The Beast is very much a film that viewers can take or leave. It's well-acted and competently directed with a strong first half that keeps you engaged with its disturbing serial killer plotline. However, whatever momentum and goodwill the film has built up is nearly squandered by a frankly boring second half that.

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The Beast

Beauty and the Beast may not be Disney's most iconic movie, but it stands as the studio's crowning achievement, earning a Best Picture Oscar nomination (the first animated film to achieve that honor) and a Golden Globe for Best. If only the movie were just a collection of stills, like a fancy Annie Leibowitz spread for a glossy quarterly edition of Disney Adventures. With "Beauty and the Beast," a tender, seamless and even more ambitious film than its predecessor, Disney has done something no one has done before Since "Beauty and the Beast" is a work of Disney animation, it also has its own traditions and its own purview. Max Richter on Voices: "I wanted to make a piece about human rights because the eruption of abuses is unfortunately always relevant". After all, Japanese and Asian movies in general are treated like niche products designed for native language speakers and genre-fetishists only. None of these finer feelings would matter if "The Boy and the Beast" weren't immediately engaging.

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Hosoda's knack for choreographing big action set. Emma Watson, Dan Stevens and an army of all-star voices do justice to What Beauty and the Beast rises or falls on is the love story, and here, allowed to slow down to let in intimate moments, the movie catches fire. The Beast (Dan Stevens) also receives a personality upgrade and even gets his own song.

Watson and Stevens give a great performance and add to the magic The cast of the film in general is spectacular. Everyone feels authentic to their characters and make sure to steer away from the movie becoming a. Check out the exclusive TVGuide.com movie review and see our movie rating for The Beautician And The Beast. where once found romance. She's meant to teach science to the children of the titular beast, President-for-Life Boris Pochenko (Timothy Dalton), a dictator who bears an uncanny and not.