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Beauty and the Beast
Disney enters the 90s with this charming smash hit, based on the popular fairy story, featuring a girl, a Beast and all-singing, all-dancing household items
Disney went through a slump in the 80s, with the humdrum likes of The Fox And The Hound and The Black Cauldron. But this take on fairy tale favourite Beauty And The Beast reestablished the studio as the pre-eminent cartoon feature factory, and even introduced audiences to the potential of computer animation. It's a charming film. Spirited and intelligent village beauty Belle (O'Hara) escapes the attentions of macho village lunkhead Gaston (White) when she sets off to save her father from the noble but tortured man-beast (Benson) - a giant gorilla-cun-lion - who has him imprisoned. Gradually, love blossoms between the two and the Beast's secret - that he is actually a bewitched man - is revealed. The animation for the set pieces is excellent, Lansbury's fussy teapot takes top honours in the vocal performances and the musical numbers by Ashman and Menken aren't too schmaltzy. Kids love it and parents will be able to bear it for the first 17 times. |
