Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (2005)

4.8 ? Oct 18, 2005 1h 29m

Overview

Timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast set in the period of the Vikings. Freya, a warrior and the beautiful daughter of a Viking king, is held prisoner on an island castle by a Beast whom has been cursed by his god Odin.

Genres

Adventure Fantasy Drama Action Thriller

Release Date

October 18, 2005

Rating

4.8 /10

Runtime

1h 29m

Jane March

Jane March

Freya

William Gregory Lee

William Gregory Lee

Sven

Justin Whalin

Justin Whalin

Eric

David Dukas

David Dukas

Beast / Agnar

Candice Hillebrand

Candice Hillebrand

Ingrid

Greg Melvill-Smith

Greg Melvill-Smith

Thorsson

Marcel Van Heerden

Marcel Van Heerden

Kogla

Ron Smerczak

Ron Smerczak

Ragnar

Russel Savadier

Russel Savadier

Olaf

Steven van Niekerk

Heindall

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GenerationofSwine

2.0/10

Jan 11, 2023

Jane March left her clothes on in this and... that is kind of shocking isn't it, but good for her, and disappointing for most of the audience that is used to her... better... movies. Honestly though she's not a bad actress, so her career is really rather confusing. She should be ranked a bit higher. Anyway, the cover, that is certainly bucking for Lord of the Rings isn't it? It's one of those movies that is hoping that cover design alone might prompt someone to accidentally rent it, and that probably makes up for nearly everyone that actually saw it. Ultimately it is an attempt at a re-write of Beauty and the Beast, only darker... but not too dark because it's still PG-13, which is another flaw. It's kind of hard to achieve the fantasy-HORROR take on Beauty and the Beast while keeping to a PG-13 rating. Unfortunately that's not it's only problem, it seems to have one of those scripts that is a cool concept but needed a total re-write and never got one. But it also seems to have one of those directors that didn't know how to get what he wanted from his actors and, in the case of Jane March, probably got in the way of her usual competent delivery (even in some very horrible films).

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