Director: Daniel Barnz
Writers: Daniel Barnz (screenplay), Alex Flinn (novel)
Distributor: CBS Films
Release: July 30, 2010

Cast:

• Neil Patrick Harris as Will Fratalli
• Alex Pettyfer as Kyle Kingson
• Vanessa Hudgens as Linda Taylor
• Mary-Kate Olsen as Kendra Hilferty
• Peter Krause as Rob Kingson
• Erik Knudsen as Trey Parker
• Dakota Johnson as Sloane Hagen

Synopsis

‘Beastly’ is an edgy teen romance about learning how to see past false surfaces to discover true inner beauty. Kyle Kingson (Alex Pettyfer) has it all – looks, intelligence, wealth and opportunity – and a wicked cruel streak. Prone to mocking and humiliating “aggressively unattractive” classmates, he zeroes in on Goth classmate Kendra, inviting her to the school’s extravagant environmental bash. Kendra accepts, and, true to form, Kyle blows her off in a particularly savage fashion. She retaliates by casting a spell that physically transforms him into everything he despises. Enraged by his horrible and unrecognizable appearance he confronts Kendra and learns that the only solution to the curse is to find someone that will love him as he is – a task he considers impossible. Repulsed by his appearance, Kyle’s callous father banishes him to Brooklyn with a sympathetic housekeeper (LisaGay Hamilton) and blind tutor (Neil Patrick Harris). As Kyle ponders how to overcome the curse and get his old life back, he chances upon a drug addict in the act of killing a threatening dealer. Seizing the opportunity, Kyle promises the addict freedom and safety for his daughter Lindy (Vanessa Hudgens) if she will consent to live in Kyle’s Brooklyn home. Thus begins Kyle’s journey to discover true love in this hyper-modern retelling of the classic “Beauty and the Beast” story.

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Official Trailer

Quotes from the movie

Linda: I always knew there was something more to him

Linda: You are the most beautiful man I’ve ever met.

Kyle: Please make this go away. I’ve learned my lesson
Kendra: You learned nothing. Find someone who can see better than you can.

Kyle: Should you vote for me ’cause I’m the rich, popular, good-looking guy… Hell yeah!

Kendra: You have a year to find someone who likes you. Or stay like this forever.

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