In a Nutshell. Mini reviews of movies old and new. No fuss. No spoilers. And often no sleep.

Monday, 22 October 2018

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

aka 101 Dalmatians

Disney's dalmatian adventure is a simple story that moves from A to B to C without asking too much of a viewer. That's not a criticism in itself, simplicity can be a great strength in animation, but, on the whole, the dognapping yarn had me literally catnapping long before the credits rolled.
I liked the 'classic Hollywood' feeling that was most evident early on, and the wonderfully named Cruella De Vil, a wiry villainess who wants the many pups made into a fur coat, certainly looked the part (she wouldn't seem out of place in a Roald Dahl novel, either), but once again it was primarily the beautifully rendered Disney backgrounds that appealed to me, not the talking animals.

2½ all-dog alerts out of 5

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