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102 Dalmatians
Buena Vista Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: G for General Audiences
Starring
Glenn Close,
Ioan Gruffudd,
Alice Evans,
Tim McInnerny,
and
Gérard Depardieu
Just when it seemed safe to come out of the kennel, Cruella De Vil is back and this time she's not alone. (Walt Disney Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Family/Kids
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Dodie Smith (novel The One Hundred and One Dalmatians)
Kristen Buckley (also story)
Brian Regan (also story)
Bob Tzudiker and Noni White
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Kevin Lima
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 3, 2001
Video: April 3, 2001
Theatrical: November 22, 2000
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
101 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
It is Close's performance that gives the movie its oomph and will leave adults with smiles as wide as the kids'.
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
In every kids' picture, there are going to be sections that only kids will enjoy. Fortunately, 102 Dalmatians has enough for the adults, too.

75
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
The kind of movie that is beyond criticism.
75
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
The floating, flailing, flying puppies in the inspired opening credits of 102 Dalmatians set the tone for an adorable sequel to the live-action version of the famously spotted cartoon.

63
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
Though 102 Dalmatians digs up little new ground and muzzles its villain, it does have a fetching sense of functional fun now and then.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
The film, which is amiable, undemanding family holiday entertainment, is more a tribute to the astonishing skills of the dog trainers than anything else.
63
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Doesn't really seem necessary.

50
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
It should come as no surprise that the dogs are as cute as caninely possible. But is it conceivable that, once you've seen 101 adorable dogs, 102 seems redundant?
50
Variety
Todd McCarthy
A pale reworking of its predecessor.

50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
Harmless and thoroughly unmemorable: colorful, cute, fast paced, and about as involving as an amusement park ride.

50
Portland Oregonian
Kim Morgan
Hollow, frequently boring picture.
40
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Adults -- even the die-hard dog lovers -- will just have to resign themselves to being bored silly whenever the cartoonish Cruella is absent from the screen.

38
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
How is it possible that actors as expert as Close and Depardieu can wind up together in a mostly brainless big-budget stinker?
35
Mr. Showbiz
Larry Terenzi
A film without mirth or magic.

33
Entertainment Weekly
Bruce Fretts
This sequel adds more insults and injuries that could traumatize little ones. Most frightening of all, the ending leaves the door open for ''103 Dalmatians,'' which would certainly constitute Cruella and unusual punishment.
30
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
You can't help but feel that Disney has delivered a turkey for Thanksgiving.

30
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Spotlessly dull.

30
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
May have had the unintended effect of obscuring the original it meant to honor.

20
Village Voice
Richard Gehr
Cruella is once again bent on collecting enough puppy skins to fashion the frock of her dreams. And once again, yawn.

20
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
The elaborate climax set in a Paris bakery is the least boring part of this trained-animal movie.

20
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
The whole movie is overbright, overloud, antic, telling us the characters and animals are endearing rather than allowing them to reveal themselves as such.

10
LA Weekly
Paul Cullum
An unnecessary remake.

10
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
So dull and formulaic, it ought to be leashed and led directly to the doghouse.

10
Film.com
Tom Keogh
A sequel from hell.


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