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www.timeout.com - : One hundred and one little bundles of fun; enormous quantities of bog-roll spring to mind. This is Disney at his finest, and not until The Prisoner was there a work of such intense numerological significance. Sure it's wonderful to see spots on the screen, but why so many spots and why 101 Dalmatians? This version of Dodie Smith's dognapping classic has a voice-over by Pongo the Dog to keep a tight lead on the activities of his cute human pets, the screechingly evil Cruella de Vil and her voguishly Cockney minions, Jasper and Horace. more...
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www.flickfilosopher.com - : 101 Dalmatians is beautifully animated, with a sketchy, pencil-drawn, sometimes abstracted look. The creepy old De Vil country manor at which her minions have stowed the kidnapped 101 puppies has its heights exaggerated, as if we were seeing it from the perspective of small animals down on the floor -- walls tower, and staircases are precipices. Humans frequently bear a startling resemblance to their dogs. more...
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www.moria.co.nz - : One Hundred and One Dalmatians is a rather engaging effort. It is an attempt to reduplicate the talking animals romantic fantasy that Disney did so well with Lady and the Tramp (1955) several years earlier and still works rather well despite being in that film's shadow. It comes packed with lots of warm and cuddly anthropomorphism. It is drawn with a nicely outlined style and directed with a considerable degree of energy. more...
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