Word: glenn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...faithful to the cartoon, maintaining the story's buoyant wit and inherent cuddliness. One hundred and one adorable Dalmatians are difficult to resist, and the film works well even without the luxury of canine dialogue. But the best reason to see "101 Dalmatians" is the wickedly entertaining performance of Glenn Close, who is perfectly cast at the dastardly Cruella...
...Cruella De Vil, who hatches a plot to steal the puppies in order to satisfy her obsessive desire for a Dalmatian fur coat. De Vil is Disney's wildest villain: slinky, sophisticated, overbearing, and utterly deranged. Given the chance to indulge herself by playing such a comically evil figure, Glenn Close delivers a masterful and unrestrained performance. Close gets to verbally abuse every character in the movie, shouting her insults with contempt and devilish glee. She also perfects the look of materialistic dementia that defines Cruella's character. Because the puppies are real, rather than animated, De Vil's desire...
Ever the crowd pleaser, Disney indulges the audience's desire for a simple happy ending, played with delightful tongue-in-cheek humor. "101 Dalmatians" is harm-less fun and, with a superbly villainous performance by Glenn Close, is far less obnoxiously cute than it sounds...
...thwarted by the combined wit of what appears to be most of the Britain's fauna. For us dog saps, it is especially nice to see cuddlesomely real pooches instead of drawn ones doing smart-pet tricks. Fans of the high-diva mode will doubtless feel the same about Glenn Close's Cruella. In (creepy) flesh and (chilly) blood, the character is more fun for grownups than she was as an animated abstraction of evil...
Disney usually releases an animated feature for the holiday season, but this year the studio has a live-action remake of a cartoon classic, 101 Dalmatians, starring Glenn Close as the dognapping Cruella DeVil. Warner Bros. steps into the vacated slot with Space Jam, a $90 million mix of animation and live action that teams two pop-culture potentates, Michael ("Air") Jordan and Bugs ("Hare") Bunny...