Belle

Beautiful voice, music, art and the cinematic too. This is just beautiful art!

I was fortunate enough to see this tonight as a part of Fantastic Fest and I can only describe this as Mamoru Hosoda's masterpiece. I am so glad I was able to see it on the big screen because the music is absolutely stunning.. and my meager TV at home without surround sound never could replicate it. The characters are so lovingly created and the visuals are absolutely gorgeous.. I cannot recommend this enough. If you watch this without crying then it is you who is the beast! 10/10

A great adaptation and reinterpretation of “Beauty and the Beast” as a Japanese anime set in modern times.

I love how they used Virtual Reality as a plot device only; and avoiding the pitfall of explaining things that are not needed to be explained.

I now understand why this received a 14-minute standing ovation at Cannes (the 7th longest at the festival). It truly deserves it. A Masterpiece. I've never seen this level of reinterpretation of the classic “Beauty and the Beast”.

Well, I can highly recommend watching this movie. Its a mess, a pretty mess, much like life itself.

[spoiler] To those who state they think they've seen two movies, you did. If you don't get it that's on you. [/spoiler]

Also, as always, this is not a kids cartoon movie

One of the most beautiful voices is in this movie 😭

♡ **_very beautiful. everything about it. just beautiful. give it a watch. you won't be disappointed!_** ♡

[Sitges FF] Mamoru Hosoda continues making masterpieces after "Mirai" (2018), "The boy and the beast" (2015) and "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" (2006). This reformulation of "The beauty and the beast" is a gorgeous, moving and profound coming-of-age. The virtual world called U is hypnotic, as hypnotic is the false reality that it sells, and is juxtaposed with real life, the harshness of absence, but also of abuse.

I think all the people here complaining that the movie doesn't have a good resolution, and that we don't know what happens at the end - or that there are some parts that looked like they were not driving the plot forward don't really understand what this movie is about.

Are we really that far, that everyone expects Hollywood-style schema F movies, with three acts and a nice resolution, for it to be a good movie?

This one is intentionally ambiguous in the end. It's a modern fairytale, sprinkled with lots of symbolism and heartfelt moments. Not every single one of those moments had to make sense, or lead the story forward. It's meant to symbolize life, our struggles, and the beauty of it. Blurring lines between digital reality and reallife.
That's all there is. If you think the movie needed more, and needed a clear-cut end with a resolution, you are wrong. Sorry.

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The soundtrack is amazing. I knew that when I went in, I have listened to the songs hundreds of times before, both in English and Japanese.
The movie lived up to it, and provided a really nice and heartfelt story around those. I really enjoyed this movie a lot.

A wonderful work, which is enjoyed and cried from the heart.
I confess that at first I felt that they were dealing with five different subplots that could easily have been two or three separate films, and that worried me because I felt that they were going to give it a rushed and forced ending. But it was not like that. I feel like every little situation they showed tied together to create the perfect ending. With Suzu, her family and her friends.
The scene with the children and their father, GOD, I think I gasped for a moment, how strong! I really liked it.

A little too much cringe than necessary but overall the story was worth watching. Although I have to say that this movie was highly overrated. Plot was definitely good but nothing extraordinary.