Beauty and the Beast (Disney song) of love is as timeless and ageless as a "tale as old as time". Lansbury's rendition is heard during the famous ballroom sequence between Belle and the Beast, while a shortened chorale version plays in the closing scenes of the film, and the song's motif features frequently in other pieces of Menken's film score. Lansbury was initially hesitant to record "Beauty and the Beast" because she felt that it was not suitable for her aging singing voice, but ultimately completed the song in one take. "Beauty and the Beast" was subsequently recorded as a pop duet by Canadian singer Celine
Beauty and the Beast (2009 film) calling it "a spectacular calamity that genuinely has no saving graces whatsoever." Conversely, "Monsters & Critics" praised the film "for all its camp, overwrought acting, diabolical machinations and just plain old silly B-movie fun" and concluded their review by writing, "Given all the horrible, sad news going on in the world especially today, "Beauty" is just what the doctor ordered for a short respite from the misery." Beauty and the Beast (2009 film) Beauty and the Beast is a 2009 Australian fantasy film directed by David Lister and starring Estella Warren, Rhett Giles, and Victor Parascos, and loosely based upon