Although Dumbo offers no startling innovations in animated cartooning, it is probably Disney's best all-round picture to date.
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11/03/09
Dumbo (1941)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:30
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.4/10
Consensus: Dumbo packs plenty of story into its brief runtime, along with all the warm animation and wonderful music you'd expect from a Disney classic.
Synopsis: Baby elephant Jumbo Jr. is delivered by the stork to his elephant mom with much fanfare but soon receives a cold shoulder from the snobby female pachyderms and the rest of the circus due to his... [More]
Starring: Cliff Edwards, Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, Verna Felton
Director: Ben Sharpsteen
Reviews for Dumbo
One of the most emotionally potent of all animated movies; I might be inclined to say, of all movies, period.
10/31/09
Touching, comic, visually inventive and emotionally convincing, this remains a jewel in the crown of Disney's golden age.
09/02/08
It's one of Disney's most charming and perfectly proportioned films, uninflated by the cultural pretensions Uncle Walt was fond of slipping in.
09/02/08
There's a pleasant little story, plenty of pathos mixed with the large doses of humor, a number of appealing new animal characters, lots of good music, and the usual Disney skillfulness in technique.
08/28/08
Top CriticIt just tells a great story and has beautiful moments of powerful emotion that can bring a tear to the eye even 65 years after it was made.
06/08/06
Viewed in isolation, Dumbo feels like a practice feature film from animators whose only previous experience was short subjects.
06/07/06
In its scant 64-minute running time, the big top melodrama of Dumbo reduces me to a blubbering, mucus-drizzling wreck at least once with every viewing.
06/06/06
With its colorful circus setting and quirky characters, this short Disney movie is easy to like, but it's Dumbo himself who steals your heart.
06/04/06
One of the best of Disney's animated features.
01/26/06
Small wonder Walt Disney often pointed to 'Dumbo' as his personal favorite in the Disney pantheon.
09/28/05
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08/08/05
Indispensible.
04/06/05
Top CriticMagical.
12/31/04
No review available.
10/24/04
Alguns dos estereótipos raciais são desconcertantes, mas o carisma do personagem-título e sua luta contra a rejeição ainda são capazes de emocionar.
09/21/04
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01/24/04
No review available.
08/27/03
An experience -- alternately hilarious, thrilling, and heartbreaking -- that will appeal to every child in the world and every adult who can still recall the happy world of childhood fantasies and fables.
07/30/03
A film you will never forget.
05/20/03
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