Dumbo
critic Reviews
, 45% Rotten Tomatometer Score- Dumbo is held partly aloft by Tim Burton's visual flair, but a crowded canvas and overstretched story leave this live-action remake more workmanlike than wondrous.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWenlei MaNews.com.au
This Dumbo is certainly a visual spectacle, and it could've gone awry if not for the one key thing required to make this movie work: Dumbo is really, really cute.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSara Michelle FettersMovieFreak.com
I believed an elephant could fly, this Disney remake a beguiling fantasy that does its animated predecessor proud.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreUdita JhunjhunwalaLivemint
Expect to be impressed by the cinematography (Ben Davis), costumes (Colleen Atwood), production design (Rick Heinrichs), music (Danny Elfman) and the animation that created the adorable Dumbo with those large watery eyes that sparkle in the wild.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreKevin MaherTimes (UK)
That this same blockbuster should turn out to be utterly soulless and the cinematic equivalent of a tacky Vandevere production is a gorgeously satisfying irony, and certainly the most interesting element of an otherwise vapid, uninspired remake.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreAlex Dudok de WitSight & Sound
While Dumbo has the premise of a Burton movie - an outsider cast adrift in a carnivalesque world - it hardly feels like one, with the director's signature visual style subsumed into a world of sunset hues and glassy CG veneers.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreCharlotte O'SullivanLondon Evening Standard
The animation of old feels so much more real than the live-action remake.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreM.N. MillerReady Steady Cut
The new live-action remake of the Disney animated classic Dumbo is helmed by the darkly eccentric director Tim Burton and his latest film is like nothing I’ve ever seen from the master of juxtaposition: Safe, almost tepid, and it’s monotonously boring.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreBrian EggertDeep Focus Review
It feels hollow and cheap, despite the production values.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreLonita CookKCTV5 News at 9
For me, this was a little odd and incredibly sad... I think too sad.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRichard CrouseRichard Crouse
Sometimes more is less. The heart of the story is found in Dumbo's character not the layers of CGI action that surround him.
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