Beastly (2011)

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.

Director:

Daniel Barnz

Writers:

Daniel Barnz (screenplay), Alex Flinn (novel)

Stars:

Alex Pettyfer, Justin Bradley, Mary-Kate Olsen

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alex Pettyfer	...	Kyle Kingston
Justin Bradley	...	Student
Mary-Kate Olsen	...	Kendra
Dakota Johnson	...	Sloan
Erik Knudsen	...	Trey
Vanessa Hudgens	...	Lindy
Karl Graboshas	...	Male Teacher
Peter Krause	...	Rob
LisaGay Hamilton	...	Zola (as Lisagay Hamilton)
Jonathan Dubsky	...	Student at Green Party
David Francis	...	Dr. Davis
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Will
Rhiannon Moller-Trotter	...	Halloween Partygoer
Steve Godin	...	Junkie
Gio Perez	...	Victor

Storyline

In the Buckeston Academy High School, the wealthy, arrogant, narcissist and bigot Kyle Kingson is a student that does not respect his classmates. When Kyle is elected representative of the students, he plays a prank with the outcast Kendra that has the fame of being a witch. He invites her to a party and humiliates her in front of their classmates. However, Kendra curses him with a spell that makes Kyle as ugly as his soul. Further, she tells that if he does not find anyone who loves him within a year, he will be doomed to that appearance forever. When Kyle's father Rob Kingson sees him, he takes Kyle to specialists but the doctors do not know what to do. So Rob hides Kyle in an apartment with a maid and a blind tutor. When Kyle sees his mate Lindy on the streets, he saves her from a dangerous drug dealer and he brings her to his apartment to protect her. Now his only hope is that Lindy falls in love with him.

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Plot Keywords:

love | student | high school | curse | blind | 

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Taglines:

Love is never ugly

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language including some crude comments, drug references and brief violence

Details

Official Sites:

CBS Films [United States] Official site [Germany]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 March 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Beastly - Schau in sein wahres Gesicht

Filming Locations:

Pont Pierre Laporte, Québec, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£553,069 (UK) (22 April 2011)

Gross:

$27,854,896 (USA) (13 May 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Films, Storefront Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lindsay Lohan was offered the role of Kendra, but turned it down. Mary-Kate Olsen was eventually cast for the part.

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Goofs

When he shows her the roof top greenhouse she stands in front of the open door, then the camera view changes and he door is closed.

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Quotes

Lindy: What happened to romance? Sappy, soppy longhand love letters.

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Connections

References Devil Girl from Mars (1954)

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Soundtracks

"Garden Of Exile"
Written and Performed by Toby Martin
Courtesy of Ivy League Records

User Reviews

Beauty and the Bomb

'Beastly' was nothing more than a series of random and poorly collected scenes. There was very little original style with flimsy one dimensional characters. I liked the concept and was looking forward to a modern telling of the story. What I got was a empty shell of a story that had absolutely no substance.

From beginning to end there was nothing compelling or interesting about the characters. You never cared about what happened because you never care about the characters. The acting is flat and the writing is without direction.

When the end finally arrives you aren't surprised by what happens. The story had no beginning, middle and end. It just had a start and stop. It's like a boring person telling you a story. You can tell it might be interesting, if only you were being told by someone with a little skill and personality. I just hope the book isn't this bad.