Romanticising Stockholm Syndrome

Rating: 1/10 (27 November 2004)

Really, I don't understand what people find so romantic or compelling about this film.
It is a hostage situation where the hostage has "fallen for" her captor. The Beast has captured Belle, holds her prisoner (in a gilded cage, perhaps, but it is still a cage), mistreats her, emotionally and verbally abuses her.
Then she falls in love with him and begins to defend him.
Stockholm Syndrome. This is a film that tries to turn a psychological maladjustment into romance.
Pah!
1 / 5 stars, only because of the music.