Beauty and the Beast (re-release)

Name: Beauty and the Beast (re-release)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Released: August 16, 2002
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 92
Cast: Jean Marais

2002

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Universal acclaim based on 7 Critic Reviews

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Lopert Pictures Corporation | Release Date: August 16, 2002

Starring: Jean Marais

Summary: Jean Cocteau's 1946 classic, newly restored to its original glorious black and white splendor. (Film Forum)

Director: Jean Cocteau and René Clément

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Runtime: 93 min

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Michael Wilmington

Beautifully remastered and containing Cocteau's long-unseen special prologue and credits -- is as much a feat of feverish delight as it was in the dark days of Vichy and WWII. Read full review

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Dallas Observer Jean Oppenheimer

So enchanting it takes your breath away. Read full review

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Shawn Levy

One of the great marvels of the medium, a film that you cannot miss if you hope to be literate in cinema -- or, indeed, if you seek acquaintance with the great works of modern times. Read full review

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Roger Ebert

Cocteau, a poet and surrealist, was not making a "children's film" but was adapting a classic French tale that he felt had a special message after the suffering of World War II: Anyone who has an unhappy childhood may grow up to be a Beast. Read full review

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not credited)

A masterpiece. It is a credit to Cocteau's genius (and to that of his collaborators) that he has taken the unreal world of a fairy tale and made it as real as the world around us. Read full review

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David Sterritt

The timeless fairy tale about a young woman who agrees to dwell with a mysterious monster, as interpreted in 1946 by one of cinema's most brilliant visual stylists and mythmakers. Read full review

Michael Miller

Viewers must get in touch with their inner child to fall for Belle's eventual love for Beast. The film seems somewhat aware of this, casting an ambiguous hue on its happily-ever-after conclusion. Read full review

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jeff_reviews

Jul 4, 2013

A film that doesn't rely on any gimmicks, yet it has wonderful storytelling and memorable songs. A tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, "Beauty and the Beast".

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JeffK

Jun 20, 2006

Magical film.

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monkeybrainspit

Mar 1, 2011

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donaldist

Jul 5, 2016

"Belle, you mustn't look into my eyes. You needn't fear. You will never see me, except each evening at 7:00, when you will dine, and I will come to the great hall. And never look into my eyes."
76/100, or B+
Oddly enough, when set in the real world, this film falls victim to some of the"Belle, you mustn't look into my eyes. You needn't fear. You will never see me, except each evening at 7:00, when you will dine, and I will come to the great hall. And never look into my eyes."
76/100, or B+
Oddly enough, when set in the real world, this film falls victim to some of the usual flaws of old myths, becoming stilted and abstractly moral; in the Beast's castle, the film is gorgeous and haunting, the best sort of gothic fairy tale. Fortunately enough, most of the film is set within Beasty's castle, and this film handles the Beast better than any other, in that he is actually allowed to be a beast, scary and strange and pitiable, rather than just a fuzzy charmer with a slightly growly disposition (I'm looking at you, Disney version). Jean Marais is just fantastic as the Beast, but, for some reason or other, he's a poor actor when outside the fur suit (he double-roles as a scurrilous romantic rival). Anyway, much recommended for those of you who like yout fairy tales to stick in the back of your throats.… Expand

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beingryanjude

Aug 29, 2014

Beauty and the Beast is one of the great marvels of animation. A beautiful story, filled with classic Disney music and magic. As good as it is, it is not perfect.

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elguru

Dec 9, 2021

Both main characters look like 40s pornstars LUL, good job mr. cocteau.....

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