Dark, haunting, gothic, ethereal fantasy crafted into a beautiful, grotesque, imaginative adult drama thanks to some highly creative craft. This is a movie fully dedicated to achieving the perfect balance between a wonderful, moving fairy tale narrative, totally unnerving imagery, emotional, sweeping sonic and visual tones, and unique cinematic textures. Very different than the only other Herz film I've seen, but Beauty and the Beast is yet another entertaining marvel of great, artistic Czech filmmaking. Really cool and unusual stuff here!