Beauty and the Beast (1946)

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"Once upon a time..." A half-ruined merchant lives in the country with his son Ludovic and his three daughters... (imdb)

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Directed By: Jean Cocteau

Written By: Jean Cocteau, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

Starring: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair, Raoul Marco, Jean Cocteau, Marcel André, Christian Marquand, Noël Blin, Gilles Watteaux

Genres: Romance, Drama, Fantasy

AKA: La Belle et la bête

Country: France, Luxembourg

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Date	User	Rating
Oct 15	MetaCritic2	92 _98%
Oct 10	mpg66	80 _66%
Oct 01	Liff710	50 _44%
Sep 23	tinatinas	75 _58%
Sep 20	AudSpokesman	87 _67%
Sep 20	misaeldavid	83 _67%
Sep 14	metalrocker	70 _50%
Sep 12	derektripp	71 _77%
Sep 04	rihrey	75 _94%
Aug 30	Gorro	92 _97%
Aug 17	IMDBv2	79 _87%
Aug 14	TaakoDurden	65 _66%
Aug 13	RT:TNG	95 _88%
Aug 08	misaeld7	85 _68%
Aug 01	JJJensen	83 _53%
Jul 17	exolstice	84 _71%
Jul 14	matGuy3	6 _51%
The movie only really captivated me when it's at the Beast's castle: a gorgeous ethereal, mystifying realm of shadow and light, flowing curtains and decadent vines, walls merely suggested rather than seen, and populated by gazing busts and autonomous arms of uncertain nature. A setting most evocative of classic fantasy which was defined by mood and mystery, where things left vague and implied are just as telling as what's spoken or seen.
Jul 09	Rankaisija	80 _78%
Jul 03	obligatory	80 _42%
Jul 02	MCUser	81 _78%
Jul 02	fkincoffee	50 _53%
Jun 21	CAPPLIES	6 _64%
Jun 04	tardini	75 _90%
Jun 02	tykunz	87 _77%
May 14	UgDemirelce	85 _84%
Apr 27	Rivette	70 _76%
Apr 21	TomLeazak	70 _0%
Apr 15	Awburn	6 _65%
Apr 07	MessiahTool	70 _54%
Apr 04	coldesser	80 _0%
Apr 04	fenixdown	81 _78%
Mar 24	Drops	80 _46%
Mar 05	coolcoolcool	75 _36%
Feb 28	Callie	95 _0%
Feb 20	Ozcan	82 _56%
Feb 13	directorscut	80 _60%
Feb 12	Siegel Hans	70 _57%
Feb 03	cyber_turnip	50 _31%
Feb 03	Daria	73 _25%
Jan 18	ucfbe	76 _10%
Jan 10	budinjm	100 _99%
Jan 04	JonnyHalftab	86 _63%
Jan 04	Grahamb	80 _61%
Jan 03	Cheezy Dub	90 _92%
Dec 30, 2020	mutter	65 _55%
Dec 28, 2020	mandalina	70 _61%
Dec 28, 2020	Atoz	62 _72%
Dec 06, 2020	Adds2.0	90 _94%
Nov 23, 2020	extreme87	87 _87%
Nov 21, 2020	napouser	30 _26%
Nov 15, 2020	mattcbrown	100 _98%
Nov 12, 2020	DSonla	70 _57%
Nov 03, 2020	Edueccì	75 _85%
Oct 28, 2020	Nikelodeon	75 _56%
Oct 22, 2020	jamienelson	70 _54%
Oct 20, 2020	DLawrence	80 _76%
Oct 14, 2020	colmener2	80 _84%
Oct 14, 2020	colmener	80 _78%
Oct 12, 2020	rospo	64 _55%
Oct 11, 2020	Faeleaf	68 _56%
Oct 11, 2020	Thegoodboy	67 _63%
Oct 03, 2020	matthagen	45 _35%
