Rent Cruella (2021)
3.6 of 5 from 441 ratings
2h 8min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Emma Stone stars as one of cinema's most notorious and stylish villains, Cruella de Vil. Determined to become a successful fashion designer, a creative young grifter named Estella (Stone) teams with a pair of mischievous thieves to survive on the London streets. But when her flair for fashion catches the eye of the legendary designer Baroness von Hellman (Emma Thompson), Estella rises to become the raucous, revenge-bent "Cruella".
- Actors:
- Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, John McCrea, Emily Beecham, Mark Strong, Kayvan Novak, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Jamie Demetriou, Niamh Lynch, Andrew Leung, Ed Birch, Dylan Lowe, Paul Bazely, Abraham Popoola, Leo Bill, Ninette Finch, Sarah Crowden, Harrison Willmott
- Directors:
- Craig Gillespie
- Producers:
- Kristin Burr, Andrew Gunn, Marc Platt
- Writers:
- Dana Fox, Tony McNamara, Aline Brosh McKenna
- Others:
- Jenny Beavan, Naomi Donne, Nadia Stacey, Julia Vernon
- Aka:
- Cruella de Vil
- Studio:
- Walt Disney
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- 2021, CinemaParadiso.co.uk Through Time, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Emma Thompson
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/08/2021
- Run Time:
- 134 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, French Dolby Digital Plus 7.1, German Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
- Subtitles:
- Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- The Two Emmas
- The Sidekick Angle
- Cruella Couture
- The World Of Cruella
- New Dogs...Old Tricks
- Cruella 101
- Deleted Scenes x 2
- Bloopers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/08/2021
- Run Time:
- 134 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Atmos, French Dolby Digital Plus 7.1, German Dolby Digital Plus 7.1, Italian Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
- Subtitles:
- Danish, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
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Reviews (4) of Cruella
Enjoyable enough - Cruella review by TH
Cruella is one that I found interesting from the trailer so was looking forward to seeing this film.
It's rather good and keeps you entertained throughout. The film is simple enough but has some great performances from Stone and Thompson.
Overall I wouldnt say it's a classic but it will entertain families with older children.
4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
OK Disney Origin Story - Cruella review by GI
After the well received and very good Maleficent (2014) Disney has seen the potential for the origin stories of its iconic villains. DC Comics has cashed in on this and so it's probably fairly obvious that Disney would get round to Cruella de Vil eventually. There's much to admire here not least in Emma Stone's full on charismatic performance as the punk fuelled young orphan, Estella, living on the streets of London with two young thieves Jaspar (Joel Fry) and Horace (Paul Walter Hauser - doing a bit of a Dick Van Dyke with his accent). She dreams of becoming a major fashion designer just like The Baroness, played with gusto and cold evil by Emma Thompson channelling a bit of Meryl Streep from The Devil Wears Prada (2006). As things turn out the two characters have a history which fuels Estella's decision to create her alter-ego, Cruella. In short she has to out bad guy another bad guy. It's all very lavish and has its entertainment moments although many of the side characters have little to do including Mark Strong, although I suspect there's s sequel on the way which will bring some to the foreground. All very watchable but lacking a certain something.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
As a prequel, it just doesn't work - Cruella review by JR
For little ones, it's too visually unsettling and charmless, for adults it's too juvenile, and for everyone its just too long and tedious. It is like being stuck in a mediocre cat walk show with unsuccessful attempts at being edgy - it soon gets boring, and lacks narrative drive. The duels of bitchiness and bile between the two Emmas become repetitive, and you wonder why two such (usually) good actresses got involved in this misconceived project.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.