Cruella

THE GIST: Young Estella has a bold and fierce personality, which often gets her in trouble. She dreams of becoming a fashion designer, but when tragedy strikes, she's forced to join up with a couple of pickpockets. Will her chance ever come?

Cruella is the latest live-action revisiting of one of  Disney's most well known properties, conjuring up an origin story for the infamous Cruella Devil.

The movie works well enough, but I found it a bit too long. Still, the script does manage to create a backstory where there was none.

Emma Stone and Emma Thompson are both very good, along with Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, John McCrea, and Mark Strong.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Fabulous clothes, nice music, and good acting all work in synch to offer up a hefty dose of naughty fun.

Grade: 7