Beauty & The Beast Review: 6 Ups & 4 Downs

5. The Songs Are (Mostly) Fantastic

Beauty And The Beast Lumiere
Disney

Even with the aforementioned autotune problem, the majority of the songs are fantastic renditions of the iconic classics.

"Gaston", "Be Our Guest" and "Beauty and the Beast" in particular are superbly done, with memorable set-pieces to accompany each of them, especially the visually dazzling Be Our Guest.

The new songs meanwhile may not retain quite the same quality (nostalgic biases aside), they fit pretty snugly into the line-up for the most part. Dan Stevens' performance of "Evermore" at a pivotal emotional moment in the movie is a particularly strong addition.

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