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Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children, headed by Eugene Levy
After a young boy's school essay erroneously finds its way into the hands of a Hollywood producer who turns the idea into a hit film, the boy travels to Los Angeles to claim his credit.
Bob Munro and his dysfunctional family rent an RV for a road trip to the Colorado Rockies, where they ultimately have to contend with a bizarre community of campers.
Director:
Barry Sonnenfeld
Stars:
Robin Williams,
Cheryl Hines,
Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque
A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.
Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything to get out of it. Talking to his ... See full summary »
Director:
Jonathan Prince
Stars:
John Putch,
Peter Scolari,
Jonathan Jackson
One year after Kevin was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself in New York City, and the same criminals are not far behind.
Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs
Fashion designer Anita and computer-game writer Roger meet, fall in love and marry along with their dalmatians Perdita and Pongo. But the proud dogs' puppies are kidnapped by Anita's boss Cruella De Vil, who is stealing young dalmatians to make the coat she has set her heart on. Enlisting the help of the British animal kingdom, Pongo and Perdita set out to find and rescue all ninety-nine pups from their fearsome captors, Jasper and Horace. Written by
Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
When Glenn Close appeared on the set as Cruella in full fright wig, makeup, and costume, one of the dogs playing Perdy repeatedly tried to slink away. See more »
Goofs
When Cruella attempts to hand over the cheque, it can be clearly seen dated in the American format, mm/dd/yy. Also the bank sort code on the top right doesn't correspond to the second set of figures at the bottom, which is the case with UK cheques. See more »
Quotes
Cruella De Vil:
[of Horace and Jasper]
I've seen more intelligent pieces of carpet!
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Crazy Credits
After the end credits, Cruella's laugh can be heard as the Walt Disney logo appears. See more »
First there is the animated 101 Dalmations, which I love. But then there is this one, the live-action one, which I don't like. This is not terrible, it's just rather boring and a little painful to watch. This movie is rather lame and it induces more groans than laughs. I rarely laughed throughout the course of this movie, in fact, I rarely even smiled. 101 Dalmations somewhat corrupts the meaning of the animated original, especially in the humor department. Whereas the original animated movie had great humor for the entire family, this one is reduced from family humor to childish humor. I like childish humor, but not a movie that is strictly childish humor. A movie needs to have a type of humor that is not for just children, it needs to have a type of humor that is for everybody, not for just one type of person. All in all, this movie is not one of the worst movies ever made, but I just didn't like it, it was too childish and silly for me. I probably would have like it better if the humor would have been more appropriate for somebody like me.
Another thing I didn't like about this was the fact that they based this live-action movie on an animated feature film from the 1960's. I have nothing against live-action movies based on cartoons being made, but this was not a good idea. This production wasn't a good idea, it didn't even sound like a good idea. Making live-action movies based on cartoons usually isn't a good idea, it just doesn't seem to work. This movie is proof of that. Kids nowadays are looking for a movie with likable characters and very good humor. This film has neither of those, having lost in its live-action making what the animated original did so right.
In short, this movie is boring and unfunny, it is not even that entertaining for children. Adults will probably find it boring just like I did, children may like it, especially very small children. Anyone else? No. 101 Dalmations is not a terrible movie, it is just boring, unoriginal, unfunny, and just plain forgettable. I'll repeat what I said in the above paragraphs, this lame live-action adaption induces more groans than laughs. Do yourself a favor and rent the animated original instead.
4/10
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First there is the animated 101 Dalmations, which I love. But then there is this one, the live-action one, which I don't like. This is not terrible, it's just rather boring and a little painful to watch. This movie is rather lame and it induces more groans than laughs. I rarely laughed throughout the course of this movie, in fact, I rarely even smiled. 101 Dalmations somewhat corrupts the meaning of the animated original, especially in the humor department. Whereas the original animated movie had great humor for the entire family, this one is reduced from family humor to childish humor. I like childish humor, but not a movie that is strictly childish humor. A movie needs to have a type of humor that is not for just children, it needs to have a type of humor that is for everybody, not for just one type of person. All in all, this movie is not one of the worst movies ever made, but I just didn't like it, it was too childish and silly for me. I probably would have like it better if the humor would have been more appropriate for somebody like me.
Another thing I didn't like about this was the fact that they based this live-action movie on an animated feature film from the 1960's. I have nothing against live-action movies based on cartoons being made, but this was not a good idea. This production wasn't a good idea, it didn't even sound like a good idea. Making live-action movies based on cartoons usually isn't a good idea, it just doesn't seem to work. This movie is proof of that. Kids nowadays are looking for a movie with likable characters and very good humor. This film has neither of those, having lost in its live-action making what the animated original did so right.
In short, this movie is boring and unfunny, it is not even that entertaining for children. Adults will probably find it boring just like I did, children may like it, especially very small children. Anyone else? No. 101 Dalmations is not a terrible movie, it is just boring, unoriginal, unfunny, and just plain forgettable. I'll repeat what I said in the above paragraphs, this lame live-action adaption induces more groans than laughs. Do yourself a favor and rent the animated original instead.
4/10