‘So you want me to tell you the story of my life?’ asks a long-haired, green-eyed, sharp-fanged Brad Pitt, at the start of this fantasy/horror/drama crossover. And the story he tells is unbelievably entertaining.
Sappy monster romance is big with the young ladies these day (so they tell me), and ‘Beastly’ is catered to that audience. Too bad it’s god-awful … and kind of misses the point.
Catherine Hardwicke brings the angsty, teenage love triangle of ‘Twilight’ to the fairy tale world with her re-telling of ‘Red Riding Hood.’
