Beauty and the Beast

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Beauty and the Beast

PG-13

Released Sep 23, 2016

1h 52m

Fantasy

Adventure

Romance

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A romance blossoms between the youngest daughter of a merchant who has fallen on hard times and the mysterious beast her father owes a debt to.

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Kate Erbland

indieWire

Gans isn't especially concerned with the outcome this coupling, instead reveling in overwrought and often bloated storytelling, lush details and some of the year's most unnerving CGI.

Rated: C-

Jan 2, 2017

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Leah Pickett

Chicago Reader

This 2014 adaptation of the French fairy tale looks spectacular, with vibrant landscapes and lavish 18th-century costumes, but... [Léa Seydoux, as the fair maiden, and Vincent Cassell] are stiff and perfunctory.

Oct 27, 2016

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Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

It's beastly.

Rated: 1.5/5

Oct 6, 2016

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

When Gans locks in on his leads, Beauty and the Beast soars like few other live-action fairy tale movies have in recent years.

Apr 28, 2020

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

... its scenery is stunning, the costumes making it worth a few watches along. It's worth seeing but may cause some issues to those looking for a deeper story ...

Rated: 3/5

Apr 19, 2020

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Sarah Musnicky

Legion of Leia at Vital Thrills

It's definitely a movie meant to entertain and astound the senses visually.

Rated: 7/10

Sep 20, 2019

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Farah R

The spectacular visuals and breathtaking costume design are wasted on a story that fails to portray the curse-breaking love of Beauty and the Beast adequately. The Beast's tenderness never overshadows his creepiness as he watches Belle sleep, and her rebuke of his beastliness doesn't suggest any affection. They also got a little too carried away in the ending.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/25

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Tyfanie B

The best adaptation of the beauty and the beast I have seen!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/12/25

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Audience Member

I love this movie, the clothes are magnificent, the visual effects are great and it's a great rereading of the book, it's just a bit slow, but I particularly like it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/09/24

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Jacklyn W

I enjoyed the concept of how Belle learns of the Beasts history. Magical healing orbs were not a bad concept at all. It seems very French… In terms of the fashion and architecture. It is magnificent, but in terms of how the story and plot was directed, it was quite quick. It seems like it missed a really pivotal moment, allowing beauty and the beast to actually create a meaningful connection. Instead, it goes or are you gonna kill me? Or You gonna give me a ring? The adaptation of how he became, the beast was the most confusing part, though. Out of every single storytelling of beauty and the beast, this one made the least amount of sense. The ending also put more blame to Belle being the main reason the Beast is even killed. And then while there is a literal fight happens they take their sweet time professing their undying love??? I do not want to spoil anything else, but it is definitely not top of the list for beauty and the beast renditions. Also, can we talk about the dogs….. Anyways, give it a watch, but in terms of timeline and plot, it was lacking a lot.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/30/24

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Audience Member

Beautiful Movie sadly the Romance is badly written.Could have been way better

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/21/24

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Connie H

I so loved this movie, was played out differently than Disney beauty and the beast but I definitely loved the movie and would definitely watch it again and recommend it to others

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/30/24

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Synopsis

A romance blossoms between the youngest daughter of a merchant who has fallen on hard times and the mysterious beast her father owes a debt to.

Director: Christophe Gans
Producer: Richard Grandpierre, Christoph Fisser, Romain Le Grand, Henning Molfenter, Charlie Woebcken, Vincent Cassel
Screenwriter: Christophe Gans, Sandra Vo-Anh
Distributor: Shout! Factory
Production Co: Studio Babelsberg, Eskwad, TF1 Films Production, Pathé, 120 Films
Rating: PG-13 (Sensuality|Partial Nudity|Some Fantasy Violence)
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 21, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.3K
Runtime: 1h 52m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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