothic, and expressionist.
3	pompousass	60 _85th
A splendid villainess named Maleficent, with yellow eyes and black horns, and a splendid final fifteen minutes when the Three Good Fairies attempt to rescue Prince Phillip from Maleficent's stronghold on Forbidden Mountain. A tiny bit draggy to that point.
3	CMonster	40 _18th
Another example of shallow soulless romance put in such a cute little animated package that people grow up with it and it turns them into cunts.
3	TimeCapsule	79 _82nd
The third Disney Princess to join the bunch is kind of a strange melding of the first two. A similar "true love's kiss" story that feels like "Snow White" with a prince more like the one from "Cinderella" the movie feels like a refurbished tale. Although the amount of talking animal friends and songs were diminished, Disney makes up for it with more fairies. Despite Maleficent being a fantastic villain and the action climax being great the film feels constructed instead of classic Disney magic.
2	Actionberg	70 _49th
It's fairly uninspired in the way of everything except the animation, especially the settings and backgrounds. Lush forests and gloomy castles make it worth at least one watch.
2	Filligan	75 _33rd
It's pretty much like the people on the special features of the DVD (blatant plug) say: Sleeping Beauty is more like a symphony or painting than a film. You don't have to be emotionally invested to enjoy what you're seeing and hearing. It's probably Walt Disney's last testament to truly breathtaking animation.
2	Mentaculus	86 _84th
In this film Disney taught 19- and 16-year-olds to be adults, grow up and fight for love and what one believes in. Now they market High School Musical and Michael Bay films to the same age group. The animation is a revelation, and the themes do not try to pander to or insult its audience (Meet the Robinsons, I'm looking at you...)
2	KasperL	75 _77th
Adorable.
2	EgbertSouse	70 _33rd
Boring, but the animation is excellent. Way more style over substance. The climax with the prince and Maleficent is one of the best, though.
2	Bagger	70 _48th
This movie features Maleficent, perhaps the coolest and most enjoyable of Disney Vilains. However it also features enough sidekicks, side characters and musical animals to fill two other movies. Subsequently, our main characters are as snubbed in characterization as the evil fairy was at the party, and pretty much every scene with them becomes a bore. The visuals on this movie, however, is perhaps my favorite amond the Disney features. The movie looks like perfect fairytale. Worth two viewings.
2	saudade	55 _71st
The perfect revenge story. The next time I'm not invited to a party, I'll see to it that their baby falls into an easily reversible slumber from touching sewing equipment in sixteen years.
2	joel-w-m	6 _44th
It's got its bad archaic bits (a 16-year old getting non-consensually kissed by and married to a guy who looks like he's 30, for one) and some sleepy ones too (the entire sequence in the forest) but the fairies' surprisingly strong role in the action climax as well as their comedic chemistry (shout out to the drunk bard too) help counter them. The excellent villain and underlying thread of dramatic irony in the dual identities of the "stranger" and the "peasant girl" are nice additions as well.
1	willofgaia	80 _43rd
Definitely one of Disney's best designed films (I'd hang certain stills on my wall as art) but it's amazing how tedious certain scenes become on rewatch.
1	terrymac	71 _62nd
Pretty much does as expected - typical Disney take on a fairy tale. Competent, but unspectacular.
1	evrana	69 _43rd
Well, the music was designed to make you sleep together with the Sleeping beauty and there is not much to the story. But, man, whoever did the backgrounds were pure geniuses; their quality and the ambiance they created were unreal.
1	meerkat	95 _90th
I adored this as a child and the refurbished DVD looks amazing. I am somewhat obsessed with the Sleeping Beauty tale in all incarnations.
1	Vandelay1	73 _83rd
good movie
1	BabbiGwen	98 _94th
Having just taken up spinning myself, I can assert that this movie is 100% accurate and that's why I now use a drop spindle.
1	Garlonuss	80 _58th
A good movie that neither speaks down to kids nor treats them like they can't understand a few somewhat weighty plot elements.
1	hellboy76	69 _73rd
Not a huge Disney guy but this seems like fairly standard storytelling and animation.
1	matGuy3	7 _66th
Probably some of the slickest and stylized animation to ever come out of Disney- even when the story fails to engage it's always a pleasure to watch. Seriously, those backgrounds! On the character side, we have the deliciously evil Maleficent and the three good fairies to contrast with an otherwise terribly bland ''heroine' and 'hero' whose failure to engage us emotionally is probably the film's biggest drawback.
1	Trooth	65 _39th
I watched this for the first time just before its 60th anniversary. I dig Maleficent as a villain. She didn't get invited to a party, so she shows up anyway and puts a 16-year-delayed curse on this baby. Would have been a much better idea to invite her, because there's no way she'd go to your dumb-ass baby shower in the first place.
1	rttntomatoes	91 _77th
This Disney dreamscape contains moments of grandeur, with its lush colors, magical air, one of the most menacing villains in the Disney canon.
1	thereeldeal	65 _37th
Sleeping Beauty is one of Disney's richest works of artwork and animation, with a distinctively sharp, geometric illustrative style resembling that of glass art and tapestries. Despite its stunning appearances, even by Disney standards the story is too traditional and can't be saved its very light charms and their starkest villain yet. This return to form was deliberate, but in terms of writing this goes further back than Snow White. Only highly recommended for particular fans of animation.
1	Yiannos	63 _53rd
The animation is impressive, but the story isn't that interesting. It's a simple fairy tale told in a straightforward way. While it showcases great technical sophistication, it lacks the imagination and heart of Disney's best prime period work, and there are too many dull patches for such a short film. On the plus side, Maleficent is a great villain, and she is superbly voiced by Audley, and the climatic battle between her and the prince is a show stopping set piece.
1	OllieTT	80 _73rd
Though the story feels too light, as with all Disney films from the era, it's the most visually beautiful film they ever made.
1	Pratchett3	8 _72nd
story is your standard fairy tale crap that can be told in 3 sentences and the two main characters are completely mindless but omg the art and colors. the "3 gifts" montage at the beginning had some fantasia-grade visuals and effects.
1	PianoSama	65 _45th
Though it's packed full of signature Disney charm and absolutely has enjoyable moments, it also suffers from an incredibly rushed finale and an instant romance that in hindsight is more comical than heartwarming. The highlights include Maleficent, the fairies, and the banter between the two kings. All in all, it still stands as an iconic movie and is well worth watching if you've never seen it before- especially given that it's a very quick ride- but is far from the best Disney flick out there.
1	vv238	72 _76th
A darker tone for Disney that actually works? I wish there were more animated films like this.

Average Percentile 52.24% from 3012 Ratings