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Beauty and the Beast

2017

Bill Condon

Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline ...

6.3

25,804

Romance. Musical. Fantasy Belle (Emma Watson) lives in a small town in France with her loving father, Maurice (Kevin Kline). He leaves on a trip to the market and when his horse comes back without him, Belle goes looking for him. The horse leads her to an enchanted castle, where Belle finds Maurice imprisoned in a tower by The Beast (Dan Stevens). She offers herself as a prisoner in exchange for her father's release. The Beast was once a vain, arrogant and ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A sometimes entrancing, sometimes awkward mixture of re-creation and reimagining. (...) It's a lovingly crafted movie, and in many ways a good one, but before that it's an enraptured piece of old-is-new nostalgia."
		Brian Truitt USA Today	"'Beauty and the Beast' marries visual spectacle and sumptuous design work with a better story than its original, casting a spell on old fans and newcomers alike. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Its classicism feels unforced and fresh. Its romance neither winks nor panders. It looks good, moves gracefully and leaves a clean and invigorating aftertaste. I almost didn't recognize the flavor: I think the name for it is joy."
		Leslie Felperin Variety	"Beautiful indeed, but second-beast in terms of character design. (...) It's a Michelin-triple-starred master class in patisserie skills that transforms the cinematic equivalent of a sugar rush into a kind of crystal meth-like narcotic high that lasts about two hours."
		Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"It’s fine and funny and sweet and lush and some of the songs are infectious, but I still don’t completely understand why it exists"
		Jude Dry IndieWire	"The film feels dangerously stuck in the past at a moment in history when yearning for the good old days is a political statement."
		Tufayel Ahmed Newsweek	"'Beauty and the Beast’s feminist reimagining is empowering for the millions of young girls who will fill theaters around the world to see it."
		Rodrigo Perez The Playlist	"[It] feels like a cynical, uninspired rehash seemingly created just to make a fiscal year sound promising to shareholders. This is a product that's more manufactured than inspired."
		Stephen Whitty New York Daily News	"A magical delight (...) a groundbreaking delight, anchored by a breakthrough performance by Emma Watson."
		Nick De Semlyen Empire	"The tale may be as old as time, but it’s retold with freshness, brio and flair (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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