Very good

Rating: 7/10 (12 April 2017)

So beloved was the animated version of 'Beauty and the Beast' back in 1991 that this film was always going to attract perhaps more scrutiny than the other films that Disney have taken from animated to live action form.
I thought a lot of this film worked very well. Everyone is well cast and all the classic moments from the animated film are brought to life with a lot of class and attention to detail.
Yes, there are deviations from the original, with whole new songs and subplots inserted, which people will either love or hate, but if anything these enhance the experience rather than detract. I don't know what all the fuss was about Josh Gad's character being gay, it's been blown out of proportion.
This was an enjoyable new take on a classic film.