Disney's Beauty And The Beast Has Screened, Here's What Critics Are Saying

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Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme... and yet, this seems like the first time that Beauty and The Beast will be facing off against a force of nature we all know and love: Twitter. With today's advanced screenings ofBill Condon's live action remake of the classic animated musical, based on an even more classic source material, comes a sense of trepidation in the air. After all, did we really need another version when the animated one still holds up? Well, depending on who you talk to, there are a lot of different responses that have flown around the internet, and we've gathered some of the reactions fresh off of the assembly line.

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Leading the pack is our home team, with Sean O'Connell's reaction to the film panning out as such:

Next up is Team CinemaBlend's Eric Eisenberg, who said this:

Then there's our own Dirk Libbey, who had this to say:

Bringing our domestic round-up to a close is Kelly West, as she responded to the film thusly:

So far, it sounds like our home team like it a lot! If that's satisfied your curiosity, then please keep in mind that Beauty and The Beast opens in theaters on March 17th. Of course, the Twittersphere is vast and wide-spanning, so we've also gathered some reactions from other critics in the electronic ether. If you're curious about what the outside world has to say, then take a look on the next page to see what others thought!

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From the outside realm, there's been some interesting reactions to Beauty and The Beast. Anna Klassen at Bustle starts us off with the following:

And Steve Weintraub from Collider added his two cents with the following:

Don't think that everyone is in the shocked and awed category though, as Gregory Ellwood had this to say:

And CinemaSnopes confirms some fears fans may have with their short response to Beauty and The Beast:

But perhaps the most negative review we've seen for Beauty and The Beast so far comes from Kristen Lopez, who slammed the film thusly:

The critics have spoken, and soon you'll have your turn to weigh in on Beauty and The Beast, when it opens to the public in two weeks time!

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