- MUSIC
- 09:00 PM, Apr 26
witty, warm, well-cast and often wickedly funnyby Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel ]
this is the kind of cornball entertainment that rainy afternoons were made forby Manohla Dargis [NY Times ]
there isn't a single enlightening, charming, clever, original, or remotely engaging elementby Jason McKiernan [Filmcritic.com ]
the fantasy "Beastly" peddles isn't dissimilarby Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]
provides the bulk of the entertainmentby Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine ]
offers a thoroughly dopeyby Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]
is strangely earthboundby Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger ]
is funnier, sharper and sweeter than expected-at least good enough to meet its low expectationsby Amy Nicholson [Boxoffice Magazine ]
is Beauty and the Beast for the Twilight generationby James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
is a sly and pleasant-enoughby Mark Olsen [LA Times ]
has none of the charm of the Disney animated versionby Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
gets too soppy in the home stretchby Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail ]
defies some serious odds in moviemakingby Kirk Honeycutt [Hollywood Reporter ]
corny attempt at fairy-tale interpretationby Nick Schager [Village Voice ]
a sweet film - a modern riffby Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle ]
a brain-dead update of the classic fairy taleby Peter Debruge [Variety ]