It's really just two awful people being awful while everyone else around them suffers for it. Jasper and Horace are treated like dirt by Estella (the fact that she's projecting her behavior onto the character of Cruella doesn't make it any less her behavior) and the Baroness is basically Miranda from The Devil Wears Prada, without any of her redeeming qualities.
They couldn't even commit to making Estella a bad person, not completely at least, making her give a half heart-ed apology that suddenly undoes weeks of being a complete empty-loo-roll to everyone. They kind of frame it as 'she didn't kill the dogs so really, she's pretty okay'. Idk bout you but 'don't kill dogs' is too low of a bar for me. If they had got her to kill the dogs and continue to be that-tiny-bit-of-mold-that-means-you-have-to-throw-the-whole-loaf-away then I would have at least respected the film for committing to writing a disgusting protagonist, instead of writing one ad then backing out in the last 20 minutes of the film.
It may be the point of the film, but you are essentially just watching two very over dramatic and self-centered people prance about for 2+ hours and I personally found that I couldn't be less bothered by their antics.
Should be noted though that the costumes are very good. You can probably just find those on google images and enjoy them without the arduous film.
Review by Soda SprinklersBlockedParent2021-06-03T10:45:01Z
It's really just two awful people being awful while everyone else around them suffers for it. Jasper and Horace are treated like dirt by Estella (the fact that she's projecting her behavior onto the character of Cruella doesn't make it any less her behavior) and the Baroness is basically Miranda from The Devil Wears Prada, without any of her redeeming qualities.
They couldn't even commit to making Estella a bad person, not completely at least, making her give a half heart-ed apology that suddenly undoes weeks of being a complete empty-loo-roll to everyone. They kind of frame it as 'she didn't kill the dogs so really, she's pretty okay'. Idk bout you but 'don't kill dogs' is too low of a bar for me. If they had got her to kill the dogs and continue to be that-tiny-bit-of-mold-that-means-you-have-to-throw-the-whole-loaf-away then I would have at least respected the film for committing to writing a disgusting protagonist, instead of writing one ad then backing out in the last 20 minutes of the film.
It may be the point of the film, but you are essentially just watching two very over dramatic and self-centered people prance about for 2+ hours and I personally found that I couldn't be less bothered by their antics.
Should be noted though that the costumes are very good. You can probably just find those on google images and enjoy them without the arduous film.