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Beauty and the Beast

  NR HD

Jean Cocteau

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Plot Summary

Jean Cocteau’s sublime adaptation of Mme. Leprince de Beaumont’s fairy-tale masterpiece—in which the pure love of a beautiful girl melts the heart of a feral but gentle beast—is a landmark of motion picture fantasy, with unforgettably romantic performances by Jean Marais and Josette Day. The spectacular visions of enchantment, desire, and death in Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) have become timeless icons of cinematic wonder.

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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews

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94%
  • Reviews Counted: 54
  • Fresh: 51
  • Rotten: 3
  • Average Rating: 8.9/10

Top Critics' Reviews

Fresh: Studied or not for philosophy, this is a sensuously fascinating film, a fanciful poem in movement given full articulation on the screen. – Bosley Crowther, New York Times, Dec 7, 2012

Fresh: It's a magical passage to a more impassioned and bewitching era. – Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune, Nov 20, 2013

Fresh: Endures as an improbable dreamscape that marries the apex of cinema to a classic fable. – Wesley Morris, Boston Globe, Jun 24, 2010

Fresh: One of the most magical of all films. – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, Jan 20, 2006

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Customer Reviews

In my top 10

This is one the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. Once it finished I immediately grabbed for the remote and started it over. It's that good.

This is no Disney

Jean Cocteau's brilliant "Beauty and the Beast" is a visually captivating, beautiful, breathtaking masterpiece that belongs with the best films of all time. And while Disney's film is the greatest animated film ever made and deserves large recognition, I would put that masterpiece a drop below Cocteau's. Both films are masterpieces, and highly recommended.

One of the great movies of all time

i first saw Beauty and The Beast in the 60s on my PBS stationn. I was in my teens and was so taken by the beauty of it I couldn't wate to see it again. It would be over 40 tears before I saw again and was not disappointed. It was every thing I remembered. Beautiful; photography, beautiful costu.mes and good sets. And then tere's the makeup. WOW!!

It's a must see for a;; film fans.

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