This article contains Cruella spoilers. Read our spoiler-free review here. It’s rare to have a movie as focus-tested and committee-approved as Disney’s Cruella surprise you. But in my case, it did.

Director Craig Gillespie's 101 Dalmatians prequel is very different from the story it sets up. On the contrary, watch closely and you'll see tons of 101 Dalmatians references in Cruella that not only ...