A gorgeous adaptation of the animated film

Rating: 8/10 (17 March 2017)

Disney's latest live-action adaptation is the musical romance, Beauty in the Beast. Using stunning and gorgeous special effects, the story of Belle (Emma Watson) and her imprisonment by and growing affection for the Beat (Dan Stevens) plays out in the same way as the cartoon. A selfish prince is cursed by an enchantress and everyone in his castle is turned into fancy objects. Belle finds herself in a small town gossiped about by the villagers and wooed by the crude hunter Gaston (Luke Evans). Belle's father Maurice (Kevin Kline) is an inventor hoping to sell his wares at the market when he becomes lost in the woods and stumbles upon the enchanted castle. He is imprisoned by the Beast but his horse returns to Belle who seeks out her father.
Belle trades places with her father but is let out of her cell by the mouthy candlestick Lumiere (Ewan McGregor). The cautious clock Cogsworth (Ian McKellen) does not support the idea but Mrs. Potts (Emma Thompson), her son Chip (Nathan Mack), the dresser Madame Garderobe (Audra McDonald), and Maestro Cadenza (Stanley Tucci) are friendly to Belle and encourage the Beast to talk with her. They romance starts slow but in time their affection grows. Meanwhile, supported by his friend LeFou (Josh Gad), Gaston continues his plan to wed Belle by trying to win over her father who spouts outrageous stories of the Beast capturing Belle. Gaston does not believe him and they are unable to discover the castle.
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