Maleficent vs Mighty Joe Young
Maleficent has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.3/10 for Mighty Joe Young). Maleficent is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 1h 54m. Mighty Joe Young is the older of the two (1998 against 2014). Both are action, adventure, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Maleficent
Mighty Joe Young| Maleficent | Mighty Joe Young | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 1998 |
| Length | 1h 37m | 1h 54m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance | Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Robert Stromberg | Ron Underwood |
| Main cast | Lesley Manville, Juno Temple, Imelda Staunton, Brenton Thwaites, Isobelle Molloy | Naveen Andrews, Robert Wisdom, Charlize Theron, Rade Šerbedžija, Bill Paxton |
Synopsis
Maleficent
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse…
Mighty Joe Young
As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.
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