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05/20/03
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:4
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Visionary filmmaker and poet Jean Cocteau responded to the terrors and creative constraints of occupied France with this elaborately realized take on the classic fairy tale BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.... [More]
Starring: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel Andre, Mila Parely
Director: Jean Cocteau
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Reviews for Beauty and the Beast
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Top CriticA daring artist, working in a difficult time of shortages and old equipment, convened 'a little village of workmen' and packaged a dream for the ages.
11/14/02
Top CriticIt's a magical passage to a more impassioned and bewitching era.
09/05/02
Top CriticThe film is all surface, and undermines its own don't-trust-a-pretty-face and anti-greed themes at every turn.
08/13/02
Top CriticEndures as an improbable dreamscape that marries the apex of cinema to a classic fable.
06/21/02
Top CriticOne of the most magical of all films.
01/01/00
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