Synopsis
A modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.
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Cast
- Alex PettyferKyle Kingson
- Vanessa HudgensLindy Taylor
- Mary-Kate OlsenKendra Hilferty
- LisaGay HamiltonZola Davies
- Neil Patrick HarrisWill Fratalli
- Dakota JohnsonSloan Hagen
- Erik KnudsenTrey Madison
- Peter KrauseRob Kingson
- David FrancisDr. Davis
- Gio PerezVictor Barrel
Recommendations
- 75
Orlando Sentinel
Witty, warm, well-cast and often wickedly funny. - 75
Miami Herald
Beastly, for all its potential pitfalls, works better than it has any right to. Credit Barnz, who keeps his young characters contemporary in a world of text messaging and status updates and yet also gives them depth. - 70
Los Angeles Times
The idea of transformation, that people can change and learn from their mistakes, growing to be better, makes Beastly not just sweetly romantic but also quietly hopeful. - 40
Variety
A kiss may cure the monster, but not even campy performances from Mary-Kate Olsen and Neil Patrick Harris can save this ugly snarl of cliches. - 38
Philadelphia Inquirer
Beastly offers a thoroughly dopey reread of the "Beauty and the Beast" fairy tale. - 30
Chicago Reader
Loosely adapted from Alex Flinn's young-adult novel, this "Beauty and the Beast" update is a pallid, formulaic teen romance that might have benefited from a little snark. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Rarely do films from Hollywood emerge in such an inane manner. Its rote characters are inevitably in predictable situations with no subtext or subtlety to any of their predicaments. - 25
Boston Globe
The characterization couldn't be more flagrant if the soundtrack creaked out an oldie by a certain ancient pop quintet: You're a candy girl.
