Cruella
Cruella
Emma Stone stars in a scene from the movie Cruella. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Laurie Sparham, Disney Enterprises, Inc.)
By: John Mulderig
NEW YORK (CNS) Adults who want nothing more than to watch two gifted actresses camp it up will likely be satisfied with director Craig Gillespie’s glossy romp “Cruella” (Disney). Parents on the lookout for safe family fare, not so much.
In crafting a live-action origin story for the villain of Dodie Smith’s 1956 children’s novel, first seen on screen in the 1961 animated adaptation “101 Dalmatians,” screenwriters Dana Fox and Tony McNamara seem to want to let their ethically schizophrenic protagonist, played by Emma Stone, go over to the dark side yet keep her sympathetic. As a result, the film never finds its moral footin
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