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Dumbo

Dumbo

2019
Family/Kids, Fantasy
1h 52m
A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.
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Dumbo

2019
Family/Kids, Fantasy
1h 52m
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Rated 08 Mar 2023
72
23rd
Hey, it's a remake of that one movie you kinda-sorta remember from when you were a kid! Only this time directed by a totally-not-phoning-it-in Tim Burton! Wow! Open your wallet for Disney, you nostalgia-drunk slack-jaws!
Rated 29 Nov 2019
40
19th
It's not a bad film, but it has nothing on the original. That Disney is spitting out these live-action adaptations with seemingly little to no regard for their quality is highly dubious and borderline disgusting.
Rated 08 Apr 2019
50
38th
The characters are all really thin charicatures, and the film suffers for it. It picks up the pace about halfway through and is occasionally pretty enjoyable, but like other live action Disney attempts this isn't very memorable. If I hadn't known Tim Burton directed this, I wouldn't have noticed. That man is just all out of Tim Burton.
Rated 07 Feb 2020
20
14th
From, Disney Corporation, the studio that brought you [Beauty and the Beast], comes a [live-action remake] of a classic adventure: [Dumbo]! Starring a diverse cast including: [Michael Keaton], [Colin Farrell], and [racial minority #3]! With daring themes of [classism] and [slavery]! The CGI [elephant] will leave you breathless! See it today!
Rated 22 Jun 2019
44
5th
Dumbo is dumb, yo. Let's be honest, when you think back to the golden age of classic Disney animated film, which one would you consider the worst and most uninteresting? I feel like the universal answer would be Dumbo...same applies for the live-action remakes.
Rated 30 Jul 2019
3
28th
Dumbo himself is a quite cute and occasionally even moving little creation, CGI or no. The endless and obtrusive human scenes are not similarly blessed. I remember during one bit watching Danny DeVito and Alan Arkin and Michael Keaton all talk business just being like “What kid would give a shit about this?”
Rated 19 Jul 2019
15
5th
I couldn't make myself care about anything in this movie. Dumbo gets separated from his mother. Couldn't care less. Dumbo flies in the first act of the movie. Couldn't care (actually that's a lie I was pretty mad about that). Definitely couldn't care about anything that happened to the badly written human characters. Original guy who only cared about money randomly cares about Dumbo. There's a horrible romance plot. Kid characters suck. Villain is generic, and the ending is just ridiculous.
Rated 28 Mar 2019
60
51st
Too many characters, not nearly enough crows, not enough Dumbo, and practically nothing to laugh about. Still, it's better than expected and surprisingly coherent on its own melancholy Burton/Disney terms.
Rated 29 Mar 2019
45
25th
The 2019 Dumbo remake has no heart or soul in it whatsoever. When you spend more time on the side characters than Dumbo himself, you're making a big mistake. Why does Tim Burton completely derail the second half of the movie with such bullcrap and have Michael Keaton play a terrible villain? It's all dragged down with such mediocrity and lack of emotion. Most of this Dumbo movie feels insincere, and the original still gets me every time. Disney failed thinking this would replace the original!
Rated 30 Mar 2019
60
51st
Far better than I had feared, and perhaps the best Tim Burton film in over a decade. Had some real Disney magic in it's first act, but the script had some serious issues later on. Kudos for making an entirely different film than the original, and it could have been really solid with only a few tweaks. Visually stunning and great to see Danny DeVito having a blast, but also a little too bleak for the younger crowd.
Rated 14 Apr 2019
42
40th
watchable
Rated 23 Nov 2020
73
37th
This film has some cute moments. The script does that offer many new things, it is mostly a rehash of the original story. The cast does a good job in this film. Overall I would recommend this film.
Rated 31 Mar 2019
30
5th
This movie really struggled to keep me interested, with its repetitive scenes and an incredibly boring story. The characters motivations hardly make any sense, and the CGI was not great.
