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By Emily Vanderwerff (28) for Vox (725) on 04 Jun 2021

It’s a lot of fun, even when it’s kind of a mess…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 02 Jun 2021

Emotions are not toyed with glancingly but stretched out and blazoned forth, and the result is that the new film is nearly an hour longer than…

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By Angelica Jade Bastien (65) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 31 May 2021

Cruella takes one of the richest narrative archetypes — the madwoman — and whittles her down into a glossy, hollow, capitalism-approved…

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By Johnny Oleksinski (478) for New York Post (6,650) on 28 May 2021

This film is so sexy and cool and punk rock, you forget all about that Mickey logo and Cinderella’s cutesy castle…

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By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 28 May 2021

Despite its winks at its source material, Cruella is very much a fun, stand-alone movie that lets two formidable actresses fly while everyone…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for The Irish Times (483) on 28 May 2021

Cruella plays like the result of an endless script conference that generated only partial answers to the questions being asked…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for ABC News (186) on 28 May 2021

Two Oscar-winning Emmas—Stone and Thompson—are dressed to wow and deliver much to enjoy in this beautifully crafted fluffball, but the…

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By Alan Ng (404) for Film Threat (5,156) on 27 May 2021

This version stands on its own, problems and all, as an interesting tale of an anti-hero… or is it about a tragic villain…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 27 May 2021

Cruella confounds expectations in mostly delightful ways, particularly for what amounts to a supervillain origin-story prequel inspired by…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 27 May 2021

Devotees of either the classic animated Disney cartoon or the remake featuring real, live actors may find a few reasons to delight in Cruella…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 27 May 2021

What we have here is a smoothly crafted error in judgment…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 27 May 2021

Every joke is leaned on, as if it were some Shavian gem; every pregnant pause eventually aborts…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 27 May 2021

Exhaustingly over-directed (Craig Gillespie zooms in from an establishing shot to a close-up in nearly every other scene), the movie is also…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 26 May 2021

None of this works without Stone, though…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for The Seattle Times (964) on 26 May 2021

The fashion alone, designed by the great Jenny Beavan (an Oscar winner for “A Room with a View” and “Mad Max: Fury Road”), is worth…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 26 May 2021

The mood is one of acid-tipped wackiness, and both Stone and Thompson understand exactly what’s required to bring it to life…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 26 May 2021

The director, who brought a wicked edge to pop-culture redux “I, Tonya” a few years back, has rescued Cruella from the predictability of…

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By Kate Stables (138) for Total Film (3,532) on 26 May 2021

It’s hands-down Disney’s best and punchiest prequel yet, one whose playful perils make for a deliciously rowdy ride…

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By Debopriyaa Dutta (45) for Screen Rant (892) on 26 May 2021

Whereas most Disney remakes have been limited by a lack of originality, both in terms of script and character development, Cruella emerges…

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By Jenny Nulf (101) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 26 May 2021

Cruella is not as perfect as the seams Estella stitches, but there’s something ever so charming about its strut…

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