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Beauty and the Beast
Overview
Bill Condon (DREAMGIRLS) directed this live-action retelling of the Disney animated classic from 1991. As before, this fairy tale centers on a young woman named Belle (Emma Watson), who is forced to live in an enchanted castle with a prince who is cursed to look like a hideous Beast (Dan Stevens). In time, the pair fall in love as Belle learns to see the good man hiding behind the Beast's monstrous exterior. The film co-stars Luke Evans as Gaston, Ewan McGregor as Lumière, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Ian McKellen as Cosgworth, Kevin Kline as Belle's father, and Josh Gad as Gaston's sidekick LeFou.
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Main Cast & Crew:
Bill Condon - Director
Emma Watson
Dan Stevens
Luke Evans
Josh Gad
Kevin Kline
Ewan McGregor
Ian McKellen
Emma Thompson
Stanley Tucci
Hattie Morahan
Details
- Format: 4K Blu-ray (Ultimate Edition, with Blu-Ray, Collector's Edition, Dubbed, Digital Copy)
- Run Time: 129
- UPC: 786936867244
- Genre: HORROR / SCI-FI / FANTASY
- Rating: PG
- Release Date: March 2020
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"Its classicism feels unforced and fresh....It looks good, moves gracefully and leaves a clean and invigorating aftertaste." - 03/03/2017 New York Times
4 stars out of 5 -- "An unabashed musical with its heart on its sleeve and energy to spare, it’s decidedly unbeastly." - 03/03/2017 Empire
4 stars out of 5 -- "A nostalgia rush for viewers over a certain age, and magical enough in its own right to convert newcomers, it’s a roaring success." - 03/04/2017 Total Film
3 stars out of 4 -- "This gloriously old-fashioned musical with gee-whiz trappings is a dazzling beauty to behold..." - 03/17/2017 RogerEbert.com
"Dan Stevens, his good looks peeking out from behind the Beast’s horned countenance and gruff manner, pulls off an excellent hybrid of Bigfoot and Mr. Darcy." - 03/14/2017 Los Angeles Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "What BEAUTY AND THE BEAST rises or falls on is the love story, and here, allowed to slow down to let in intimate moments, the movie catches fire." - 03/17/2017 Rolling Stone
"Condon turns 'Be Our Guest' into even more of a Busby Berkeley-derived showstopper than it was in the first movie." - 03/15/2017 Boston Globe
"[A]lmost overwhelmingly lavish, beautifully staged and performed with exquisite timing and grace by the outstanding cast, many whom are seen on-camera only in brief moments, given they’re playing household objects and furniture and the like." - 03/14/2017 Chicago Sun-Times
"Emma Watson delivers an alert, solemn turn as Belle....It’s her solid, capable persona that takes pride of place in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST." - 03/16/2017 Washington Post
"It’s fine and funny and sweet and lush and some of the songs are infectious....Emma Watson is certainly one of the film’s stronger elements as Belle..." -- Grade: B- - 03/03/2017 Entertainment Weekly
"Emma Watson has the perfect perky soulfulness to bring your dream of Belle to life....If you’ve never experienced the cartoon, it’s strong enough to stand on its own." - 03/03/2017 Variety
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