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

| Dec 12, 2023

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.

| Aug 10, 2022

Cruella looms over it all.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 21, 2021

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.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Aug 24, 2020

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

| May 19, 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.

| Feb 11, 2020

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

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 7, 2019

It is just about perfect.

| Original Score: A+ | Apr 26, 2019

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

| Original Score: 9/10 | Feb 5, 2018

It's lovely. Surprisingly suspenseful, too.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 15, 2015

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

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 20, 2015

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

| Feb 13, 2015

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.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 11, 2015

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]

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 10, 2015

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.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 9, 2015

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.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 9, 2015

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

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 24, 2014

Lovable cartoon classic for all ages.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 24, 2010

It is the wittiest, most charming, least pretentious cartoon feature Walt Disney has ever made.

| Sep 4, 2008

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

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 30, 2008