101 Dalmatians
1996
Stephen Herek
★★½
103
Remake of the Disney animated favorite starts out charmingly well, with Daniels and Richardson a perfect pair (along with their dogs Pongo and Perdita), and Close a flamboyantly funny Cruella De Vil. But once the dalmatian puppies are stolen and Cruella's bumbling henchmen take over, this John Hughes's script becomes yet another heavy-handed HOME ALONE retread, full of mechanical slapstick gags. Followed by a sequel.
[G]
Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright, Hugh Laurie, Mark Williams, John Shrapnel
Family, Animation, Comedy
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