Beauty and the Beast 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		5.0
Video		5.0
Audio		4.5
Extras		3.5
Overall		4.5

Beauty and the Beast 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Disney and Best Buy have collaborated on a store exclusive SteelBook release for the Oscar nominated 1991 animated masterpiece 'Beauty and the Beast.' The disc and digital content is identical to that found in the wide release. See the 'Special Features and Extras' section of the review below for more on the SteelBook's look and feel.

Beauty and the Beast 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

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Beauty and the Beast 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

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Beauty and the Beast 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

The light gray-dominant front side depicts a stained glass window type of artwork. The only splash of color is the rose, center, with its pink petals and green leaves and stem. A circular blue background appears behind, with an additional layer of pink around the periphery. There is some ornate artwork around the rose, breaking up the gray in crudely circular patterns intermixed with tilted vertical straight lines as well. Though not plainly obvious at-a-glance, it is clear that there's a hand holding the rose, with long, gangly fingernails. The rose is being held by the thumb and index finger by the looks of it. The rear panel depicts a beautifully subdued image of Belle and Beast dancing in silhouette. The rear panel is essentially black with light illumination to highlight the dancers in purply pastels. It's gorgeous and worthy of wall art. Both front and rear panels are smooth and glossy and will show fingerprints, the rear in particular. The spine is a pleasantly dark blue color depicting the film's title in white, center, accompanied by "Disney." An UltraHD logo appears at the top and a Disney logo at the bottom, both also in white.

Inside, the digital copy code is tucked underneath the left-hand-side tabs. The two discs, one UHD and one Blu-ray, are situated on the right in staggered-stacked formation. The inner print is a two-panel spread that features Belle and the Beast dancing, a still from the picture's most iconic sequence, occurring late in the film. The characters appear predominantly on the right underneath the discs, but Beast's right arm does stretch over to the left panel, which is otherwise ballroom floor and background.

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Beauty and the Beast 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Beauty and the Beast is, in this reviewer's humble opinion, the finest animated film Disney has ever created. It's worthy of a world-class SteelBook and it kind of gets it here. The artwork is attractive but a bit too gray on the front for a film of otherwise resplendent color, but the rest of it is quite attractive. The on-disc content is excellent, too. This release earns my highest recommendation.