On a trip out of town, Belle's dad comes upon a gloomy castle in a dark forest-the home of a prince (Dan Stevens) who was long ago cursed by a malevolent crone, and is now living out his days as a huge, furry beast. A pompous army captain named Gaston (Luke Evans) has his eye on her, but as his chubby aide-de-camp LeFou (Josh Gad) gently suggests, there's no way that union is ever going to happen. Emma Watson is Belle, a young French woman longing for a more exciting life than the one she's living with her clockmaker father (Kevin Kline) in their tiny village. The story is pretty much the same, too (it's been minimally adjusted for purposes of feminism and gay inclusion). The songs, by composer Alan Menken and lyricists Howard Ashman or, alternatively, Tim Rice, will mostly be familiar to Beauty fans (there are four unobjectionable new tunes), and they're mostly knocked out of the park by the gusto-fueled cast. His cameras rarely stop swooping among the singing, twirling dancers (or rising above to salute the overhead artistry of Busby Berkeley, or rushing up a flower-blanketed hill to gather some Sound of Music echoes). It must be said that director Bill Condon ( Dreamgirls, and the last two Twilights) is just the man to imbue this very expensive production with maximum wow.
As you may know, that picture was translated straight onto Broadway for a 13-year run, and continues traipsing the world to our very day. Like the phenomenally successful live-action Cinderella of two years ago, Beauty is a remake of an earlier Disney animated fairy tale-the Oscar-winning 1991 film of sainted memory. But the movie is possibly overstuffed with Disney's warm artificiality-the cozily cluttered interiors, the bustling village square, the broody castle, the vivid weather-and at the end you may feel bloated. Candy fans can take this as a recommendation, and lovers of blazingly well-made fantasy films and full-belt Broadway musicals will surely have a good time. Experiencing Disney's new live-action Beauty and the Beast is like being held down and force-fed candy for two hours.
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