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Film · 2017

Beauty and the Beast

Directed by Bill Condon · starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens and Luke Evans

2 h 9 min
PG
Fantasy · Music · Romance
USA
Released in the UK 16 March 2017

7.3 AverageMovieNCo
7.3 Users63 votes
7.4 Critics10 reviews

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Synopsis

Bill Condon ('The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2', 'The Fifth Estate') directs the new live action version of 'Beauty and the Beast' from Disney, starring Emma Watson ('This Is the End', 'Harry Potter') and Dan Stevens ('Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb', 'The Cobbler'). Belle lives with his father, a peculiar inventor, in a small town in France. One day, his father gets lost in the woods and looks for shelter in a castle that seems to be empty. However, the inhabitants are still inside, transformed into objects through an evil spell, their master is now a horrifying beast. Belle exchanges her freedom for her father's, and becomes their last hope to break the spell.

'Beauty and the Beast' is an adaptation of Linda Woolverton's ('The Lion King') 1991 movie script by Evan Spiliotopoulos ('The Huntsman: Winter's War', 'Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure') and Stephen Chbosky ('The Perks of Being a Wallflower', 'Rent'). The film, produced by Disney, will be released on March 2017.

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The essentials

Runtime: 129 min2 hours and 9 minutes
Budget: $160mWalt Disney Pictures
Box office: $503.7m3.1 times its budget
Rating: PGParental guidance

How long is Beauty and the Beast?: 2 hours and 9 minutes (129 minutes).
When was Beauty and the Beast released in the UK?: It was released in the UK on 16 March 2017.
Who directed Beauty and the Beast?: Bill Condon.
Who is in Beauty and the Beast?: It stars Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans and Ewan McGregor.
Where can I watch Beauty and the Beast?: In the UK it is available with a subscription on Disney+ and to rent on Apple TV and Prime Video.
How much did Beauty and the Beast make?: It took $503.7 million in US. It cost $160 million.

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Cast

Director: Bill Condon
Writers: Stephen Chbosky, Evan Spiliotopoulos, Linda Woolverton
Music: Alan Menken
Producers: David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman

Videos and trailers

'Beauty and the Beast' honest trailer 4:0114 June 2017

Photos and posters

+14 photosand 17 posters

Reviews

7.3 63 votes

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What the critics say average 7.4 from 10 outlets

9.0 TimeStephanie Zacharek There?s no need to worry that this version might crush the gentle charms of the 1991 picture: Even though Condon more or less faithfully follows that movie?s plot, this Beauty is its own resplendent… Read
8.0 The TelegraphTim Robey Easily the best move of Bill Condon?s generous update is to grasp the nettle and make an out-an-out, bells-and-whistles musical: something none of Disney?s other refurbishments of its back catalogue… Read
6.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw This movie is allegedly updating its assumptions to include a gay character ? while leaving the heterosexual politics untouched. Beastly ugliness is symbolic of tragic male loneliness even as the… Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend

Budget $160m
US $503.7m
UK £72.3m

Awards

Academy Awards (Oscars) 2018 2 nominations
BAFTA Awards 2018 2 nominations

Soundtrack

AriaAudra McDonald Spotify
BelleEmma Watson, Luke Evans, Ensemble Spotify
How Does A Moment Last Forever (Music Box)Kevin Kline Spotify
Belle (Reprise)Emma Watson Spotify

Trivia

Overcrowded birthday

Emma Watson (Belle), Luke Evans (Gaston), and Emma Thompson (Mrs. Potts) share the same birth date of 15th April.
Well-prepared

To prepare for the role of Belle, Emma Watson re-watched 'Beauty and the Beast' and began taking singing classes.
C'est pas posible!

According to Ewan McGregor, the hardest part about playing Lumiere was getting the character's French accent right, although his wife is in fact, French.
First time

This is Emma Watson's first role in a Walt Disney Productions movie.
Reunited

Dan Stevens (Beast) and Hattie Morahan (Agathe) previously starred together playing Edward Ferrars and Elinor Dashwood in 'Sense & Sensibility'.

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