Rated 29 Mar 2019
5
22nd
It's surprising to see a live action remake of an iconic animated film, in a series of other live action remakes of iconic animated films, have such an anti-idolatry message. But it works, to some extent. I just found the whole experience kind of forgettable, which is a shame. I do love Danny DeVito and Michael Keaton, who both clearly had a ton of fun. And it's neat that they found a way to do the Pink Elephants scene without getting the lead drunk. It's a cute movie that's worth a watch.
Rated 30 Mar 2019
44
13th
Unlike, for instance, Disney’s recent remake of Beauty and the Beast, Tim Burton’s Dumbo rejects the notion of a beat-for-beat remake, instead keeping the skeleton of the 1941 original’s premise (big-eared flying circus elephant is separated from its mother) and building its own movie around it, nudging aside everything else from its predecessor. Unfortunately, Burton fails to find anything particularly interesting to put in its place.
Rated 01 Apr 2019
82
61st
Its not perfect but it is a solid family film.
Rated 13 Apr 2019
65
65th
Were it not for the paper thin character motivations and the "acting" of Eva Green, Colin Farrell, and two kids who should never be cast in anything else, Dumbo is actually surprisingly refreshing. Burton's thick expressionist art direction looks really good here if you like that sort of thing, the Dumbo animation feels real, and some of the performances and beats ring triumphant. Unfortunately, it loses steam once Michael Keaton shows up to be the bad guy because movies need bad guys.
Rated 14 Apr 2019
75
59th
I can't say I was expecting Disney to release a film criticizing themselves, but colour me impressed.
Rated 15 Apr 2019
1
11th
never has a movie so lived up to its name. DUMBO.
Rated 22 Apr 2019
3
43rd
I must admit that I don't remember the original story, so I don't know if it was just a Disney-happy-ending... I wanted it to be a little more "spectacular" though. But nevertheless - a recommendable kids movie.
Rated 02 May 2019
80
89th
Disney, masallarını filme çevirmeye devam ediyor. Bu sefer uçan fil Dumbo'nun hikayesini izledik. Annesinden uzaklaşan yavru fil Dumbo, harikalar diyarında gösteri yapmak üzere satılır. Dumbo ve arkadaşları, annesine ve özgürlüğe doğru bir serüven yaşayacaktır. Dumbo'nun sevimliliği hoş. Fakat cadı süpürgesine biner gibi uçuyor. Oyuncuların abartısız oynadığı bir film. Uçmak için kanatların olması gerekir.
Rated 01 Dec 2019
37
25th
The character motivations in this film are perhaps amongst the most lazily written I ever seen. The CGI is shite too and there’s not a whole lot to recommend other than some solid lead performances. It actually wasn’t as bad as I expected it would be and it’s Burton’s best for some time, not that that means much.
Rated 16 Jun 2019
68
66th
As a narrative experience, it's a tad underwhelming. Kruger is not a good writer, and Burton's strengths generally lie elsewhere, but there is more here than most critics acknowledged, and to dismiss the visual ingenuity on display as 'mere surface' is pure ignorance. Burton conjures some near phantasmagoric imagery with fog drenched silhouettes and spectral lighting that creates a wealth of sensory information, and there are some genuinely moving moments and striking retro-futuristic sets.
Rated 18 Jun 2019
63
39th
The original Dumbo was made cheaply to recover the costs from Fantasia and was itself a mediocre film that barely passed the one hour mark, yet still contained some truly creative moments. I can almost respect this version adapting the story, expect for the fact that it's devoid of creativity. It takes from the original, but sanitises anything that made it interesting, doubling the runtime by adding a generic family drama element. The cast is better than this.
Rated 27 Jul 2019
60
26th
Lilgirlbadactress+thoughtcarwasmom+keatonmostygoodanduniqueforhimbutgotworseaswenton+senttojunglewithmom
Rated 08 Sep 2019
50
77th
I don't mind a darker Dumbo (2019), but cold montage acting does irritate me. Only Danny DeVito manages to break out of that mumbling-posing mold, giving this some personality. Dumbo himself was adorable and nicely animated. He was the only thing which reminded me of classic Disney. The rest was Tim Burton struggling to do his thing on a beloved character.
