Meh!

Rating: 5/10 (13 October 2017)

The animated version was far, FAR better. Emma Watson and Kevin Kline were great; and Josh Gad's LeFou was fun (I didn't see what all the fuss was about - so his character was gay. Big deal.) It did explain a few things the Animated movie glossed over, like why the town didn't know of the castle and why the servants were also cursed (though IMOP the curse was far worse on the servants, out of proportion for their crimes). The costumes and sets are wonderful. So much for what it got right. Now: The Animation was terrible. Luke Evans as Gaston? Really. Gaston should be a huge, handsome, harry brute! We got a mediocre Hollywood pretty boy. More proof Hollywood cannot thing outside their little box. Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts? Guess they wanted her to have a larger roll, but she should have been the Enchantress! Have they never seen Nanny McPhee? Hattie Morahan is a good actress, no problem with her performance - but really, this was a HUGE miss.
Not horrible, but you will probably be much happier with the Disney animated version.