Beauty and the Beast fingerprintHigh energy, big heart, a touch of humor.
Tense and spectacular
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Romantic and melancholic
Much of it is about family.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Fantasy, history, and mystery
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout characters
Standout cinematography and score
Tense and spectacular
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Beauty and the Beast is tense and spectacular. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Romantic and melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's romantic, melancholic, and moving. Much of it is about family.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Fantasy, history, and mystery
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around fantasy, history, and mystery. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout characters
The characters stand out.
Standout cinematography and score
Look and sound: the cinematography and score stand out.
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Beauty and the Beast is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla, Fandango at Home Free, and Pluto TV. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 50/100 (IMDb 6.4, Rotten Tomatoes 41%, and Metacritic 39). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 h 52 min
Beauty and the Beast runs 1 h 52 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Audiences rate Beauty and the Beast higher (58) than critics (40). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $33 million to make and earned $47 million worldwide, 1.4 times its budget.
It was made in French, with some English. Produced in France, Germany.
+116GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Beauty and the Beast in 130 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 49 storytelling tropes for Beauty and the Beast, including Heart's Blood, Beauty and the Beast (1991), Beauty and the Beast (1987).
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