Rated 18 Nov 2019
41
24th
"You know what I really want? A remake of an absurd comedy about a flying elephant, but made really grim-dark and filled with the depression, an unhappy trophy girlfriend and a man that lost his arm in the war." Said absolutely no-one ever. It had it's moments yes, but mostly it just had a nonsensical plot with a villain who did bad things purely for the evulz. It couldn't decide if it was going for realistic or magical and ended up with neither.
Rated 23 Nov 2019
40
30th
I don't like the creepy realistic non-talking Dumbo and all of these "live-action" remakes lose the charm of the original animation. That said, this version has a much better story than the animated version except for the annoying children. It's a freaking flying elephant! Who flies using ears! Eva Green MVP (minus the bad hairdos). Fav scene: Dumbo flying in the wild at the end.
Rated 26 Dec 2019
60
31st
I am not sure why anyone would expect anything half decent from Burton, who seems to revel in making films with as many absurd, exaggerated and gross characters as possible, and puts them in a world that bears little reality to real life. On that basis, Dumbo met all expectations. As soon as Colin Farrell came along with his miserable "Oh I am so negative, traumatised and defeated" hang-dog expression (Look, I have even lost an arm!), you know it is going to be pretty hideous .. and so it proved
Rated 01 Jun 2020
53
32nd
I'm in shock of how void of Burton this movie is. Why get a director with such distinct artistic vision and not have that show in the movie? I guess it did, but where not nowhere near his usual level of nightmarish delights - even the original is WAY more terrifying! I dislike the 1941 and found this movie to be at least more interesting and coherent. But then again, I always bawl in the original "Baby Mine" and the remake didn't come close to those emotional heights. Can do without both films.
Rated 28 Jan 2020
50
31st
I don't quite understand the need to modernize a classic cartoon by creating a "live action" film which apart from actors is complete CGI. I liked some of the retro sci-fi imagery and the cast was OK; it was fun to see DeVito and Keaton together again, but I couldn't shake the feeling how redundant the film was. It's also a pity how Tim Burton has turned into this go-to-guy for remakes.
Rated 24 Mar 2020
44
6th
I just... didn't care. Like, I mean I guess I could say the visuals are decent, but again... just didn't care. I was so bored out of my mind with this one.
Rated 18 Jun 2020
61
37th
Quite endearing but on the overal quite mediocre and predictable too.
Rated 13 May 2020
50
35th
Passes the time.
Rated 14 May 2020
72
28th
Sweet little elephant face!
Rated 14 Jul 2020
55
14th
Odd, bloated misfire presents a DUMBO stripped of its "problematic" elements (Teetotal Dumbo was a bad snicker moment!) but also literalises and expands on the brisk efficiency of the animated version, becoming a stock-standard human based adventure film, with Dumbo himself reduced to a badly CGI'd prop (with some very unconvincing flying effects). Sputters to life periodically (largely thanks to DeVito and Keaton), and the Mummy-Child dynamic is good for some inherent emotional resonance.
Rated 17 Jul 2020
50
33rd
The circus melancholy of the first half really clicks, but it's just too bad the second feels stuck in Disney-lifeless-adventure mode and kind of suffocates Burton's attempts to make it sound creeper and edgier.
Rated 09 Nov 2020
75
37th
Evident to the max that this was directed by Burton. That is one of the good things that this film has going for it because the characters are ultra thin and the plot doesn't lend well to a feature length live action movie of this nature. Dumbo looks cool in live action but there is very little substance surrounding him and the characters that take care of him. It could easily be better and I wish it would have been.
Rated 22 Nov 2020
27
19th
No animated animals were harmed in the making of this film.
Rated 07 May 2021
60
52nd
Entertainment: 3.5. Spirit: 0.5. Sustainability: 1. Family: 1
Rated 06 Aug 2021
60
18th
6???????????
Rated 26 Mar 2023
35
2nd
Quoting a review I totally agree with: “ The problem with this latest entry in Disney’s ever-expanding range of recycled classics isn’t that it hews too close to the studio’s original animated masterpiece, but that its many departures only muddle the original’s nursery-rhyme simplicity and neuter its famous sustained emotional wallop.”

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