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The new and talked about Disney movie is a combination of "Joker" and "The Devil Wears Prada"
It's easy to guess what's going to happen in Disney's "Crowella," which becomes the protagonist of the villain from "On Dogs and Thieves."
It’s also easy to remember what movies he mentions, but thanks to Emma Stone and the hair and costume styling, the bad taste he leaves behind can be overcome
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Avner Shavit
Friday, 28 May 2021, 07:16 Updated: 08:43
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Trailer for the movie "Crowella" (Film Forum)
(Photo: image processing, Shai Librovsky)
Crowella de Ville was born in 1956.
British author Dudi Smith introduced her character in her book "101 Dalmatians", which described how the villain does not resort to means to produce coats, even if it means abusing puppies for their fur.
Disney Studios made the character one of their most famous cinematic villains on two different occasions - in the 1960s with the animated film series "On Dogs and Thieves";
And in the 1990s with "101 Dogs and Thieves" and its sequel, starring flesh-and-blood actors and actresses - led by Glenn Close in the character of the villain.
In all these films, Crowella de Ville stood on the standard of the "bad woman", the one the real heroes fight, the audience dislikes her and there is no justification for her action.
In recent years, Hollywood has tended to turn the spotlight on those who were once villains and villains, and turn them into new cultural heroes.
And so, after "Millificent" and "Joker" among others, and before the film about Willie Wonka from "Charlie in the Chocolate Kingdom", comes "Crowla", who wants to present the original story of the villain as he is called, and explain why she became what she became .
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The film was released this weekend at Disney Plus, the streaming service that is not yet available in the country, but as part of America's rapid return to routine, was also released at the same time. This is how I watched Ben, too, in a fairly full New York movie theater, where the audience sat comfortably and cheerfully while watching, without paying attention to the duty of the masks. In Israel, the film will hit theaters next weekend.
In this version, we meet Crowella for the first time as a London girl who lives off her mother, in circumstances that make her shy away from Dalmatian dogs. The Beast in the Dynamic London of the 1970s.
From now on, the plot twists are quite predictable, including a significant twist as it is worn and requested. Still, we will of course not reveal the details of the plot. It has only been said that the future arch-villain begins working for a notorious baroness played by Emma Thompson, who runs a fashion empire and her hobbies are sleeping with cucumbers over her eyes and getting down on her employees. The dynamic between them includes a host of battles, secrets and developments, and eventually grows out of the Kraola we are all familiar with, albeit in major differences that adapt themselves to the spirit of the times: this time, the villain does not abuse dogs but nurtures them.
It is easy to describe what kind of hybrid creature is "Crowella".
Everyone who has already written about it, and probably everyone who will write, used the same equation: it is a kind of combination of "the devil wears Prada" and "Joker".
On the one hand, a story about the behind the scenes of the fashion world and the front between a tough boss and her new employee, who turns out to be no sucker either;
And on the other hand a film that traces the origins of an iconic and vile character, and does so with a combination of violent gloom, black humor and family drama.
The devil wears a Dalmatian dog.
From "Crowala" (Photo: Film Forum)
So here's one problem with the film: it's a sort of copying and soldering of previous familiar films, and if that's not enough, one of its plot moves is reminiscent of "Emily in Paris," so it constantly has a sense of deja vu.
This is not the only problem: not surprisingly relative to contemporary Hollywood, the film lasts about two hours and ten minutes. It has no rhythm, and is often smeared and sometimes even dull. Behind the camera was director Craig Gillespie, who came to the project following his success in "Me, Tonya," which also aimed the spotlight at a woman everyone loved to hate, and at the time knew how to keep the rhythm much better.
"I, Tonya" also had an exemplary soundtrack, which cannot be said about "Crowella". It constantly has music in it, even at the wrong moments, and it is usually too loud, so the viewing experience is likened to sitting in a restaurant at a table close to the speakers. The musical choices are corny and tiring, and include the most worn hits of the period in which the film took place.
Who is it for?
From "Crowala" (Photo: Film Forum)
It is also not clear who the target audience of the film is: it is too violent for children, but too childish and simplistic for adults.
The range is, apparently, niche and specific, and includes viewers with a nostalgic affinity for Carola de Ville, whose souls are equally childish and punk.
And maybe even to the fans of Emma Stone, who is as reliable as ever.
Emma Thompson, on the other hand, this time appears to be operating on autopilot.
Still, watching a movie is quite enjoyable: also because after such a long cinematic form, our standards are quite low; Also because of the display of Stone, and of the dogs beside her; And also because as a fashion show, the result is quite stunning. Hair design, costume design and artistic design: everything here is a pleasure for the eyes, the same is true of the photography work of the Belgian Nicholas Krastnis, who has already worked with Gillespie in "I, Tonya". Work on "Crowella" began eight years ago and went through a series of upheavals, and the script went through far too many hands and rewrites, but the visual aspect of the film sometimes manages to save it from the spineless writing.
To the credit of the film it will also be said that it gets better with time, although its final minutes nevertheless leave us with a bitter taste.
So, it turns out that all we saw was just a trailer, designed solely to prepare the ground for future films starring Crowella.
Bet: There's not much to work with here, and the next film in the series will already keep a low profile, skip movie theaters and go live streaming.
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