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With an enchanting cast, beautifully crafted songs, and a painterly eye for detail, Beauty and the Beast offers a faithful yet fresh retelling that honors its beloved source material.
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The film has an old-fashioned, studio-bound look, despite the reliance on digital effects. Mar 22, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The film has an old-fashioned, studio-bound look, despite the reliance on digital effects.
Jake Wilson
The sheer dexterity is overwhelming, and only the sternest viewer will be able to resist the onslaught of such thoroughly marketed magic. Mar 20, 2017 | Full Review…
The sheer dexterity is overwhelming, and only the sternest viewer will be able to resist the onslaught of such thoroughly marketed magic.
Anthony Lane
Disney has ripped a jewel out of its casing and set it in something far more elaborate; the effect is garish rather than nostalgic, frustrating rather than memorable. Mar 18, 2017 | Full Review…
Disney has ripped a jewel out of its casing and set it in something far more elaborate; the effect is garish rather than nostalgic, frustrating rather than memorable.
David Sims
There's a complicated jumble of gender politics at hand, and any attempt at modernizing the dynamic is more of a random piling on rather than a thoughtful incorporation. Mar 17, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
There's a complicated jumble of gender politics at hand, and any attempt at modernizing the dynamic is more of a random piling on rather than a thoughtful incorporation.
Katie Walsh
Ian McKellan makes a fine, melancholy Cogsworth the clock, but the rest of the enchanted servants come off hammy and campy, while Kevin Kline seems lost as Belle's father and Luke Evans turns alpha male Gaston into a bigger cartoon than the original. Mar 17, 2017 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Ian McKellan makes a fine, melancholy Cogsworth the clock, but the rest of the enchanted servants come off hammy and campy, while Kevin Kline seems lost as Belle's father and Luke Evans turns alpha male Gaston into a bigger cartoon than the original.
Matthew Lickona
All the hit numbers... Emma Watson is charming as Belle; and the enchanted servants are voiced by the likes of Ian McKellan, Emma Thompson, and Ewan McGregor. But seeing it will probably send you back to the original animated movie for refreshment. Mar 17, 2017 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
All the hit numbers... Emma Watson is charming as Belle; and the enchanted servants are voiced by the likes of Ian McKellan, Emma Thompson, and Ewan McGregor. But seeing it will probably send you back to the original animated movie for refreshment.
Peter Rainer
There is entertainment to be had here and I think as a whole it is a harmless movie but not for me. They could have at least got competent singers Mar 13, 2019 | Rating: C | Full Review…
There is entertainment to be had here and I think as a whole it is a harmless movie but not for me. They could have at least got competent singers
Rachel Wagner
The story itself will always be fundamentally anti-feminist (...) [b]ut the efforts to update [it] to better suit a contemporary sensibility are acknowledged and appreciated. Mar 9, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The story itself will always be fundamentally anti-feminist (...) [b]ut the efforts to update [it] to better suit a contemporary sensibility are acknowledged and appreciated.
Cate Young
As the whole, I feel more warmth and chemistry between the leads in the animated film. But this film should still do well for those who are fans of the actors and the story. Mar 8, 2019 | Full Review…
As the whole, I feel more warmth and chemistry between the leads in the animated film. But this film should still do well for those who are fans of the actors and the story.
S. Indra Sathiabalan
Beauty and the Beast will come as a colossal disappointment, bringing back into focus an elephant-sized question that nostalgia doesn't want us to answer: what exactly is the point of these live-action reimaginings? Mar 6, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Beauty and the Beast will come as a colossal disappointment, bringing back into focus an elephant-sized question that nostalgia doesn't want us to answer: what exactly is the point of these live-action reimaginings?
Christopher Preston
Beauty and the Beast is a classic for a reason, and while this remake might not achieve the same beloved heights as its predecessor, it's still a lovely film that will doubtless enchant and captivate a whole new generation. Feb 12, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Beauty and the Beast is a classic for a reason, and while this remake might not achieve the same beloved heights as its predecessor, it's still a lovely film that will doubtless enchant and captivate a whole new generation.
Allen Adams
Despite some small missteps along the way, though, the bottom line is the new Beauty and the Beast is still magical. Feb 1, 2019 | Full Review…
Despite some small missteps along the way, though, the bottom line is the new Beauty and the Beast is still magical.
Amanda Greever
The real action version of the classic Disney film does have lovely colorful sets and a pretty perfect cast. It's especially nice to see Kevin Kline and Emma Watson does work wonderfully as Belle. The songs (not counting the outstanding title one) are a bit hit and miss but the film's biggest problem is the computer animated Beast. That becomes apparent during his solo song, where the creature sometimes feels sterile and fake. A beautiful mask and make-up would have worked wonders. Fans of the material should still be pleased, especially the finale is pretty good. But man, do I miss good make-up effects.
Super Reviewer
Chock full of the Disney magic we've all come to expect and then some, this work is infused with nearly an in-your-face undertone: "magic suckers!", that almost feels desperate. As well, there are politically correct minor cast substitutions that felt forced. Still, the Mouse is nobody's fool.
One cannot help but to compare this "Beauty And The Beast" with the Disney cartoon, given that it hews so closely to the original cartoon version. At times in the beginning, the films seemed shot-for-shot duplicates. In that light, the live-action music, characters and singing just aren't as "big" as those in the animated film. However, making such a comparison, is not fair to this live-action version, which itself is very fine. The sets and costumes are spectacular. The CGI is (mostly) impressive. (Just avoid looking at the Beast's face throughout the film and you'll think it was faultless.) The music is marvelous on its own, even if most of the new numbers are lackluster. This version is a definite five-star film on its own, which would be clearly evident it it didn't have to measure up to its predecessor.
It is hard sometimes to shake the feeling that this live-action Disney adaptation is relying too much on the 1991 animation, to the point that it almost feels like an extended version of that film; but even so, it offers a fresh and modern look at the classic story that makes it worth it.
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