Beauty and the Beast | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

Disney made big strides towards recapturing its classic form with the animated fairy tale The Little Mermaid a couple of years ago, but they let an insipid heroine almost spoil the effect. But Beauty and the Beast is unambiguously successful.

The film’s title song, teaching lovers to look into each other’s hearts instead of their flaws, is coincidentally flawless.

This is full-blown, full-blooded animation, lacking only the special finesse and charm that stamped Disney's work in the Forties. Children of all ages, start queuing now.

I could not identify with Belle because she was written as such a blank slate.