Cocteau didn't need to present a disclaimer at the beginning apologizing for this fairy tale. He forged a gorgeous piece of cinema... for 1946. The production values and visual inventiveness are immaculate. Unfortunately, the acting, the story, and a head-scratching series of events hinder the whole thing. It has its rightful place in cinematic history, it just doesn't hold up great to my eye.
Sep 30, 2020	RTAudience	90 _89%
Sep 28, 2020	Opio	90 _97%
Sep 26, 2020	PUNQ	80 _99%
A little on the slow side, but super magical nonetheless! Really sands-out in the 1946 environment with its special effects and dreamy visuals. There really was a sense of fantasy that Jean Cocteau created. I got seriously lost in spell of it.
Sep 20, 2020	sero?	98 _88%
Sep 17, 2020	Squin	71 _45%
Aug 18, 2020	svenerik	65 _37%
Aug 17, 2020	Fulgance	40 _4%
Aug 13, 2020	ylajali	70 _75%
Aug 12, 2020	id2012	70 _55%
Aug 11, 2020	cinephile212	83 _64%
Aug 10, 2020	belfastboy	80 _83%
Jul 24, 2020	Mavoy	72 _45%
Jul 05, 2020	zzzorf	70 _66%
Jun 23, 2020	themoviepl	83 _16%
Jun 18, 2020	drrockso	95 _73%
Jun 13, 2020	D Lightman	60 _41%
Jun 09, 2020	Nab4real	75 _58%
May 25, 2020	bjrobillard	100 _99%
May 22, 2020	Omid Ranjbar	68 _87%
May 15, 2020	Darren	79 _72%
May 09, 2020	lingolingo	99 _97%
May 07, 2020	Champs	5 _93%
May 06, 2020	careunicorn	90 _88%
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Apr 26, 2020	amerigo	69 _22%
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Apr 07, 2020	Pleveen	91 _25%
Apr 02, 2020	Teproc	67 _70%
Mar 27, 2020	nihilcthulhu	90 _88%
Mar 27, 2020	spearmint	74 _73%
Mar 22, 2020	TheShiznit	72 _96%
Feb 26, 2020	Hyperion+	5 _85%
Feb 08, 2020	hemestnt	95 _90%
Feb 02, 2020	tammineni ()	90 _89%
Jan 27, 2020	LordKubrick	92 _69%
Jan 25, 2020	CineLounge	71 _69%
Jan 24, 2020	ti89	80 _56%
Jan 18, 2020	tystnaden	60 _73%
Jan 18, 2020	Lemonya	85 _84%
Jan 17, 2020	Koroshiya1	100 _72%
Jan 16, 2020	Ammar44	70 _35%
Jan 10, 2020	KamilPPP	100 _96%
Jan 01, 2020	Steffen53	88 _65%
Dec 29, 2019	Bolido	90 _95%
Dec 27, 2019	explorer95	65 _63%
Dec 26, 2019	TJDixon2	71 _40%
Dec 14, 2019	rojatume	73 _38%
Dec 12, 2019	mycollection	100 _0%
Dec 12, 2019	peachtrees	80 _51%
Dec 12, 2019	Lionel Hutz	85 _84%
Dec 07, 2019	trvsdjhnsn	6 _94%
Dec 01, 2019	DomTosco	80 _68%
Nov 30, 2019	lillakniven	65 _64%
Nov 10, 2019	Krafty	85 _69%
Nov 06, 2019	Amir abbas	75 _77%
Nov 04, 2019	TMDaines	75 _57%
Nov 04, 2019	ribcage	82 _80%
My words could never live up to Cocteau's imagery. The Beast's castle is a eerie, magical place that I can only describe as "cozily haunted". His world exists in a murky neverland, where people seem to glide and to speak louder than a whisper might break the spell and cause your doom. If you want a film that takes you someplace, here you go. Be transported.
Nov 03, 2019	babil7	90 _81%
Nov 03, 2019	Daisoujou	85 _71%
Oct 24, 2019	Dionysoss	90 _94%
Oct 23, 2019	flipperrbm	9 _97%
Oct 14, 2019	FrankXVI	80 _70%
Oct 13, 2019	JakeAesthete	77 _76%
Oct 11, 2019	BaelHar	75 _55%
Oct 09, 2019	balseiros	70 _41%
