A Masterpiece!

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Dumbo3 And A Half Out Of 5Dumbo is a Disney Animated feature reaching successfully for eradicating the difference among the society and its ideology. Despite of having a wafer thin script, the feature never leaves the audience and neither does it allow them to get out from the world that they have fallen within first few minutes. The technical details like songs, background score and animation are amazingly scored on high pitches. The makers being aware of their lack of material, has directed all of their big guns to its finely detailed screenplay that works like a charm in here. The difference between an overstretched plot and elaborated one is clearly visible in here. Although there are few sequences which could have been edited better, but these are minor complication in this huge emotional drama among family, friends and society. It resonates a lot with practicality offering plenty of mutual things for the audience to easily connect with especially all the conversation among the other animals about the protagonist which can easily be matched with the current society that we all reside in. As always, the side characters are perfectly written as they are not only the writers best distraction but also attains a closure of their own track. Dumbo is a heartbreaking tale of a misjudged fellow whose self-discovering journey is depicted in with all heart; all love; all passion.

USA 1941 English (Colour); Animation (Walt Disney); 64 minutes (U certificate)Crew includes: Ben Sharpsteen (Director); Joe Grant, Dick Huemer (Screenwriters); Walt Disney (Producer)Voices include: Edward Brophy, Verna Felton, Cliff Edwards (all uncredited)Academy Award: Scoring of a MusicalEncouraged by an enterprising mouse (Brophy), an isolated baby elephant with massive ears overcomes his "freakishness" to become a circus sensation.Slightest of all Disney classics (conceived as a short), with a cute, dialogue-free title character, and, remarkably, a trippy, alcohol-induced Pink Elephants on Parade sequence; ends quite suddenly once Dumbo realises he can fly.

Dumbo is one of Disney's "classics" and it's a movie that doesn't always work for me. I really like most of the scenes and the scenes that get to you emotionally. Every time Dumbo cries or when he visits his mother in the cage I really like. However it's a movie that doesn't have the best voice performances and the animation is mostly great but there are one or two scenes in which there are some inconsistencies, like there is a moment in which Dumbo's eyes are black. These are minor details, but the main issue I have with the film is the tone. It goes from being very happy and Disney like to very dark and sad and then at the end from sad to happy again. The tone of a movie, animated or not should always be defined within the first few minutes of the film and there are some major tonal inconsistencies here. Also, there are some weird stereotypes in the movie and I understand it was released in the 40's but it also feels weird. Like the workers of the circus who put up the circus tent are all black and the first words to come out of their mouths are something like "We work all day, work all night." I'm probably paraphrasing though. Also, the crows all play African- American stereotypes for some reason and it's just odd. Some of the songs are great though, especially the "When I see an elephant fly" song and the pink elephant sequence is great. The ending is kind of heart- warming too. I can find enjoyment in Dumbo despite its flaws, but I do believe it is a very inconsistent movie and probably gets more credit than it deserves, in my opinion.

Sorry, but I don't see anything racist here--I just see crows, who are of course black, parodying humans, who come in all colors, and they are no more representative of real people than Lucy and Desi were representative of all redheads married to Cuban bandleaders or Laurel and Hardy or the Three Stooges were representative of all white men. They are funny and happen to be black, not black and therefore funny. There's a difference. (Just for the record, that's how I judge all ethnic humor: is it humor that happens to be ethnic, or is it an insult veiled in humor? I can chuckle at Chico Marx's pseudo-Italian because there's no insult intended in most of his movies--he exaggerated and put a funny spin on what he'd seen growing up. Those "scaredy-cat black sidekick" characters, however, leave me cold because it's implied that they're scared BECAUSE they're black, which is just not true to life.)