101 Dalmatians (1961)
Average Rating: 8/10
Reviews Counted: 37
Fresh: 36 | Rotten: 1
With plenty of pooches and a memorable villain (Cruella De Vil), this is one of Disney's most enduring, entertaining animated films.
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 0
With plenty of pooches and a memorable villain (Cruella De Vil), this is one of Disney's most enduring, entertaining animated films.
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This Disney animated classic is based on the children's story by Dodie Smith. The story involves the canine pets of a struggling composer and his wife: Dalmatians Pongo (male) and Perdita (female). Perdita gives birth to fifteen spotted pups, cuing the entrance of the scheming Cruella De Vil. She demands that the dogs' owners sell her the pups, but she is shown the door instead. Under cover of night, Cruella arranges for the pups to be stolen. The human police are baffled, but the "dog network"
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Rod Taylor
Pongo -
J. Pat O'Malley
Jasper/Miscellaneous Do... -
Betty Lou Gerson
Cruella De Vil, Miss Bi... -
Martha Wentworth
Cow, Goose, Nani -
Ben Wright
Roger Radcliff -
Cate Bauer
Perdita -
Lisa Davis
Anita -
Tom Conway
Collic -
George Pelling
Great Dane -
Queenie Leonard
Cows -
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Mickey Maga
Patch the Puppy -
Barbara Beaird
Holly the Puppy -
Frederic Worlock
Horace
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All Critics (37) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (36) | Rotten (1) | DVD (11)
It is the wittiest, most charming, least pretentious cartoon feature Walt Disney has ever made.
Top CriticWhile not as indelibly enchanting or inspired as some of the studio's most unforgettable animated endeavors, this is nonetheless a painstaking creative effort.
This was the last Disney animated feature (1961) that Uncle Walt lived to see through personally; it can't be a coincidence that it's also the last Disney animated feature of real depth and emotional authenticity.
Brilliant entertainment.
Top CriticA rather clever idea, if a bit unsettling.
If there's one thing that's absolutely first-rate about the film, it's the character of Cruella.
Lovable cartoon classic for all ages.
good enough to merit repeated viewings. Particularly if you're two.
What has truly kept 101 Dalmatians alive ... is Cruella De Vil herself, one of the most deliciously nasty characters in Disney's oeuvre.
Capturing the essence of Dodie Smith's wonderful children's book, this unforgettable animation. It is one of my favourite animations of all time.
"Cute and cuddly" pretty much sums up this canine caper - once you get past the idea of a lady looking to make a coat out of dalmatian puppies.
The Platinum Edition (Mar 4, 08) has numerous bonus features, such as Virtual Dalmatians, which allows you to adopt, name, and care your own virtual puppy with 101 possibilities, and Puppy Profiler through which you can find out which do you're most like
The definitive telling of an oft-told tale, Disney's family-friendly animated adventure exhibits plenty of energy, wit and style.
Three hundred artists worked on this project for three years and came up with one of the best feature cartoons ever produced by Disney Studios.
For years... "101 Dalmatians" was my favorite. Looking back on it years later, it still is.
Cruella De Vil is so much a tour de force that she single-handedly snatches the movie away from any retroactive comparisons to post-classical Disney features whose sloppiness is the is their only saving grace.
101 Dalmatians holds up well after all these years and continues to provide some rousing good fun.
They don't make them like this anymore...unfortunately.
No offence to Glenn Close, but nothing quite compares with the original Cruella DeVille.
Grand Disney animated film that doesn't have a bad spot in it.
Disney doggie classic is spot-on entertainment for kids.
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