The Beautiful Beast - A Beauty and the Beast Story Review

Title: The Beautiful Beast

Media: DVD

Publisher: SunWorld Pictures

Genre: Romance/Drama

ISBN: 609261014131

Length: 100 minutes

My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Isabelle was a spoil debutante, who only care where the next party was located.  When a skiing accident had her injured in the middle of the wintry forest, Isabelle began to wonder where her life went wrong.  Stumbling along, she found herself at Jeremy's secluded cabin.  Forcing him to help her, she made herself at home.  Jeremy was not happy with the little arrangement and was determined to take this princess down a notch or two.  But their forced closeness began to stir something that they both have forgotten.  Will they discover that love can overcome all before the two weeks were up?

So, what happens when Beauty is the Beast?  You get this movie.  Beware - This was not the Beauty we're used to. Instead of being a nice, caring person we've come to expect, our heroine was a spoiled, rich socialite who preferred partying than helping others.  Overall, the acting was done very well.  Not over the top.  Isabelle, played by Shona Kay, was perfectly irritating.  Jeremy, played by Brad Johnson, was majorly cute.  Their chemistry was not off the charts, but enough to make you believe that they were falling in love.  Some of their scenes were giggle-worthy. 

The movie basically played out like a romance novel.  It was cliche and predictable.  Which was awesome for me since I love my romances.  However, for those expecting something new, you will be very disappointed.  The plot was a little on the slow side.  As a book, I would've enjoyed it more.  But as a movie, not as much.  Nothing much happened.  For 70% of the time, it was more of Isabella discovering what happiness really meant by secluding herself in this cabin for two weeks with someone who didn't give in to every whim.  Overall, it was a clean movie, except for a few kissing scenes.  I'm guessing the Dove.org 12+ seal was probably for some of the mature topics.  However, it wasn't anything you don't normally see on TV these days.  Other than that, there was nothing else I found objectionable.  For the few, there were some Christian elements near the end of the movie. 

Beauty and the Beast is and will always be my favorite fairy tale.  "A Beautiful Beast" took enough elements from the original tale to see the correlation and satisfy fairy tale fans.  If you generally like gentle romances, this is definitely the movie for you.  Mind you, the plot is predictable with a smidge of drama.  And if you are a person who needs something unique and different, please pass this one by.  So, depending on your mood, this will be a movie will be a hit or miss.  Overall, I was excited to watch it once.  However, I think once was enough for me.

Note: English language with English subtitles only.