The Beautiful Beast

I've been fairly impressed with the Hallmark movies, but this one was a real bomb. Predicable and contrived, the only thing left was to invest in the main characters. Isabelle, the "beautiful beast" was neither. She was just whiny, selfish, and elitist. The amount of time it takes for her to wake up (not a spoiler, because you know it's going to happen) is unrealistically short.

There's just way too much suspension of reality here. And the pacing makes us see much more of the bad than the good, which leaves unresolved aspects of the ending. Trust me-skip this one.

Acting okay; premise of rich girl brat a bit over the top... Love interest in mountain cabin making birdhouses and was doing a good job. ; also no animals other than a few muffled growls in the woods 'Beauty' wants best of everything but supposedly Five Star resort from which she wanders never seems to wonder why she doesn't return -- for two whole weeks! If this is what 'rich and famous' gets a single female traveler in the way of security maybe traveling coach isn't such a bad deal. ..... Don't expect brilliant screenplay in this genre, but it does seem a bit of editing wouldn't have been amiss in this one. James Welch Henderson Arkansas. 5/8/21.

I love a good love story and like the character arcs of the two main characters. I think that she would have been better on skis since the rich ski all the time. I grew up with rich people so that is unrealistic. As behavior goes, she is not the worst person in the movie. Everyone in the movie is unkind at times and some of the dialogue proves that other people who seem to be good people can also be unkind and say unkind things. Another thing, she said that she makes appearances at charity events. The last charity event she went to was not what a rich person calls a charity event but she worked at a soup kitchen. That is not what the rich mean by a charity event. The foundation. What is that? Do they just work at soup kitchens? or do they head up donations for the poor? But it was great seeing the two main characters change and fall for each other. Well, it has many good points.

I really enjoy movies like this where I don't have to worry about uncomfortable scenes of sex or violence. The acting was very good and the actors were very likeable. I don't know why this movie has such a low rating. It's very family friendly and delivers entertainment.

A fairly predictable movie, but it's probably what you wanted to see if you tuned it in. And it serves its purpose and satisfies your "feel good movie" craving. It works. Shona Kay is stunning of course and delivers a solid performance here.

My only complaint is the sound. The music overpowers the dialog constantly. In many scenes, changing camera angles introduced a noticeable echo mid sentence. In short, the sound quality is terrible.