101 Dalmatians (1996)
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39% of critics liked it
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There are more puppies than you can shake a rolled up newspaper at in this live-action remake of the Disney animated favorite 101 Dalmatians. Roger (Jeff Daniels) is a designer of computer games who shares his home with his pet dalmatian, Pongo. One day, Roger takes Pongo for a walk in the park and… More There are more puppies than you can shake a rolled up newspaper at in this live-action remake of the Disney animated favorite 101 Dalmatians. Roger (Jeff Daniels) is a designer of computer games who shares his home with his pet dalmatian, Pongo. One day, Roger takes Pongo for a walk in the park and the dog sets his eyes on a beautiful female dalmatian named Perdy. Perdy likes Pongo as much as he likes her, and thankfully Perdy's mistress, a fashion designer named Anita (Joely Richardson), is quite taken with Roger. Romance blooms between the human and canine couples, and Roger and Anita tie the knot (Pongo and Perdy are apparently still living in sin). Anita works for Cruella De Vil (Glenn Close), an intense fashion maven whose lust for fur doubtless places her high on PETA's hit list. Inspired by her dogs, Anita finds herself working up a design for a fur coat made with spotted fur, and Cruella leaps on the idea of making garments out of real dalmatians. But where to get the animals? Cruella has two nasty but not especially intelligent henchmen, Jasper (Hugh Laurie) and Horace (Mark Williams), who've been known to kill the odd endangered species at madame's request. Now they're sent on a mission to round up dalmatians, and when they fall a bit short of their goal, it comes to Cruella's attention that Perdy has just given birth to a litter of 15 pups. For this version, a number of real dalmatian puppies were combined with computer-generated animation and animatronic creatures from Jim Henson's Workshop, who respond better to direction (and are doubtless easier to clean up after) than the real thing. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Stephen Herek
- Written By
- Dodie Smith, John Hughes
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Nov 29, 1996 Wide
- Studio
- Buena Vista Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Maria Llull, Common Sense Media
All-ages spotted canine caper updates classic.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...an entertaining, surprisingly charming update of the Disney's 1961 animated classic.
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Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
as good of a live-action Cruella as we could expect
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James Plath, Movie Metropolis
Doggone it. This movie has gotten a bad rap. There, I've said it.
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Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser
the film is reasonably efficient and combines enough fantasy and humor to hold one's interest.
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Cast
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Glenn Close
as Cruella De Vil
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Jeff Daniels
as Roger
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Joely Richardson
as Anita
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Joan Plowright
as Nanny
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Hugh Laurie
as Jasper
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Mark Williams
as Horace
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John Shrapnel
as Skinner
- Hilda Braid
- Hugh Fraser
- Tim McInnerny


