Flicks, Adam Fresco
Dumbo, the animated 1941 Disney classic, gets the Tim Burton treatment in this live-action remake starring Colin Farrell and Danny Devito. Despite a creaky script, it's still Burton's best family movie in ages.
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Dumbo
Dumbo, the animated 1941 Disney classic, gets the Tim Burton treatment in this live-action remake starring Colin Farrell and Danny Devito.
Circus owner Max Medici (DeVito) enlists Holt Farrier (Farrell) and his children to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes a comeback, attracting entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere (Michael Keaton), who recruits Dumbo for his newest venture, Dreamland. Dumbo soars to new heights alongside a charming aerial artist, Colette Marchant (Eva Green, Casino Royale), until Holt learns that Dreamland is full of dark secrets.
2019Rating: PG, Mild themes, some scenes may scare young children112 minsUSAWalt Disney Pictures
Kids & FamilyFantasyBlockbuster
- Director:
- Tim Burton ('Edward Scissordhands', 'Corpse Bride', 'Batman Returns')
- Writer:
- Ehren Kruger
- Cast:
- Colin FarrellMichael KeatonDanny DeVitoEva GreenAlan ArkinFinley HobbinsNico Parker
Dumbo / Reviews
Variety
It transforms a miraculous tale into a routine story by weighing it down with a lot of nuts and bolts it didn't need.
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There are thrills and feels but this reimagination of the delightful animation doesn't take flight often enough.
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Time Out
With production designer Rick Heinrichs, Burton forsakes his beloved gothic touches for an art deco style that lends it all a Gatsby-esque decadence.
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Stuff
Even if the story starts to sag a little before the inevitable big finale, just relax and look at the screen. Every frame of this film could be taken home and hung on your wall – it's that pretty.
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Rolling Stone
This live-action re-imagining of Disney's 1941 animated classic may be the sweetest film Tim Burton has ever made. It's also the safest.
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New Zealand Herald
...despite a few underdeveloped characters and a score that occasionally gushes like a broken mains pipe, Dumbo is a tissue factory worth of sadness dried by a big top of colourful delights.
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Hollywood Reporter
The filmmaker's overstuffed visual imagination and appetite for sinister gloom all but trample the enchantment of a tale that, at heart, is simple and whimsical.
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Empire Magazine
Come for the super-cute elephant, stay for Keaton and DeVito's glorious reunion.
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Collider
Is 'Dumbo' a fully-fleshed-out film with basic components like character arcs or conflict? Not entirely, no.
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