Maleficent – Maleficent (2014)
Maleficent is undoubtedly portrayed as wicked for cursing a young baby simply because she wasn’t invited to the birthday celebration. It raises questions about her motives and the fairness of punishing an innocent child who couldn’t have influenced the decision, rather than addressing the exclusion with the parents responsible for the guest list.
The Maleficent origin story movies reveal that she fell victim to deception by a boy aspiring to become a king, and the betrayal deeply affected her. However, she chose to cast a curse on the king’s daughter instead of directly confronting the one responsible for her betrayal.