Retro review: Revisiting '101 Dalmatians' before 'Cruella'

With the release of “Cruella,” Disney’s live-action reimagining of the origins of the fur-obsessed fashionista, let’s take a look back at the first live-action take of Cruella De Vil in 1996’s “101 Dalmatians.”

As with the 1961 animated version, “101 Dalmatians” was based on a novel by Dodie Smith. The 1996 adaptation was written by John Hughes well into the post-“Home Alone” phase of his career in which he almost exclusively wrote slapstick family films. Most of his output during this period were adaptations or remakes, including “Dennis the Menace,” “Miracle on 34th Street” and “Flubber.”