While this turns out to be at least a hour hour too long (and, rather oddly, a bit too frightening for its target child audience), the two leads are incomparably good. Emma Stone as the super-sweet Estella AND the shockingly coiffed, not-even-slightly-sweet Cruella De Ville; and Emma Thompson as the utterly irredeemably evil (even after we learn of the twist ending) Baronness. In the deep supporting cast, actors normally stuck being cast as the classic British villain (e.g. Mark Strong) are, as it happens, actually not one. The dogs even have uniquely quirky personalities. As the live-action fare of Disney goes, this allows the 2 Emmas to spread their considerable acting wings and fly over our heads-and poop on us! What a crazy, wacky mixed-up world we live in. I grant this a strong 7/10 star rating, despite the absence of much-needed film editing. And as the Oscar attested to, the costumes are sublime!
