Coppola's Dracula for the faint of heart

Rating: 8/10 (8 November 2003)

Beauty and the Beast is a great love story, not only for the little ones, but for the big ones' as well. I must admit that I, as a twenty-something, did feel that the story was somewhat predictable, but the execution of the whole was so excellent that it did not bother me that me that much. It remained a good film, although without predictability it could have been a masterpiece. Disney somehow never seizes to amaze me with the quality of their animated features and I hope that it remains that way for many years to come. If you want to see a really romantic film with your girlfriend and you're positive that she can't stomach Coppola's Dracula, Beauty and the Beast provides you with an equally dark, yet less brutal fairy tale. Don't worry though, there enough laughs as well!

8 out of 10

post scriptum: I watched the special edition