Deborah Ross

Belle has everything going for it – except for a decent soundtrack or script or plot or acting

See the painting that inspired this 18th century, interracial family drama, and skip the flimsy movie

Fretting about marriage: Sarah Gadon (Elizabeth) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Dido) [Getty Images/Shutterstock/iStock/Alamy]

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