Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Directed by Jean Cocteau · 96 min · Drama, Fantasy, Romance
58.0 TOPICAL score · #1,403 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.
Beauty and the Beast (1946, directed by Jean Cocteau) has a TOPICAL score of 58.0 - ranked 1,403 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on cast. It won 1 award from 1 nomination, including the Louis Delluc Prize. Critics: 96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 92. Audiences: TMDB 7.5/10 (692 ratings) · IMDb 7.9/10. Wikipedia covers it in 31 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 92
- AudienceTMDB 7.5/10 (692 ratings) · IMDb 7.9/10
- Awards1 win, 1 nomination - incl. Louis Delluc Prize
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 31 languages
- Still read10,833 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Jean Marais (actor #788), Josette Day, Marcel André, Mila Parély