Beastly Movie Reviews
1.5
Ankur Pathak | rediff.com
Some films have a rare ability by which they manage to get everything wrong. An absolutely ridiculous attempt in reinforcing the classic adage of how inner beauty is the one that gleams above and over any exterior magnificence, Beastly majestically fails in any attempt to convey what it's trying hard to. Kylie (Alex Pettyfer) is arrogant, egocentric, and a hippy sophomore, who's incredibly popular at his superficial high school. He is full of himselfRead full review1.0
Rashid Irani | Hindustan Times
Evidently aimed at legions of young fans of the Twilight saga, the teen update of Beauty and the Beast transposes the setting to a high-school in New York (albeit filmed largely on location in Montreal). Squandering all of the fairytale's potential Beastly is the kind of tepid romantic fantasy that only Hollywood seems to muster nowadays. The beast-to-be is a rich handsome teenager (British model-turned-actor Pettyfer) who taunts one of his classmatesRead full reviewNR
Mrigank Dhaniwala | Koimoi
Beastly Review; Business rating: 1 star. What’s Good: Neil Patrick Harris’ performance. What’s Bad: The wafe...Read full review