Beastly

Year of release : 2011

 

Run time : 1h26min

 

Genre : Romance / Fantasy

 

Cast : Alex Pettyfer , Vanessa Hudgens , Mary-Kate Olsen, Neil Patrick Harris, Peter Krause

 

 

The movie is loosely based on the 2007 book by Alex Flinn, a retelling of the "Beauty and the Beast" story,which by the way,I read,and has nothing to do with the movie,the book has a plot.

 

Kyle Kingston is a very vain boy, who only talks about looks. That's all that matters to him. He's as vain,shallow, and unattractive on the inside as he is attractive on the outside. We soon discover this is all due to his father who is obsessed with looks.

 

Kyle has the amazing idea to talk trash to a witch, Kendra, who gives him a taste of his own medicine. Kyle becomes the unattractive being he is on the inside,outside. 

The movie is a weak, B movie,but I liked it. The movie ,unlike the book,only focuses on the love story,there's nothing else,everything else is told to us.

The book was better ,in the book he looked like a lion and talked to other bewitched teenagers. There was a witch coven and I think the maid was a rogue one.

 

Vanessa,Alex and Mary Kate are not that great when it comes to acting in this one. Neil Patrick Harris is great,and he is the funny comic relief.

Because I like witches,I actually liked Mary Kate's character.

 

The soundtrack was amazing.

The movie received negative reviews,and grossed 43.2 million dollars at the box office,against a budget of 17 million.

Cinema Score audiences gave it a B+ on an A+ to F scale!

The movie has been in the works since 2007!

It took 7 hours to put the prosthetics on Alex Pettyfer. It consisted of 60 tattoos and scars .

Rating : Worth a watch !