Emma failed to cry and failed to look in-love with the beast; the witch = terrible acting

Rating: 7/10 (15 June 2017)

I enjoyed the movie until it reached the climax at the end. Everything else about the movie was excellent, but the climax.
I took 2 stars away because Emma did NOT CRY during the climax when you know what happens. She also failed completely to "look" in-love with the beast. She failed big time here.
During the climax her, "I love you" was horribly fake. She completely failed to get into character, that is, of a woman in-love with a beast. She failed miserably to capture the true essence of this beautiful story - that of LOVE.
And the witch - her acting was the WORST and she only showed up for a few seconds, but at the MOST CRITICAL moment in the story, and her acting was so bad I took away 1 more star.
When the climax occurs, any NORMAL PERSON IN-LOVE would cry incessantly, and so bad it would make the audience cry, but not Emma. She failed to cry. She failed to convince anyone of being in-love with the beast. And that terrible actress portraying the witch, what a disservice at such a critical time; I cannot believe that witch got casted for such a critical role.
The climax should have been prolonged and made more dramatic and sad, but instead it was too sudden.
Also, the Beast's sadness and loneliness and anger should have been explored further.
Emma failed big time at the most critical time.
What a disappointment.
7/10 stars.