ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Brunehaut Sure, I can understand why some people dislike the "blank" princess Aurora or feel more entertained by funnier movies. But I will always have a great admiration for Sleeping Beauty - its animation is beyond words. The visual is so beautiful, elegant, and flawless that is simply fills all the scenaristic flaws. All these forest scenes, the handsome Philip, Aurora herself (as a fan of Audrey Hepburn I always think of her when I watch this Disney) : only one word can cover what is is : beautiful. I am more than impressed by the titanic work done on that movie. I also hope that one day, another Disney movie would adopt a similar graphic style, because this one is spectacular. Timeless and delicate songs too, and Disney's best villain: the awesome Maleficent!

JohnHowardReid Copyright 1959 by Walt Disney Productions. New York opening at the Criterion: 17 February 1959. U.S. release through Buena Vista: March 1959. U.K. release through Walt Disney: 7 August 1959. Australian release through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: 24 December 1959. 75 minutes.SYNOPSIS: There is much rejoicing in the kingdom for a daughter is born to King Stefan and his queen. Both Stefan and visiting King Hubert, the ruler of a neighboring country, have long wished to unite their lands by the marriage of their children. On this occasion they announce the betrothal of young Prince Phillip to the infant Princess Aurora. Outside the castle, knights and their ladies, townspeople and peasants, join in a joyous processional. While the nobility are celebrating within the great hall, a shaft of light suddenly appears and floating down it come the tiny figures of three good fairies, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather. Waving their magic wands they bestow on the baby their favors: Flora, the gift of beauty; Fauna, the gift of song, but before Merryweather can bestow the gift of happiness, Maleficent, the evil witch, appears in a blinding flash of lightning. Angered at not being invited to the festivities she prophesies that before the sun sets on Aurora's sixteenth birthday she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die. NOTES: "Sleeping Beauty", Walt Disney's $6,000,000 animated production in Technicolor and Technirama, is dormant in title only. Six years of sustained effort went into it. For Disney, who liked to tackle the impossible and usually achieved it, this cartoon feature was his most challenging. "Hundreds of our top artists and craftsmen were involved in the picture" Disney declared at the time. "It took a million drawings to bring 'Sleeping Beauty' to life on the screen." The big screen imposed tremendous added labors on the artists. They had to move their characters in larger fields of action. They had to create different color schemes and a new landscape for the classic tale. The mathematical calculations became much more intricate. Every phase of artistry and mechanics which together comprise the art of animation, the art of drawing in motion, had to be revamped. "In fact, the most difficult barrier for the artists was to keep them from covering old ground used in former cartoon classics — to keep their concepts fresh and talents sharp." Directing animator Marc Davis handled both Sleeping Beauty herself (otherwise known as both Princess Aurora and Briar Rose) and Maleficent. Helene Stanley was the live model for Beauty, whilst Jane Fowler posed for Maleficent and Ed Kemmer for the Prince.Filmed in Technirama 70mm, "Sleeping Beauty" was printed and projected anamorphically at an aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Initial worldwide film rentals gross returned only $5.3 million, a long way short of recouping the movie's $6 million negative cost, plus print, advertising and distribution overheads.COMMENT: This Disney DVD rates 10/10. The wide anamorphic screen is always full of movement. Absolutely chock-a-block. Never has the wide-wide screen been used so effectively — in either an animated or a live action film. Disney artistry at its super best, "Sleeping Beauty" is an entertainment masterpiece.

Realrockerhalloween Sleeping beauty is a wonderful fairytale about a girl who is cursed at birth to prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die on her sixteenth birthday until It can be broken by true live's first kiss. Three fairies take her into their cottage deep within the woods to protect her from Maleficent's evil plan. The historical details never forgotten even with magic and mystical elements making it feel like a true story once upon a time.It's perfectly made from the beautiful animation, the villain is top notch and the songs are masterfully composed. The characters all have unique personalities that it's hard to choose a favorite from Maleficent the deliciously evil sorcerer to the three fairies and their playful antics and gallant prince Philip full of strength and might. The song I dreamt of you once upon a dream complements and bookends it like poetry.What makes it truly exceptional is the loving care put into every detail from with the waving of the leaves to the waving of feathers and wrinkling of noses grounding it in realism. The only leap of faith in logic found is how are clothes created or stitched unless the Fairies lead a helping hand.Walt Disney created an enchanting story that draws you in from the beginning and sweeps you away into its magnificent world.10/10

datautisticgamer-74853 As my aunt's personal favorite Disney movie, I have absolutely no idea what to say about Sleeping Beauty other than the fact that I merely enjoyed it. The magic is stellar as always, and the action is satisfactory, but I didn't feel the "THIS IS THE BEST Disney MOVIE EVER!" vibe that I felt with Mary Poppins after seeing both of them. It might be a result of fantasy (as I mentioned, magic plays a major role, like the argument over a dress color) and action (Maleficent vs. Philip) that, in the style that it was executed, wasn't a particular trigger of my animation taste buds. The animation is just what we'd expect from Disney, but one case in particular caught my eye: Aurora. Specifically, Aurora was animated predominantly by Iwao Takamoto, who you Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. fans might recognize as the creator of Scooby-Doo. The style that Aurora was drawn in gave me flashbacks to when I loved The Scooby-Doo Show, and so even though that came 10 to 18 years after Sleeping Beauty, I enjoyed the film slightly more when I made that connection. If you're unfamiliar with Scooby-Doo and its style, then you might want to consider seeing that before viewing Sleeping Beauty. Not my personal favorite, but nevertheless worth a view.