Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playThe reviews for Beauty and the Beast are in, and they're mixed - varying from glowing to scathing. Disney's live action reboot of the 1991 animated classic has been described by some as "needless", "awkward" and "bland", while others have praised the film as "entrancing", "irresistible" and "crazy-beautiful". However, some have criticised the film for remaining rooted in the past and not adding anything new to the original. Indiewire criticised the film's nostalgia, saying, "the film feels dangerously stuck in the past at a moment in history when yearning for the good old days is a political statement." Beauty and the Beast is released in New Zealand on March 30.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 07, 2017 21:29 UTC