Beauty And The Beast

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UK Release Date: 17 March 2017
Certification: PG 
Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Kevin Kline, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Dan Stevens, Emma Watson
Rating: 61%
A tale as old as time.
Review:
Beauty and the Beast is for me the best Disney live action remake to date because of the all-star cast, beautiful scenery and brilliant soundtrack. But then again, what else do you expect from Disney? Beauty and the Beast makes for a great movie for all of the family.

Disney excel at getting great talent to fill their roles, and this is no different in Beauty and the Beast. Whether you're talking about legends of the screen like Sir Ian McKellen or more youthful actors like Emma Watson this movie has a cast to die for. And for me, none of the cast underperform. There is no one that comes across as unlikeable or uninteresting, apart from, of course, the main villain. I have to admit I quite like Emma Watson [after all I grew up with Hermione Granger] so I was immediately attracted to the movie to see how she handled the role of Belle.  

 For someone that likes hardly any musicals, I found myself loving some of the songs. My favourites were 'Be Our Guest', 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Evermore.' Overall I thought the soundtrack was brilliant and right up there with some of my favourite songs from a musical.

Disney princesses aren't really my genre. So whilst the movie was enjoyable, at times I found it less than engaging, for example the opening scene. Also as this is a remake I know the storyline so knew what was going to happen in advance.

Comments

  1. Linda Riches23 February 2019 at 18:01

    I thought you loved musicals! The Greatest Showman? !

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    1. Mackenzie23 February 2019 at 18:03

      ye but I don't like the classics like Sound of Music are ones like that.

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