Dumbo

Name: Dumbo
Genre: Drama, Animation, Family, Musical
Released: October 31, 1941
Duration: 64 min
Rating: 96
Cast: Billy Bletcher, Cliff Edwards, Eddie Holden, Edward Brophy, Herman Bing

1941

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Universal acclaim based on 11 Critic Reviews

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Movie Details & Credits

RKO Radio Pictures | Release Date: October 31, 1941 | Approved

Starring: Billy Bletcher, Cliff Edwards, Eddie Holden, Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, James Baskett, Jim Carmichael, Noreen Gammill, Sterling Holloway, Verna Felton

Summary: This simple animated tale is set in a circus and spotlights a baby elephant, Dumbo, who is mocked and ridiculed because his ears are too big, only to be assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.

Director: Ben Sharpsteen and Bill Roberts and Jack Kinney and John Elliotte and Norman Ferguson and Samuel Armstrong and Wilfred Jackson

Genre(s): Drama, Animation, Family, Musical

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 64 min

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100

Empire Kim Newman

With its genuinely cute hero and appealing storyline, Dumbo's exactly right for younger children but not too milk-soppy for anyone over eight. Indispensible. Read full review

100

Staff (Not Credited)

One of the best of Disney's animated features. An ugly duckling variation, lifted by those unforgettable characters. Read full review

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Keith Phipps

It's not only one of the best classic-era Disney features, but also one of the best animated films from any studio at any time. Read full review

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Bosley Crowther

The most genial, the most endearing, the most completely precious cartoon feature film ever to emerge from the magical brushes of Walt Disney's wonder-working artists!...A film you will never forget. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Although Dumbo offers no startling innovations in animated cartooning, it is probably Disney's best all-round picture to date. Though it lacks the bomb-burst novelty of Snow White, its craftsmanship is far beyond that memorable fairy tale's. Seldom has Disney articulated his characters so aptly. Dumbo is a most human little fellow, not bright, but willing. Read full review

R.L. Shaffer

A time-honored classic filled with love, happiness and excitement. Read full review

Josh Larsen

Dumbo ends happily enough...but all that comes in a rushed finale; the movie is more interested in capturing the shadings and sounds of sadness (so many scenes take place in the blue night). Read full review

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prosto_ILYA

Feb 1, 2020

Невероятноя, сказочная, детская сказка. Сюжет заставляет переживать и сочувствовать героям. Скучать точно не придётся. Рекомендую всем посмотреть этот фильм и может потом посмотреть ремейк 2019 года.Невероятноя, сказочная, детская сказка. Сюжет заставляет переживать и сочувствовать героям. Скучать точно не придётся. Рекомендую всем посмотреть этот фильм и может потом посмотреть ремейк 2019 года.

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Panchogul

Jan 15, 2019

Hijo del corazón, deja ya de llorar, junto a ti yo voy a estar y nunca mas te han de hacer mal.

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BrunoVn00

Jun 9, 2019

Dumbo is an animated masterpiece. It's only 64 minutes long and it never feels too short, surprisingly. The animation is fantastic, I particularly like the pink elephants scene where the animation gets really mindblowing and surrealist making it to this date, one of the most unique animatedDumbo is an animated masterpiece. It's only 64 minutes long and it never feels too short, surprisingly. The animation is fantastic, I particularly like the pink elephants scene where the animation gets really mindblowing and surrealist making it to this date, one of the most unique animated sequences in any Disney movie and maybe in any animated movie ever.

The story is one of the best and most touching and heartwarming in any Disney movie and even in any animated movie ever, sure, this isn't an original screenplay, but still manages to be absolutely fantastic, you'll cry, you'll laugh, you'll be amazed by the animation, this movie has everything to be a near-perfect animated movie.

Not my favorite Disney movie ever, but it has my favorite Disney song ever: Baby Mine. Why is it my favorite? Simply because there's nothing better than the love of a mother, seriously, I can't listen to this song without crying, the lyrics and the bittersweet tone make the scene where it is played one of the best scenes in animation history, at least for me.

This is seriously a work of art and is one of the few animated movies that get near perfection. Every movie ever has a "but", some minor, some major, in this case the only thing that keeps this from being the perfect animated movie, is the weak character development, besides Dumbo, pretty much every other character feels more of a plot device, but that's the only issue I see from this.… Expand

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Onlyclassicvg1

Sep 17, 2022

This film noir portrait of corruption and morally-compromised obsessions stars Welles as Hank Quinlan, a crooked police chief who frames a Mexican youth as part of an intricate criminal plot. Charlton Heston plays an honorable Mexican narcotics investigator who clashes with the bigotedThis film noir portrait of corruption and morally-compromised obsessions stars Welles as Hank Quinlan, a crooked police chief who frames a Mexican youth as part of an intricate criminal plot. Charlton Heston plays an honorable Mexican narcotics investigator who clashes with the bigoted Quinlan after probing into his dark past. A memorable… Expand

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Andremax

Feb 21, 2020

Dumbo is one of the cutiest protagonist ever. Even nowadays, each lesson film passes is relevant.

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YunusKat

Mar 25, 2019

A timeless classic with a lot of social problems hidden between the subcontext of the movie. If you look close enough you'll see it.

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kpmeade

Dec 21, 2018

i know this saved the company from chapter 9 bankruptcy but its too confusing and too weird dont get me started on the pink elephants but it dose have its golden moments like baby mine and dumbo saving a clown from a fire pretty meh

0 of 6 users found this helpful06

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