Deep within a forrest, in an enchanted castle, is a hidden world...
In this castle, a cursed prince lives untill 21 years have passed. Why? Because this Prince has been cursed by an enchantress. Because she found no love within his soul, she transformed him into a hideous beast, and his castle of servents into household objects. If the beast (Robbie Benson) can find love before the 21st year has passed, before the last petal of a rose has fallen, then the spell will be broken.
Belle (Paige O'Hara) is a girl who lives in a village with her kindly old father Maurice, an inventor. Villagers find Belle "weird" because she likes to read. (Did you notice how the villagers do not wear blue, yet Belle does? This is to separate Belle from the other villagers.)
Belle has an admirer: the town hunk, Gaston (Richard White). Muscular, an excelent marksman, and an ignorant, self endulged egotist, Gaston will stop at nothing to get Belle to marry him. But Belle doesn't want to.
One day, Belle's father sets off for a fair where one of his inventions would be judged among other entries. The only problem is, Maurice takes a wrong turn and ends up at the enchanted castle. He enters and encounters several of the servants of the castle: Lumiere, the candlestick (Jerry Orbach); Cogsworth, the clock (David Ogden Stiers); Mrs. Potts, the teapot (Angela Lansbury) and the automan, the faithful dog.
However, the Beast finds out that Maurice is there, and promptly throws him in the dungeon. Belle learns that her father is lost (Maurice's horse returns home), and Belle Sets out to look for her father, eventually ending up at the Beast's castle.
Belle pleads with the beast to let her father go, in exchange for her being the Beast's prisoner. Suddenly, the castle is alive with the hope that this girl is the one that can break the spell placed nearly 21 years earlier.
Too rich for words, Beauty and the Beast is a film you have to see to belive. This is Disney at it's best.
Beauty and the Beast tells the story of how a heartless animal can learn how to love. It takes time for love to come; it can't be bought or won.
On one hand, we have the Beast: a man trapped in an animals body. On the other hand, we have Gaston: An animal trapped in a human body. Both characters contrast each other and eventually meet in the climactic battle scene at the end of the film. We also have a splendid cast of characters who add much to the story, and magic of Beauty and the Beast.
Also notice the beautiful colors and the splendid animation, which had not been achieved with any other animated feature beside perhaps Snow White. Computer generated images combine seemlessly with hand drawn artwork in the ballroom scene. Fabulous.
It can not be written just how good Beauty and the Beast actually is; you have to see it for yourself.
Plot: 
The classic fairy tale gets a new, 90's feel and knocks em out.
Animation:
The computer animation is outstanding and fits in seemlessly with the hand drawn animation which is just as outstanding.
Sound:
The songs make the movie Really. If you thought Howard Ashman and Allan Menken were great in The Little Mermaid, you haven't heard nothing yet!
The voices are especially good; Angela Lansbury is awesome with her redition of the title song Beauty and the Beast, and Robbie Benson is outstanding as the Beast.
Character Development:
Atmosphere:
The narrator grabs you right from the word go, so you are hooked instantly.
Realism: 
Hey, it's a fairy tale, isn't it?
How Disney is the movie?
Disney at its best! Walt would be proud!
Warren’s Rating:
Movies it was nominated with for Best Picture:
Bugsy; JFK; The Prince of Tides; *The Scilence of the Lambs
Movies it was nominated with for Best Animated Feature:
This catagory did not exist in 1992.
9.5/10
9.43/10 Is the movie worth your time to watch?
01-10-03
