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Beauty and the Beast

2017 Directed by Bill Condon

Be our guest.

A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.

Emma Watson Dan Stevens Luke Evans Kevin Kline Josh Gad Ewan McGregor Stanley Tucci Audra McDonald Gugu Mbatha-Raw Ian McKellen Emma Thompson Nathan Mack Hattie Morahan Adrian Schiller Gerard Horan Haydn Gwynne Ray Fearon Clive Rowe Thomas Padden Alexis Loizon Jimmy Johnston Dean Street Michael Jibson Zoe Rainey Jolyon Coy Rudi Goodman Henry Garrett Harriet Jones Sophie Reid Show All…

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Review by Lucy ★½ 18

i honestly can't remember the last time i was so uninterested in a movie
Review by Julius ★½ 20

In spite of what Disney told us, no, this does not contain an 'openly gay character'. LeFou remains closeted, and his homosexuality is only (very heavily) implied through jokey jokes. The payoff, referred to as a 'nice, exclusively gay moment' by director Bill Condon, is the lamest of these jokes and there's nothing exclusively gay about it. It comes after (and in contrast with) a whole bunch of romantic heterosexual smooching, and presents the mere idea of homosexuality as hilarious. (I wouldn't have been so critical of all this if Disney had not attempted to frame their gay jokes as progressive.)

Anyway, the movie is bullshit and unnecessary. It takes the original's tight screenplay and adds forty minutes of padding,…
Review by josh lewis ★★★ 6

hard to hate something so endearingly clumsy and well-meaning, even if it is mostly lumbering and uninspired—worth it, however, for the part where the cgi monstrosity transforms into a long-haired, clean-shaven dan stevens & multiple moms shouted "wew!"
Review by Arielrocks5 ★★★★ 45

This is the hardest review I've had to write ever since I joined this website.....

Last night, I spent over three hours attempting to put something together that made any semblance of coherent sense, but spent most of the time crying in my bed, struggling to face the fact that no matter what I'll say, people will still say I'm wrong for my opinion....

As many of you know by now, due to my recently publicized opinion, I've never had a strong connection to the original "Beauty and the Beast" as most of the world does. In my life time, the amount of times I've seen it is a grand total of, three or so.

Once when I was really…
Review by erika ★★★ 10

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

there's a bit after the prince turns human again when belle asks how he feels about growing a beard and he growls at her, and for a moment i honestly wished i were dead
Review by Evan ★★★½ 3

The opening musical number gave me the same feeling I had during the entirety of La La Land.

Movies with an over-bloated production design are becoming my bread and butter.

Emma Watson was the perfect choice for Belle.

Usually I hate Josh Gad, but I really enjoyed him in this movie.

Luke Evans was incredibly entertaining as Gaston.

The voice acting was incredible across the board. Sir Ian McKellen and Ewan McGregor knock it out of the park.

All of the musical numbers are an absolute blast. I want to see this movie again just so I can see all the musical numbers again.

I wasn't a big fan of how The Beast looked. But Dan Stevens gave a really good performance as him.

As far as I'm concerned Beauty and the Beast is the best live-action Disney film thus far.

Recent reviews

Review by Brian RG ★★★★★

Nunca en mi vida había sentido esta "magia" en el cine, desde el minuto uno hasta los créditos finales te deja super maravillado, desde el primer momento en el que narran la historia hasta su fin, estaba con el miedo por esta nueva adaptación ya que su película animada es para mi la segunda mejor de Disney, tenía ese miedo por este gran clásico que ha maravillado a niños y adultos pues os digo que esta película es la original, no hay nada que cambie solamente que hay algunas nuevas canciones como habían dicho, pero por lo demás es calcado al cuento y a la película en sí, pues ese "temor" se me quitó cuando empezó la película parecía que…
Review by David ★★★

A thrilling final act, but it's so padded in its run-up. The cast is fine, the CGI is of mixed quality (faces good, bodies not) and the new songs are rotten.
Review by Siân ★★★

Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it.
Review by rot ★★★★★

disney films are so special to me i love them so much
Review by jessica42 ★★★★

this is worth watching solely for Be Our Guest i mean WOW!! 😍

also, why is no one talking about the fact that lefou and gaston were obviously lovers?!??! i mean how else do you explain lefou's obsession with him and the way he looks at him and the fact that he literally has gaston's bitemark on his stomach WHAT anyways glad lefou left that toxic relationship good for him!
Review by thais3827 ★★★★

4/5 Yes!!
Review by el' ★★★½

i loved everything about the aesthetic and music. even knowing the whole story before seeing it (childhood memories), it’s a pleasure to see such a beautiful movie.
Review by Camille ★★★

this movie is for furries
Review by Hannah VanderKuy ★★★

Full disclosure, I love Luke Evans, so it was probably always going to be a good time for me