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Disney’s 1991 classic “Beauty and the Beast” — the first animated film to receive a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars — now gets the live-action treatment, but where last year’s “The Jungle Book” felt fresh and vibrant in live action, “Beauty and the Beast” proves dispiriting.

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