Before watching this, I read the original version to my daughter. It is vastly different than the Disney animated version. This film version has more similarities to the book.
This version concerns Belle, her father, and her sisters who live together in France. Belle's sisters are greedy and exploit their hard-working father. He must go on a journey and asks his daughters what they want. Naturally Belle's sisters want expensive things, but all Belle wants is a single rose.
Belle's father comes across the Beast's castle and is enchanted by his surroundings. He notices some roses in the garden and snips one to take back to Belle. The Beast is infuriated because the roses are his special magic roses. So Belle's father becomes his prisoner and Belle takes his place.
Belle is treated like a princess by his enchanted servants. It's fairly obvious how they did all the special effects, but for the time period, it's impressive. The movie contained magic, romance, and drama. Most of the drama was caused by the jealousy of Belle's sisters and handsome suitors. But Belle sees past the materialism and vanity of her family and gets to know the Beast for who he is on the inside. Movie overall gets a 7/10.
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