Beauty and the Beast Live Action Movie Review and Free Coloring Pages

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is one of my daughter’s and my favorite Disney movies, and unless you’ve been offline for a few years, you know that BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is now a live action movie. I’ve been waiting since the moment it was announced that this was being made to see it! My dream came true last night during opening night. Keep reading for my live action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST movie review and free BEAUTY AND THE BEAST coloring pages!

Beauty and The Beast Movie Review and Coloring Pages

This live action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST stars Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as The Beast.

Official Trailer

Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within.

Tale as old as time

If you have seen the animated version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST then you know this “tale as old as time.”

Gaston (Luke Evans) is relentless in his pursuit of Belle (Emma Watson) in Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, a live-action adaptation of the studio’s animated classic.

Live Action Beauty and the Beast movie review

I had no idea how they were going to make this live action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST movie live up to the original. However, I have to say they totally surpassed all of my expectations. One thing that I was hoping for when I heard that they were making this movie was that they’d keep the songs. They do, and I told my daughter and her friend’s that I was going to be singing along, and I did. There has to be a sing-along version of this sometime!

They’ve added original songs that add to this story in a beautiful way. For example, “Days in the Sun” is sung by the characters in the castle reminiscing about the days before the curse.

Belle (Emma Watson) in the West Wing of the Beast’s castle in Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

Backstories: Belle’s mother and The Prince’s youth

My very favorite part of this live action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST film is the backstory about Belle’s mother. Talk about a crying moment! I know that when the animated version of Beauty and the Beast came out, people were complaining about Maurice seeming like he was a simpleton living in his own world. They said it depicted fathers in a bad way. I really didn’t see that, but in this version Maurice is definitely not portrayed that way. He is a talented artist who grieves his wife and loves his daughter fiercely. It is beautiful.

The Prince’s youth and the loss of his mother is also depicted in a backstory in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. You get to see how he would turn into a man who would turn away an old woman begging for shelter. You can see how the characters living in the castle feel about their part in the story as well. I loved the depth this gave to the movie.

Belle (Emma Watson) comes to realize that underneath the hideous exterior of the Beast (Dan Stevens) there is the kind heart of a Prince in Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

The costumes and set

Ahhh! Right from the beginning, I was in love with the costumes. That love just kept getting greater as the movie progressed. I love Belle’s blinged up yellow dress! However, it’s impossible to describe how beautiful the dresses and suits in this movie are without seeing the movie. See the movie! The costume designer for BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is Jacqueline Durran. If she’s not nominated for an Academy Award, something is wrong! She deserves high accolades for this.

I’ve always dreamed of being at the Academy Awards. I wanted to be a producer back when I was in college, but then I changed my major and never pursued that dream. Now it is my dream to be a set decorator because it looks like one of the best jobs in the world! Katie Spencer, set decorator for BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, knocked it out of the park with this movie set. I want to watch this movie over and over just to look at all of the little details that make this such a gorgeous movie.

Just look at all of the details in this one frame from the movie. Gorgeous.

In Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, a live-action adaptation of the studio’s animated classic, Emma Watson stars as Belle and Kevin Kline is Maurice, Belle’s father.

Something There

If my live action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST movie review hasn’t convinced you that you need this, here’s a clip for you! Honestly, I have seen this movie multiple times. Furthermore, I highly recommend it for your entire family.

I did have a friend ask me if I thought her kids would be afraid, and knowing her kids, I said yes. If your children are highly sensitive to any scary elements in movies, you might want to see it without them first. For example, the wolves are scary, and Gaston and The Beast’s fight is scary too.