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Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Animation · Fantasy · Family · 1997

Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seated hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.

Movie details

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

“All the magic of Disney's legendary classic continues.”

1997 Animation · Fantasy · Family 1h 12m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seated hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Andy Knight

Written by

Flip Kobler · Cindy Marcus · Bill Motz · Bob Roth

Paige O'Hara

Paige O'Hara

Belle (voice)

Robby Benson

Robby Benson

Beast (voice)

Jerry Orbach

Jerry Orbach

Lumiere (voice)

David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers

Cogsworth (voice)

Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters

Angelique (voice)

Tim Curry

Tim Curry

Forte (voice)

Haley Joel Osment

Haley Joel Osment

Chip (voice)

Court is in session

Put Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.