Beauty and the Beast (2017)

2017 • 129 minutes

4.3

1.06K reviews

71%

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Eligible

About this movie

The story and characters you know and love come to spectacular life in the live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated classic Beauty and the Beast, a cinematic event celebrating one of the most beloved tales ever told. Experience the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a Beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff, and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart of the true Prince within.

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4.3

1.06K reviews

E C

March 7, 2021

I liked it, but I didn't. But I did. I feel they chose the right actors but it wasn't executed in the way it should have been. There wasn't enough terror for what was going to happen to Belle and her father - the original pulls at all your emotions in those scenes. The live action, not so much. Also idk if it's just me but when you can literally tell that auto tune has been used, it kind of ruins the whole Disney magic thing. Big oops.

VGNSK8RQU33N

October 28, 2017

Meh. It was OK. Points on for geeking out over books and making me cry at the end. Points off for real animal exploitation and encouraging the ideas of real horse and donkey slavery and that (cgi) wolves are evil (no dear, that's *humans* you're thinking of). It didn't need to be remade. We need NEW stories, not ones that are this backwards, overlong and mushy. Come on, Disney: Do BETTER. On the bright side, it did leave me with the sense that I could easily write a musical...

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schwoom

July 19, 2020

A complete waste of money in creating a live action version of a Disney classic. The cynic in me thinks that maybe this was an effort to generate some profit and boy did they succeed - didn't even need to get a new script or many new songs. Still passes the time but makes you yearn for both the earlier animation and Cocteau's original vision which it borrowed so heavily from.

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