Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

adonis98-743-186503 A modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love. Beastily is definitely better than it usually gets credit for especially the message it tries to send about what does beauty truly mean like in reality? The acting wasn't that bad and i even enjoyed Neil Patrick Harris as this blind man persona i thought he was very good in his role. The film has it's fair share of flaws as well tho but still they don't really destroy it completely or make it cheesy and stupid.. (7/10)

juneebuggy Well that's a shame because the book was pretty good. This was just a terrible movie on all counts, bad acting from the two leads (well, everyone involved actually) cliché story -even for a teen drama with this somehow ending up feeling more like a TV show than a movie. I also didn't care for Kyle's beast makeup, it was way over the top and honestly never did figure out how he explained his changes to his father? The story also jumps around with serious continuality issues, I mean you know what's happening and why but it just felt rushed and didn't flow properly. On the plus-side I did enjoy (surprise) one of the Olsen twins as the witch and Neil Patrick Harris's blind character gave me a couple of smirks that never developed into laughs. 6/4/14

doppelsonnenuhr An empty, pretentious and rather deceitful 'love' story - all about style over substance while claiming to champion the opposite. My favourite character was the goth girl - at least she had attitude. The lead actor's performance was plastic, artificial, the plot was superficial and dishonest,An earlier review suggested that you might enjoy this film if you're a teenager. I wouldn't personally be quite so ready to insult the intelligence of the odd few teens with whom I'm personally acquainted. I usually try to avoid being so negative, but I found this film really rather annoying.

J D This movie definitely adds a modern twist to the story of Beauty and the Beast. This is a story about a boy in high school who is running for class president. His reason for why he will win class president is because he is the best looking candidate for the position. This is an exaggeration of a part of our society today. Beastly exaggerates our focus on appearance in society and incorporates it into a familiar story. The focus on appearance was over used as the central problem for the plot in the movie. In this movie the main character does look right for the position but he also says he looks right for the position during a speech while he is campaigning. This just seemed strange because it is not a typical thing to hear from people running for an elected position. This theme gets worn down quickly in this movie. Appearance is a big part of high school and that is probably why the director chose the setting to be in a high school. Younger actors were chosen to play the lead roles in the high school setting. The acting in this movie was consistent and the actors seemed to know the character they were supposed to be. It was a return for one of the Olsen twins. The character Kendra (Mary-Kate Olsen) was dressed in dark clothing and makeup and she seemed out of place in the high school setting. It just seemed like the character did not match the setting. The change in appearance of the main character Kyle (Alex Pettyfer) was done well and it looked like the appearance took time and effort to create. It did give you the sense that he looked more like a beast after his appearance was changed by Kendra. Lindy, the character who is the love interest of Kyle, is played by Vanessa Hudgens. Her part in the film is intended to spark interest in teens to see the movie. Neil Patrick Harris plays a character that helps Kyle. His character gave some comic relief to the dark and serious part of the movie.There was not a lot of originality to this movie. It uses the plot of Beauty and the Beast and makes it modern. The movie is also a typical love story. Lindy and Kyle are in love and the story focuses on how their relationship begins. The plot development is also not original. Kyle needs to learn the lesson that appearance is not everything and the whole movie is about what he learns while he looks beastly. Only this lesson, as stated earlier, is over used throughout the movie. The root of the idea that appearance is everything comes from his parents. This does cause us to have some sympathy towards Kyle and not think of him as an awful human being because of what he believes. This information was a good thing to include in the development of the story.Overall, Beastly should not be put on a bucket list of movies to see. The appeal of this movie is the modern twist of a story. It is probably somewhat popular because of the actors. If the message of the movie is not clear at first it will definitely be clear by the end. The audience will know, as stated earlier, looks are not everything.