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Beastly

Beastly

Love is never ugly.

20116.31h 26m

Overview

A modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.

Directed by Daniel Barnz
Written by Daniel Barnz, Alex Flinn
Produced by Susan Cartsonis
Box OfficeBudget: $17.0MRevenue: $43.2M

Top Cast

Alex Pettyfer

Alex Pettyfer

Kyle Kingson

Vanessa Hudgens

Vanessa Hudgens

Lindy Taylor

Mary-Kate Olsen

Mary-Kate Olsen

Kendra Hilferty

LisaGay Hamilton

LisaGay Hamilton

Zola Davies

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris

Will Fratalli

Dakota Johnson

Dakota Johnson

Sloan Hagen

Erik Knudsen

Erik Knudsen

Trey Madison

Peter Krause

Peter Krause

Rob Kingson

David Francis

David Francis

Dr. Davis

G

Gio Perez

Victor Barrel

Themes & Keywords

high schoolbased on novel or bookbullyinglovebeautiful womancursetutorbased on fairy taleteenage romancemodern fairy talebased on young adult novel

About Beastly

Beastly is a romance, fantasy, drama film released in 2011 exploring themes of high school, based on novel or book, bullying, love, beautiful woman, curse. Directed by Daniel Barnz, it stars Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen. A modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.

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