Film: Bombastic Beast loses its Beauty
The more vivacious the film tries to be, the flatter the result
Cinema
Beauty & The Beast: Directed by Bill Condon, Nationwide, PG, Rating: **
Personal Shopper: Directed by Olivier Assayas, Nationwide, 15A, Rating: ****
It’s a tale as old as time, as the song goes. Disney’s live-action remake of its 1991 animated musical, adapted from Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s 18th century fairytale, which in turn harkens back to ancient campfire tales, is composed of the archetypal building blocks of human storytelling: sacrifice, identity, and ...
