Click here to copy URL

Beauty and the Beast

1991

Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

Animation, Voice: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White ...

7.3

116,176

Animation. Fantasy. Romance. Musical. Kids Belle is a bright and beautiful young woman who's taken prisoner by a hideous beast in his castle. Despite her precarious situation, Belle befriends the castle's enchanted staff—a teapot, a candelabra and a mantel clock, among others—and ultimately learns to see beneath the Beast's exterior to discover the heart and soul of a prince.

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"With 'Beauty and the Beast', a tender, seamless and even more ambitious film than its predecessor, Disney has done something no one has done before: combine the latest computer animation techniques with the best of Broadway."	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"With a striking and detailed look and a strong storyline, it is sure to charm a wide audience both now and for a long time to come."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'Beauty and the Beast' reaches back to an older and healthier Hollywood tradition in which the best writers, musicians and filmmakers are gathered for a project on the assumption that a family audience deserves great entertainment. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Richard Corliss Time	"The voluptuousness of visual detail offers proof (...) that the Disney studio has relocated the pure magic of the 'Pinocchio'-'Dumbo' years."	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune	"'Beauty and the Beast' is certainly adequate holiday entertainment (...) But the film has little of the technical facility, vivid characterization and emotional impact of Disney past."	NEU
United States	Variety	"A lovely film that ranks with the best of Disney’s animated classics (...) [It] engages the emotions with an unabashed sincerity that manages to avoid the pitfalls of triteness and corn."	POS
United States	Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"It's a delightfully satisfying modern fable, a near-masterpiece that draws on the sublime traditions of the past while remaining completely in sync with the sensibility of its time."	POS
United States	Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter	"'Beauty and the Beast' stands at the pinnacle of animated accomplishment (...) Steeping with magical moments and bursting with vitality"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"Splendidly crafted as it is, the new Disney is a luscious impasto of visual invention that never quite finds its heart."	NEU
United Kingdom	Emma Cochrane Empire	"With its strong characters and lively storytelling, animated or not, this deserves its place alongside the cinema greats (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"'Beauty' distills the fairy-tale trappings, wacky sidekicks, and broad emotions of classic Disney into a potent enchantment"	POS
United States	R.L. Shaffer IGN	"'Beauty and the Beast' is nothing short of a masterpiece"	POS

Return to movie

We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.