One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • Roger calls Pongo 'rascal' after Perdita births 15 of his puppies
  • Roger and Anita eye each other at the park

Violence & Gore

  • A character states "I'll skin every one of them little spotted hyenas, if it's the last thing I do.'' Referring to the puppies. It is a violent saying.
  • Many car crashes with no injuries.
  • The scene where Pongo and Perdita fight Jasper and Horace has a lot of "slapstick violence" and destruction of the room, but still kind of serious as the two men have the intention to kill them and the puppies and both Pongo and Perdita react like dog parents protecting their children, which is also pretty serious.
  • A puppy is implied to have been stillborn, but is resuscitated.
  • A woman asks a criminal if he "did someone in".
  • Multiple statements about skinning puppies and making a fur coat.
  • Cruella yanks a bottle of alcohol out of Jasper's hands and throws it into the fireplace causing an explosion to suddenly happen. No injuries but it shows the extent of her rage as she slaps the two guys after that, all of which could be unsettling.
  • Some mild cartoon action.

Profanity

  • Repeatedly Cruella's mansion is called Hell Hall. However, this is in the context of referring to a location, not as a curse word.
  • One or two uses of 'blasted'.
  • Some name calling:
  • 2 uses of imbeciles
  • 1 use of imbecile
  • 10 uses of idiot

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Roger smokes a pipe.
  • Cruella smokes a cigarette with a long cigarette holder.
  • Jasper is shown in one scene with a wine bottle and a cigar.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • During the final car chase there is a quick shot of Cruella's maniacal face. Her eyes are red and she looks pretty angry. This image can frighten young children.
  • The antagonist is trying to make Dalmatian puppies into fur coats. The thought of hurting the puppies may be unsettling to young children.
  • Cruella De Vil is very cruel to her vile henchmen, Horace and Jasper, her classmate, Anita and her husband, Roger and especially the puppies. She hires Horace and Jasper to steal the puppies after Roger refuses to sell them and is just generally very mean. Younger viewers might be a little afraid of her.
  • Throughout the movie and when confronting Horace and Jasper at the De Vil mansion, Pongo and Perdita's realistic looking vicious dog facial expressions can be considered scary to sensitive viewers.
  • The car chase scene is rough and intense.
  • Moderate for neurodivergent/autistic viewers.

Spoilers

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Profanity

  • Shut up is used 1 or 2 or many times.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Cruella is willing to commit animal cruelty for making fur coats. This easily upsets and traumatizes animal lovers.
  • During the puppies' birth, Nanny counts how many puppies are born and 15 puppies were born, then Nanny comes out and says "14....just 14..... we lost one....." (the puppy is presumed to be dead). Then Roger says to Pongo, "It happens, Bud", then proceeds rubs his hand one the "dead" puppy and revives it. This may upset some sensitive viewers.

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