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• witty, warm, well-cast and often wickedly funny

  by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel ]

• this is the kind of cornball entertainment that rainy afternoons were made for

  by Manohla Dargis [NY Times ]

• there isn't a single enlightening, charming, clever, original, or remotely engaging element

  by Jason McKiernan [Filmcritic.com ]

• the fantasy "Beastly" peddles isn't dissimilar

  by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]

• provides the bulk of the entertainment

  by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine ]

• offers a thoroughly dopey

  by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]

• is strangely earthbound

  by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger ]

• is funnier, sharper and sweeter than expected-at least good enough to meet its low expectations

  by Amy Nicholson [Boxoffice Magazine ]

• is Beauty and the Beast for the Twilight generation

  by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]

• is a sly and pleasant-enough

  by Mark Olsen [LA Times ]

• has none of the charm of the Disney animated version

  by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]

• gets too soppy in the home stretch

  by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail ]

• defies some serious odds in moviemaking

  by Kirk Honeycutt [Hollywood Reporter ]

• corny attempt at fairy-tale interpretation

  by Nick Schager [Village Voice ]

• a sweet film - a modern riff

  by Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle ]

• a brain-dead update of the classic fairy tale

  by Peter Debruge [Variety ]

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