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101 Dalmatians

1996

Stephen Herek

Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright ...

4.6

16,795

Kids. Comedy A woman kidnaps puppies to kill them for their fur, but various animals then gang up against her and get their revenge in slapstick fashion.

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The problem with the new live-action version of '101 Dalmatians' (...) is that it's never really able to make the dogs as important as the people (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"The characters aren’t as poignant as those in, say, 'Bambi' or 'Pinocchio'. The animated backgrounds lack the tactile lushness the studio has, in recent years, gloriously revived"
		Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"[It] is energetic, all right. It has a passel of adorable pooches (...) But there isn't a trace of magic to be found in the production."
		Ben Falk BBC	"Ideal for the kiddies and more than palatable for the grown-ups, '101 Dalmatians' manages to avoid trampling on a classic (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Time Out	"Delightfully dotty in places, but mostly patchy."
		Emma Cochrane Empire	"Dog-lovers, in particular, will go ga-ga for this (...) Remarkably fresh and funny (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

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