In your hometown, you can’t even go to the grocery store without running into someone who knows your mom. But on spring break? You’re just another face in the crowd of frat bros, beach bums and vacationers who will never cross your path again. What happens on the beach stays on the beach — or so they tell themselves.

Continuing the series of classic Disney movies turned to live-action films, the long-awaited “Beauty and the Beast” is filled with exquisite detail and new surprises that satisfy the newest or...