"Cruella" ... the dark side of the fashion world, in a fast-paced adult and child film starring Emma Thompson.
From first to last scenes, "Cruella" brews with energy, action, powerful performances, stunning style, cheerful dogs and one of the best soundtracks of recent times.
In fact, Cruella is the second version of Disney's live-action movie that features the original story of one of her villains after Maleficent that premiered in 2013. However, unlike Maleficent, most critics seem to have been more positive towards Cruella for being more mature and original in her story.
By comparing Jenny Bevan's fashion creativity to another fashion movie, "The Devil Wears Prada," Bevan is a strong Oscar nominee.
On the other hand, spectators will witness a performance match between Emma Stone as a "honorary" villain and Emma Thompson as the original tyrant villain, so that you feel as if you want neither of them to disappear from the camera or the screen.
As far as plot is concerned, the original story revolves around one of Disney's most exciting characters - Dalmatian costume designer, Cruella de Ville, who is heading to London to try to find a better life.
And Cruella begins life as Estella, a feisty little girl with black and white hair and a passion for style.
Estella does not fit perfectly with the school, appears a troubled student and when the situation becomes tight, she uses her fists to rid her of problems.
Her loving mother calls this aspect of Estella "Cruella," and encourages her not to listen to the demonic voices in her head.
But the evil Cruella appears in Estella several times, and soon the good and the bad faces combine and accompany their owner with the little pup on her journey to London in search of a more beautiful and fun life.
The trip did not go smoothly, with pauses to meet Baroness (Emma Thompson), causing Estella very sadly.
Soon she becomes lonely on the streets of London in the 1970s to be recognized and befriended by 2 sneaky street urchins or crooks Jasper and Horace.
Here you feel as if you are watching scenes from the movie "Oliver Twist" and the three fraudsters invading the city and using deception and fraud as a way to find their way in life.
Demonic side
The three continue their twisted, perverted path into adulthood, but Estella (Emma Stone) has a passion for fashion, and dreams of being a fashion designer despite her devilish ideas and her desire to create innovative fashions from animal furs, especially Dalmatian or black and white spotted dogs.
Fate and passion drive her to work with the arrogant Baroness, who raises in her conscience the malicious selfish side that overcomes her good nature, and enters into a competition with her, which causes turmoil in the fashion world.
The design and creativity in the movie are absolutely stunning, with one scene involving a garbage truck hitting the red carpet in a scene reminiscent of fashion icon Vivienne Westwood.
Disney was able to produce a wonderful movie for adults and children alike, in which it transcends the current plight of cinema in a fast-paced, colorful and endlessly entertaining work that should be the focus of the return of audiences back to the big screen.
Cruella directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Dana Fox and Tony McNamara, with the story of Ellen Brooch McKenna, Kelly Marcel and Steve Zeisses, with Jenny Bevan costumes from Mad Max Fury Road.
Emma Stone as Cruella, Emma Thompson as Baroness von Hellmann, Joel Fry as Jasper, Paul Walter Hauser as Horace, Emily Beecham as Catherine de Ville, Kirby Howell Baptist as Anita Darling and Mark Strong as John, Servant of the Baroness .
