A Pure Delight for all Disney Fans,

Rating: 8/10 (12 May 2017)

Beauty and the Beast is a great movie with a very well developed plot and a mostly stellar cast. It is a heartwarming, inspired live action adaptation of the Disney animated classic, that still has a fun, cartoon-like flamboyancy that makes it feel like the original is truly being brought to life. All the terrific musical numbers are also still intact, and it is an absolute delight to see it being interpreted from different performers.
I was very underwhelmed by Emma Watson, who I actually found to be the weakest part of the film. I initially thought she was perfect casting for Belle, but she was actually very bland in the role, her heart was not with it, her singing voice was also very poor, being overly auto tuned.
The majority of the characters are very well casted, Dan Stevens adds a lot of humanity to the Beast and Luke Evan is a malicious, but still likable Gaston. The likes of Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson shine as the talking cutlery, Lumiere, Cogsworth and Mrs. Potts, the highlight for me.
It is a loving tribute to the original. While it offers nothing new, Beauty and the Beast is great fun and I would certainly recommend it to anyone looking for a good family film.
After being forced to leave in a cursed palace ran by a beast to save her father's life, the young woman and the beast soon begin to fall for one another.
Best Performance: Luke Evans