Beauty and the Beast (1991)

• Year: 1991
• Released: 22 Nov 1991
• Country: United States
• Adwords: Won 2 Oscars. 32 wins & 32 nominations total
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101414/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Beauty_and_the_Beast
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/beauty-and-the-beast-re-release
• Available in: 3D, 720p, 1080p
• Language: English, French
• MPA Rating: G
• Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
• Runtime: 84 min
• Writer: Linda Woolverton, Brenda Chapman, Chris Sanders
• Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
• Cast: Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Jesse Corti
• Keywords: musical, castle, princess, prince, beast,

	8.0/10
	95/100

Beauty and the Beast Storyline

Prince Adam was cursed to a beast form by an enchantress who saw no love in his arrogant heart for others. The one way he could break the spell was to learn to love another and earn her love in return before the last petal from his enchanted rose fell, which would bloom until his twenty-first birthday. But who could ever learn to love a beast? Ten years later, Maurice (Rex Everhart), an inventor from a nearby village, becomes lost in the woods and seeks shelter in the Beast’s castle, the Beast (Robbie Benson) imprisons him for trespassing. His daughter Belle (Paige O’Hara), a bookworm who dreams of life outside her provincial village, finds him trapped in the castle and offers her place instead. The Beast accepts with a promise she’ll remain in the castle forever. In the beginning Belle views him as nothing more than a monster, he views her as difficult and stubborn. But the two soon taste the bitter-sweetness of finding “you can change and learning you were wrong”.

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Beauty and the Beast Movie Reviews

Perfection.

This is, without a doubt, the best film Disney ever made. Now that’s saying a lot, as the studio also made “Bambi”, “Little Mermaid” and many other great films. “Beauty and the Beast” represents everything they could do right in a movie. The music is fantastic and couldn’t be better (mostly because many of the songs had a great sense of humor), the characters wonderful and the story promoted some of the most wonderful values you could want. Belle is a completely admirable young lady–and I was thrilled that my own daughters could watch her and learn about her strength and integrity. And, the film is fun–yet will also bring a tear to the eye of even the most jaded viewer. Not surprisingly the film was nominated for Best Picture–it’s just a shame that an animated film will probably never take home this Oscar. Well worth seeing and owning–a truly great film.

One word=F-L-A-W-L-E-S-S!

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

Great music and fun simplified story

A rich and powerful prince dismissed a beggar who turned out to be an enchantress. She turns him into a Beast unless he can learn to love another and earn her love in return before his 21st year. Or else he shall live as the Beast for all times. Belle lives a quiet life in a small provincial town. She’s a bookworm fighting off the advances of the conceited arrogant Gaston. Her father is a struggling inventor. He gets lost taking a shortcut to the fair. He seeks shelter from the wolves in the Beast’s castle but he’s taken prisoner. Belle comes looking for her father and offers to take his place.

The songs are catchy and the story has been simplified. There are great animated characters. The film makes some great choices. It starts with the great song from Belle. There are at least 3 great songs when most of the time, two would be amazing for any movie. The simplification of Belle’s home life is probably for the best. It leaves more room for the romance between Belle and the Beast. It also gives a great opportunity for these terrific fun characters in the castle. The animation is terrific with a good use of early CGI. It is one of the icons of Disney animation.