Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Nov 14, 2025 4/4

This is flat-out one of Disney's finest achievements, because puppies.

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Carson Timar ButteredPopcorn Dec 12, 2023

Finding clever ways to inject style and personality into the film's animation, characters, and writing, the film creates an entertaining viewing experience.

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Dilys Powell Sunday Times (UK) Aug 10, 2022

Among the many contributions of Disney and his team to the cinema, this is perhaps the strangest: they have made us watch with heart in mouth the adventures of beings who exist only as the projection of photographs and colored drawings.

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Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm May 21, 2021 3/4

Cruella looms over it all.

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Aug 24, 2020 9/10

Cruella De Vil is one of the finest villains ever to grace an animated feature - as well as one of the most memorable evildoers in the entirety of cinema.

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Jason Best What's On TV May 19, 2020

Dazzling hand-drawn animation, cute canine heroes and a delightfully nasty villainess all combine to make this a pedigree film.

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Margaret Hinxman Sight & Sound Feb 11, 2020

The fairly long in the tooth child, through whose eyes most Disney dramas, live or otherwise, are seen, seems to have grown up Just a little; a fact which should please adults while not offending the young.

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Ellie Lucas From the Front Row Aug 7, 2019 3.5/4

One of the most striking Disney films of the classic era, with its almost impressionistic pencil drawings and dazzling use of color.

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Rachel Wagner rachelsreviews.net Apr 26, 2019 A+

It is just about perfect.

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Tim Brayton Alternate Ending Feb 5, 2018 9/10

One of the most entirely fun, entertaining of all Disney features.

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Bill Chambers Film Freak Central Mar 15, 2015 3.5/4

It's lovely. Surprisingly suspenseful, too.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Feb 13, 2015

It may not be one of Disney's more magical films, but it's definitely one of the most flat-out entertaining.

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James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk Feb 11, 2015 3.5/4

The fact that 101 Dalmatians plays easily alongside both the oldest and most recent of Disney's best is tribute to just how modern it was and continues to be.

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Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews Feb 10, 2015 3.5/4

Then and now, Disney fans of all ages have thrilled to the animation-ambitious sight of the titular pack, and chilled at the villainy of mad diva Cruella De Vil. [Blu-ray]

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Keith Phipps The Dissolve Feb 9, 2015 4/5

However much the film breaks with Disney tradition, it's still a winning effort that mixes cuteness with dry wit in the service of a fast-paced, emotionally charged adventure tale.

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Jeff Beck Examiner.com Feb 9, 2015 4/5

Featuring a gripping story, beautiful animation, and an unforgettable villain, 101 Dalmatians remains one of Disney's great enduring classics that has stood the test of time.

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Alice Vincent Daily Telegraph (UK) Dec 24, 2014 4/5

This loveable romp evokes a gloomy, starlit London of Georgian streets and quietly grand parks.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Aug 24, 2010 5/5

Lovable cartoon classic for all ages.

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Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Mar 30, 2008 3.5/5

good enough to merit repeated viewings. Particularly if you're two.

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