Cocteau's choice to keep a high fidelity to the (quite Stockholm-ish) original souce begs a question about the true nature of cinema. Surely the dialogues and the narrative in general could have benefited from the hands of the poet but by keeping away from influencing the text we have here a pure masterpiece of creative filmmaking. What it lacks in narrative structure it compensates in art direction and photography. Or does it? Everytime we leave the castle we return to a kind of blandness.
Sep 20, 2019	yesistasty	93 _82%
Sep 17, 2019	thinbeach	64 _73%
Sep 03, 2019	fluland	80 _70%
Aug 30, 2019	Mathijsvdm	80 _61%
Aug 24, 2019	sven_usling	80 _78%
Aug 17, 2019	Zainou	80 _79%
Aug 13, 2019	account2	78 _93%
Aug 09, 2019	bal3x	60 _44%
Aug 05, 2019	Pascelle	80 _55%
Jul 07, 2019	VanillaSky	50 _37%
Jul 04, 2019	NathanBates	80 _76%
Incredible early fantasy film. The characters are a little wooden and the music is overbearing, but the remarkable set and special effects make it still worth watching. A peculiar ending, though, as we never find out about the rest of the characters -- and who wouldn't want to spend a little more time in that haunted castle?
Jul 01, 2019	xombiemonkey	9 _92%
Jun 30, 2019	mmarczi	85 _72%
Jun 27, 2019	mbramhald13	90 _88%
Jun 25, 2019	Man1ak	88 _87%
Jun 06, 2019	Nangijala	70 _67%
May 25, 2019	PepeCamello	80 _86%
May 13, 2019	dracular	60 _73%
May 13, 2019	nbc6	67 _68%
Apr 23, 2019	Popori	86 _72%
Apr 23, 2019	AHALE80	90 _92%
Apr 15, 2019	mvsilva	88 _90%
Apr 15, 2019	julesfmb	73 _84%
Apr 08, 2019	ecalder	59 _42%
Apr 08, 2019	Brewster	80 _90%
Apr 08, 2019	supergloo	9 _77%
Apr 07, 2019	TheRuins	80 _95%
Mar 22, 2019	DarrenCB	90 _86%
Mar 17, 2019	lucius	80 _86%
Mar 12, 2019	napolenbrady	92 _88%
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Mar 10, 2019	elimpe	80 _83%
Mar 05, 2019	mate_cosido	80 _71%
Feb 28, 2019	shazam2814	90 _91%
Feb 23, 2019	shannagirl23	90 _80%
Feb 05, 2019	finchereznor	80 _64%
Feb 05, 2019	tsumanne	78 _79%
Jan 31, 2019	knives	82 _85%
Jan 22, 2019	bnmller	100 _85%
Jan 19, 2019	jokevv	70 _75%
Jan 19, 2019	ibi8588	90 _88%
Jan 09, 2019	peyrin	65 _42%
There's something about the blend of fantasy and realism in the set design and the slow and deliberate acting/camerawork that makes the film feel almost like a stage play. The fairytale stuff itself is not particularly interesting but I can appreciate the good filmmaking behind it.
Jan 04, 2019	Kabbjeh	70 _69%
Jan 04, 2019	gossamer2019	67 _62%
Jan 03, 2019	nicolasurfe	82 _67%
Dec 27, 2018	FraGil	85 _93%
Dec 21, 2018	poltergeist	50 _27%
Dec 05, 2018	mathiasa	70 _77%
Dec 01, 2018	Dennis Li	3 _61%
Nov 30, 2018	BadCosmonaut	5 _62%
Nov 14, 2018	samurai	9 _90%
Oct 12, 2018	vesuvius	84 _88%
Sep 30, 2018	TheBreather	90 _88%
Sep 29, 2018	ehk2	73 _90%
Sep 29, 2018	darius	96 _71%
Sep 25, 2018	witzelsucht	8 _68%
Sep 24, 2018	Adds	90 _95%
Sep 18, 2018	bubsy	7 _88%
Sep 09, 2018	Zepheus	70 _72%
Sep 03, 2018	ozdemirb	84 _76%
