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- 1991
- G
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 24 m
- 1991
- G
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 24 m
Summary This 'tale as old as time' follows the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself imprisoned in a castle of a mysterious beast. With the assistance of the castle's enchanted staff, a delightful and tender romance develops between these two unlikely friends and Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all - that tru...
Directed By: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
- 1991
- G
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 24 m
- 1991
- G
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 24 m
Beauty and the Beast
8.3
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Summary This 'tale as old as time' follows the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself imprisoned in a castle of a mysterious beast. With the assistance of the castle's enchanted staff, a delightful and tender romance develops between these two unlikely friends and Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all - that tru...
Directed By: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
95
100% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
95
100% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It's an instant classic, in every way the equal of the great Disney animations of the past. [22 Nov 1991, p.33]
Wised-up as well as traditional, with a striking and detailed look and a strong storyline, it is sure to charm a wide audience both now and for a long time to come.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 393 User Ratings
8.3
90% Positive
352 Ratings
352 Ratings
6% Mixed
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
4% Negative
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 393 User Ratings
8.3
90% Positive
352 Ratings
352 Ratings
6% Mixed
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
4% Negative
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
This movie is without doubt the best animated movie of all time. The artistry was perfect. I was spellbound at the animated sequences to the songs "Be Our Guest" and "Beauty and the Beast" especially. The characters were very well drawn, and because of the dark and colourful backgrounds, the film looked beautiful. The songs are fantastic. Another movie with great songs is "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"(which has the best beginning to a Disney movie). In fact, all the Alan Menken scores are brilliant, with the exception of Home On The Range, which is one of the weaker Disney efforts. My personal favourites, were the songs I just mentioned, and "Gaston" was great fun too. The incidental music was the best in any Disney movie, and that is the same with the other Menken scores. The music in the transformation of the Beast was phenomenal, as well as the animation, and reminded me of the last movement of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, which is really frightening. Another Disney with great incidental music is "The Lion King". The story is quite simply one of the best love stories ever, and the characters are wonderful. Belle was voiced beautifully by Paige O'Hara, who has a beautiful singing voice. I love Belle, she is beautiful, clever and strong, and is one of the best Disney characters for those reasons. Gaston was made into a complex villain, and quite narcissistic(great idea Disney). When he was nasty he was quite frightening, and Richard White can really sing. Jerry Orbach and David Ogden Stiers were really entertaining as Lumiere and Cogsworth,(I just love how witty, elegant and debonair Lumiere is) and Angela Lansbury gives a brilliant rendition of the title song. The best voice over was that of the Beast, who was very frightening, and there were some parts that were truly sensitive. Why are some people fussed about him as a human? Remember, true beauty comes from within. In conclusion, an essential to your Disney collection with a very poignant ending. 10/10. Bethany Cox
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Emotionally satisfying, georgeously animated, with rich and catchy songs. It is the perfect disney movie.
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Beauty and the Beast attains a nearly-perfect mix of romance, music, invention, and animation.
Beauty and the Beast reaches back to an older and healthier Hollywood tradition in which the best writers, musicians and filmmakers are gathered for a project on the assumption that a family audience deserves great entertainment, too.
Disney's new full-length animated feature, Beauty and the Beast, is more than a return to classic form, it's a delightfully satisfying modern fable, a near-masterpiece that draws on the sublime traditions of the past while remaining completely in sync with the sensibility of its time.
The movie is a model of clear, precise storytelling, of state-of-the-art technique used to advance a story rather than show off.
Beauty and the Beast, one of Disney's latest animated features is even better than The Little Mermaid. At the same time, it's vaguely disappointing.
Beauty and the Beast is the greatest animated masterpiece through its lovely charm and music which tells a beautiful love story that comes from a tale as old as time.
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Disney's Beauty and the Beast is easy to compare to other Disney animated features: It has great characters, a fluid pace, strong acting and beautiful animation. It is a masterpiece of cinema for its time.
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Beauty the Beast works to an extent. Visually the appeal takes time to develop. It's a dark, deary and uninteresting first several minutes, and I wouldn't understand how that would attract children to become immersed. However past that the film starts to develop a flame, but just as it does we get a super long look as Gaston, and that's all we really learn about him. The pace keeps getting killed. He's a very one sided somewhat misunderstood neutral character that is merely guilty of not having the intelligence to understand what is really happening, and the comedic elements concerning his sidekicks fail terribly. The film tries to force ideas and concepts, but the execution often pulls away from what they are attempting to convey.
However the atmosphere, songs and voice acting are some of the best Disney have to offer. I just think with the entire running time, they could have easily put more umph and actual plot devices into this, especially concerning Gaston.
It's not my type of film, but I can see objectively it doesn't really have anything offensively bad. It's just not a very inventive take on this romance story.
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I'm not a Disney kid, but I do like a lot of their animated movies. The ones I don't like are usually the ones with too many songs in them, or some overt message. This is one of those. It's not for me, but that doesn't always stop me from enjoying a good animated movie. This is not the case here. What normally makes a good Disney flick is overdone here for me. It's one of the points at which Disney films started becoming tedious if you aren't a kid, and specifically a girl.
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Production Company
Walt Disney Pictures,
Silver Screen Partners IV,
Walt Disney Animation Studios,
Walt Disney Feature Animation
Release Date Nov 22, 1991
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating G
Tagline The most beautiful love story ever told.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Awards Circuit Community Awards
• 2 Wins & 11 Nominations
