Lady and the Tramp (2019)
Live-action remake of Disney's 1955 animated romance between a pampered Cocker Spaniel named Lady (voiced by Thor: Ragnarok's Tessa Thompson) and a streetwise mongrel named Tramp (Justin Theroux, The Spy Who Dumped Me).
- Director:
- Charlie Bean ('The LEGO Ninjago Movie')
- Writer:
- Andrew Bujalski
- Cast:
- Tessa ThompsonJustin TherouxSam ElliottBenedict WongJanelle MonáeKen Jeong
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Liam Maguren
flicksPicture a chocolate cake. You know exactly what it tastes like and if you eat just enough, you’ll feel satisfied. Eat too much, though, and the sugar overload will make you question if you’re eating actual food. That’s Disney+’s Lady and the Tramp for you. Running almost half an hour longer than the original, this sickeningly sweetened remake is less of a film and more of an item for window-shoppers.
A.V. Club
pressAll of this doesn't add up to the warm alchemy of a Christmas classic, or a holiday movie you'd go out of your way to watch more than once, even if it is streaming.
Hollywood Reporter
pressProbably the dullest to date of the live-action (or quasi-live) remakes of beloved Disney animated films... further explores the limitations of having real (or digitally realistic) critters stand in for the talking animals of yesteryear.
Variety
pressSuffice it to say that even on a smaller screen, attributing anthropomorphic qualities to photoreal fauna remains a Disney stumbling block.
IndieWire
pressOur carbon-based hero couple transform into computer-generated chimeras every time they open their mouths...Lady and the Tramp might take a different route than The Lion King, but it winds up in the same depths of the uncanny valley.
The Guardian
pressWorks well enough on its own simple terms as watchable, competently made home viewing.
Salon
pressWatching Disney's live-action remake of Lady and the Tramp bears the familiar feeling of settling -- sinking into a spot that is uncomfortably comfortable with the full, conscious knowledge that you could be spending your time better.
Los Angeles Times
pressIt's perfectly fine though also, perhaps, pointless, if not a slap in the face of the glory that was 2-D cel animation.
The New York Times
pressCynics might assume this means that Charlie Bean's film is the runt of the litter. But the movie is middle-of-the-road rather than bad - hard to hate and harder to love.
Flicks, Liam Maguren
flicksPicture a chocolate cake. You know exactly what it tastes like and if you eat just enough, you’ll feel satisfied. Eat too much, though, and the sugar overload will make you question if you’re eating actual food. That’s Disney+’s Lady and the Tramp for you. Running almost half an hour longer than the original, this sickeningly sweetened remake is less of a film and more of an item for window-shoppers.
A.V. Club
pressAll of this doesn't add up to the warm alchemy of a Christmas classic, or a holiday movie you'd go out of your way to watch more than once, even if it is streaming.
Hollywood Reporter
pressProbably the dullest to date of the live-action (or quasi-live) remakes of beloved Disney animated films... further explores the limitations of having real (or digitally realistic) critters stand in for the talking animals of yesteryear.
Variety
pressSuffice it to say that even on a smaller screen, attributing anthropomorphic qualities to photoreal fauna remains a Disney stumbling block.
IndieWire
pressOur carbon-based hero couple transform into computer-generated chimeras every time they open their mouths...Lady and the Tramp might take a different route than The Lion King, but it winds up in the same depths of the uncanny valley.
The Guardian
pressWorks well enough on its own simple terms as watchable, competently made home viewing.
Salon
pressWatching Disney's live-action remake of Lady and the Tramp bears the familiar feeling of settling -- sinking into a spot that is uncomfortably comfortable with the full, conscious knowledge that you could be spending your time better.
Los Angeles Times
pressIt's perfectly fine though also, perhaps, pointless, if not a slap in the face of the glory that was 2-D cel animation.
The New York Times
pressCynics might assume this means that Charlie Bean's film is the runt of the litter. But the movie is middle-of-the-road rather than bad - hard to hate and harder to love.
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