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It seemed
the dogs worries were over. When Cruella de Vil was sent to
jail at the end of 101 Dalmatians, everyone breathed
a huge sigh of relief. But you can't keep a bad woman down
and Cruella (Glenn Close) is back.
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| Up,
up and away. Guess what's going to happen to the puppy? |
It all
starts innocently enough. Cruella has apparently been cured
of all desires to wear fur. She even agrees to bail out an
animal shelter.
But all
things come to an end. The revolutionary treatment is
fatally flawed. Loud noises revert the patient to their
former ways, so when Cruella visits her probation officer
Chloe (Alice Evans) just as Big Ben's about to strike
the hour, it's goodbye Ella (as she'd come to be known)
and welcome back Ms. Cruel.
"This
is a wonderful film and I loved it . I felt so sorry
for the puppy who had no spots and I wanted to step
through the screen and cuddle all of them."
Jenny Landsberger, West Sussex |
Chloe's
Dalmatian family become the target of her desire to create
the ultimate spotted coat (complete with a fur hood requiring
that 102nd Dalmatian of the title).
Together
with French furrier Le Pelt (Depardieu) she transports
the puppies to France chased by Chloe, new boyfriend Kevin
(Grufford) and an array of animals including a talking
macaw (voiced by Eric Idle).
It all
ends in an hilarious climax in a cake factory.
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| This
is what happens when Dalmatian pups first encounter Cruella
De Vil |
OK, so
there's nothing really new about this film but it is great
Christmas family entertainment.
There's
good use of computer graphics when London is turned black
and white, nice Disney in-jokes with the dogs watching Lady
and the Tramp on video and, of course, cute Dalmatian
puppies.
But it's
Glenn Close who steals the show. Wearing an outrageous array
of costumes, her transformation from good to evil is literally
hair raising and the children were screaming with laughter
when she was "cooked."
Be
a child this Christmas and give yourself a laugh.
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