Sep 02, 2018	Gossamer	3 _83%
Aug 29, 2018	ralexwr	80 _82%
Aug 27, 2018	fake_of_oz	40 _19%
Aug 16, 2018	CosmicMonkey	78 _58%
Surprisingly for a fairy tale, the entire film feels very... I don't know, sad? The scenes set in the Beast's Castle and it's expressionist set design are beautifully creepy, and the entire film is overflowing with imagery, metaphor, and subtext, if you're into that sort of thing. However, the world and characters outside of the castle are very bland and uninteresting, and there's the unignorable issue of the story itself being about Stockholm syndrome and based in 18th century misogyny.
Aug 13, 2018	fngn	80 _89%
Aug 13, 2018	derzulya	7 _75%
Aug 07, 2018	filmbantha	80 _89%
Jul 26, 2018	CMQuinn	100 _96%
Jul 02, 2018	Triptolemos	65 _74%
Jun 25, 2018	AchwellFoley	76 _82%
Jun 20, 2018	FreddieQuell	95 _96%
Jun 17, 2018	aviator	70 _40%
Jun 10, 2018	nunobar	70 _54%
Jun 09, 2018	Abba	88 _89%
Jun 05, 2018	kjones77	80 _72%
May 26, 2018	driscarpin	92 _90%
Anos luz da insipidez da Disney, como tudo que o Cocteau faz, é uma verdadeira obra de arte. DVD Obras Primas do Cinema Jean Cocteau (por alguma razão as coisas ainda estão sendo entregues na minha casa)
May 17, 2018	Angel Eyes	84 _78%
May 13, 2018	larissasaydi	100 _98%
May 10, 2018	bholsclaw	81 _92%
May 08, 2018	brennanc	14 _59%
May 05, 2018	normatic	90 _96%
May 05, 2018	Grandaddy	70 _62%
May 01, 2018	John Milton	70 _61%
Apr 30, 2018	grabmymask	87 _76%
Apr 28, 2018	ironmayton	75 _35%
Apr 25, 2018	Fergenaprido	74 _51%
Apr 20, 2018	ssavage	75 _71%
Apr 19, 2018	fictionfitz	82 _84%
Apr 14, 2018	Pickle_Man	90 _77%
Ah, Stockholm syndrome. Quelle romance!
Apr 13, 2018	dourface	80 _86%
Apr 02, 2018	mfl	69 _83%
Mar 29, 2018	JanDoggen	72 _26%
Mar 28, 2018	horrorjames	70 _71%
Mar 26, 2018	pajala	50 _12%
Mar 26, 2018	heapshake	95 _98%
Such a stunning movie
Mar 24, 2018	freyr_rabbit	90 _71%
Mar 21, 2018	RottenT	95 _88%
With its magical optical effects and enchanting performances, Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast remains the most surreal -- and soulful -- of the fairy tale's film adaptations.
Mar 20, 2018	apsays	68 _64%
Mar 10, 2018	allneonslike	90 _98%
Mar 09, 2018	scott.mcc	80 _86%
Mar 08, 2018	jagarnyfiken	84 _90%
Mar 04, 2018	Onur Yavuz	70 _41%
Mar 02, 2018	Ceekay19	40 _4%
Ludovic: "May the devil himself splatter you with dung."
Feb 27, 2018	FullCollapse	89 _92%
Feb 24, 2018	Monisit	71 _46%
Feb 22, 2018	zkas1225	70 _52%
Feb 09, 2018	adiljun	85 _95%
Jan 25, 2018	colorbuf	75 _76%
Jan 23, 2018	crtsjffrsn	60 _56%
Jan 15, 2018	luchatein	83 _39%
Jan 11, 2018	Hennimore	72 _71%
Jan 09, 2018	cengaveri	75 _61%
Jan 02, 2018	rafalko6	60 _30%
Jan 01, 2018	Craigmax100	75 _49%
Dec 31, 2017	Kobaruon	80 _86%
Dec 27, 2017	turhank	90 _84%
Dec 26, 2017	NobodyBey	75 _45%
Dec 24, 2017	7thpein	88 _99%
Dec 22, 2017	ah3	30 _27%

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