BEAUTY AND THE BEAST has been called so many things, Enchanting, magical, simply beautiful, a perfect love story.
BEAUTY is indeed all that and is so much more. On the whole scale, it is a grand and powerful fable with a simplistic story sugar coated with the best animation effort at the time. In its finer moments, BEAUTY is also a rousing musical, making your head move and getting caught up right in the mix.
The score is unforgettable, the characters are so easy to get into, and its made for children and adults in mind, BEAUTY is so much next to flawless, some people forget that it does have some silly mistakes kicking around in there (what is the Beast 's age anyway, it seems to change throughout the movie).
It takes place in a small French town, where Belle, a beautiful but "strange" (considered by the locals), lives with her father/inventor, who is considered crazy by the town. She loves reading, which it unusual to the town folk. Gaston, the town hero who is also a jerk, is determined to make Belle his wife, though she is in no way interested in him. One day, while lost in the woods, her father runs into an enchanted castle, where a prince-turned-beast now conceals himself and takes him [Belle's father] prisoner. Belle finds out about this and goes to his rescue, only to trade herself for her father's freedom. While being the Beast's prisoner, she and the former prince start to fall in love, much to the pleasure of the enchanted objects/servants.

what makes this a special edition special Features Include
* "Making-of featurette
* The story behind the story, from "Cinderella" to "The Lion King"
* Maurice's Invention Workshop game
* Break The Spell game
* Two music videos Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson, and Jump 5
* Sing along track
* And More Bonus features.

Beauty and the Beast is an enchanting tale. Based upon a beautiful young girl called Belle, who lives with her lovable yet wacky inventor father Maurice. Belle is also lusted after by self absorbed Gaston, who she has no interest in.
One day Maurice decides to take his invention to the inventors fair, however when his horse arrives back at their home without Maurice, Belle becomes worried and goes to find him. She finds him in imprisoned in an dark castle by a hideous beast and decides to forfeit her life for his freedom and decides to become the prisoner instead. However as time goes by Belle gets to know the beast and their relationship develops.
However, when Maurice returns to the village speaking of how Belle has been captured by a savage beast Gaston takes it upon himself to go back to the castle to save her and kill the beast!

This Disney adaptation is a charming tale, following the classic Disney formula making it a brilliant film to watch, and its suitable for all the family!