1961 · animation · family · adventure
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske1h 19m1961
When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
Our read: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded animation · family · adventure entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, measured animation / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- intense
- redemptive
- tender
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