Cruella

Craig Gillespie's 2021 film is set in London in the seventies. Estella wants to enter the fashion world and takes a job with a well-known designer. What she learns about her mother's death changes everything. The film tells how a known villain came about; the narrative builds the revenge as spectacle and uses the punk period as its ground. Emma Stone and Emma Thompson play opposite each other. The costume design is the film's strongest feature and was awarded. The tone leaves room for comedy. Who it's for: those who like fashion and period design. Who it's not for: viewers looking for the character as she was in the cartoon; the film builds her differently.