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Summary: One of Walt Disney's best
Review: Walt Disney's fourth animated feature, "Dumbo," is one of his best movies. It is the shortest Disney film ever. It has some of the best songs a Disney movie has ever had. One song in particular, "Baby Mine," just brings tears to my eyes. Two sequences in this movie stand out: the pink elephants dancing and the scene where Dumbo goes to visit his mother in jail at night. My favorite character is Timothy Q. Mouse. He is the only friend that Dumbo has. This movie is another one of Uncle Walt's great classics.
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Summary: a true classic - with multiple levels of meaning
Review: Everybody loves Dumbo for all the right reasons - great story with humor and pathos, wonderful music, and delightful animation. However, no one seems to have noticed the underlying racial themes that fuel the plot. Dumbo's mom, and the other female elephants she lives and works with, are all Indian elephants (small ears). Dumbo's dad (Jumbo), from whom he must have inherited his big ears, must have been African. Dumbo (and his mother) were mocked and ultimately ostracized from decent elephant society because he was the product of a mixed marriage. Only after he learns (with the help of those zoot-suited, jive-talkin' crows) to use his physical "defect" to excel at something (flying) is he accepted back into the circus. While "Dumbo" teaches us that we're all "special," it also paints a rather darker picture of society being intolerant of differences unless or until those differences can benefit that society.
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Summary: One of the Most watchable cartoons ever!
Review: Dumbo is absolutely the most watchable cartoon ever made! My six year old watches it over and over and loves the animals, the clowns and the visuals. The music and look of the film facinates her and captures her attention.What facinates me is how both my wife and I cannot help being caught up in the story every time we pass by our kids watching it. We never seem to be able to walk out of the room until the story ends again. This story is full of genuine emotion from beginning to end. The sadness of Mrs. Jumbo as she sees other animals enjoying their new children. The joy of Mrs. Jumbo as she finally has a child of her own. Her fierce protective instincts kicking in as her child is jeered. The loneliness of Dumbo as his mother is taken away. The friendship of Timothy Mouse. The crows trying to make up for their jeering of Dumbo and the really satisfying climax. The story is tight and every scene fits perfectly. I have heard that Walt Disney was always made fun of as a child because of his unusually protuding ears and that he made Dumbo as a lesson for children not to make fun of other children who don't fit in or who had what kids could translate as defects. Whatever the truth is, one thing is clear. Dumbo is a spectacular film with a message about considering the feelings of others. It is at the same time a classic, funny and very emotional film with a great story that can be watched over and over. It can be enjoyed immensely on an adult level as well as by childen on their level. I consider it one of my top ten favorites of all time. This is a real Keeper!
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Summary: My Favorite Movie
Review: This is an absolutely stunning film. For a guy who is not often affected emotionally by a movie it is nice to find one that can really move me, and this film does. In about an hour, this movie moves the viewer across the emotional spectrum more quickly and more completely than any other film I have seen. This is not the most PC flick Disney has put out, nor is it one to baby your feelings, but in my opinion, it is the best movie they've ever made. It is certainly better than the pablum they're making today.
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Summary: Best Disney film of all time
Review: I grew up watching just about all of the Disney movies that have ever came out and now I'm 19 and can't wait for my kids to watch all the Disney films I still have, especially "Dumbo." I have one question, how can anybody not give "Dumbo" a perfect 5 stars? It defines classic in more ways than just about any other Disney film. It tells the classic story of friendship between Dumbo and Timothy the mouse. Dumbo eventually ends up back with his mom at the end of the movie. I could write a review on just about every Disney film that's ever been made, but Dumbo is the only one that I really like enough even now that I'm grown, to write a review of. It has some of the best classic songs and sounds from any of the Disney films and my favorite part of the movie is when Dumbo and the mouse get drunk and see all the pink elephants. "Dumbo" is what I would call a true classic in every way.
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Summary: not his best work
Review: It is Disney,so it entertains kids well.But..this is definately not disney's best.The story line is sparse and the flow of the action is jerky.The music is memorable and my son enjoys them all except for pink elephants on parade.It goes on too long and the animation that goes with it scares him.Worth owning,but not a must have.
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Summary: Excellant
Review: Who doesn't love Dumbo? How many Disney movies have death ofparents in them? What kid doesn't love to ride Dumbo at Disneyland?I love this one, period! END
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Summary: Beware of the dark themes - inappropriate for children
Review: Dumbo really is an animated film for adults. It contains many adult themes surrounding the innocent story line of baby elephant learns to believe in himself and takes to the air. Dumbo is ostracized from his elephant community purely because of the size of his ears. Dumbo's mother is shackled, locked up as a "Mad Elephant" and separated from her baby because she became angry at those poking fun at Dumbo. Crass and insensitive clowns ridicule Dumbo and use him as the laughing stock for their show. Dumbo and his mouse friend accidentally gets drunk and spends 15 minutes hallucinating pink elephants. If these themes seem out of line with recent Disney animations for children, it is because Dumbo depicts a cruel and intolerant world that once existed to a much greater degree than today. There is a touching part of the film. A sad and depressed Dumbo approaches his locked up Mother but is not able to see her through the small window. She reaches out with her trunk and cradles her baby elephant for a few short moments. It is a bittersweet moment, one that is sure to bring tears to those of us who have babies. Eventually, Dumbo flies and becomes a star and his Mother is freed and they ride off happily in the train. This is a long dark movie with two brief spots of lightness. Perhaps it is an interesting film for its historical representation of how the world used to be in the unenlightened times only a few decades ago. For those people who actually enjoyed it for its emotional value and for their children, I can only conjecture that there must be an empathetic nerve missing.
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Summary: Release in Europe on DVD in1999.
Review: Although not yet available in USA, this DVD was released in Europe in 1999. The transfer quality is really quite good and does nothing to detract from the original. Like all Disney 'classic' DVDs to date though, it is devoid of 'extras'.
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Summary: Dumbo
Review: My daughter loves this movie, and would watch it all day everyday if we let her (she is 2), she cant go to sleep unless she watches "elephants"... This is an awesome movie and i highly reccomend it to all children to watch, as well as all adults, it also has an underlying message, "dont judge somebody on how they look"
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