Dumbo

Weak. While I love the Disney classics and tolerate their orientation towards a child audience, Dumbo disappointed me both from the perspective of the child who tried hard to hold on to it and from the perspective of the more mature movie fan for whom cute characters, cheerful songs and a basic story just aren't enough to make them happy. Thank God it only lasted 60 minutes. 60% (19/08/2013)

If Dumbo had been a bit longer and all the flying from the final montage had been given more space, I would have given it four clear stars. This way it's three and a half satisfied stars. I give them mainly for the amazing scene with dancing elephants, for the excellent crows, for the parody-dramatic beginning of the song about storks and for the sensational duo of a small mute elephant and an even smaller, talkative and damn cute mouse. However, the biggest negative is the incredibly infantile live locomotive, even by Disney standards. (18/06/2015)

Let's be honest, the story is quite schematic, but the individual scenes are excellently developed, especially the alcohol sequence is incredibly imaginative, and it was during that scene that I realized it wasn't the first time I had seen the film. The emotions are greatly intensified, as expected from Disney, but at the same time, the characters are well-written, elevating the classic story. Regardless of Walt Disney studio's politics, it simply has fairy tales that are worth it. And this is one of them. Moreover, the way the elephants behave is quite powerful for an animated Disney fairy tale. (26/12/2013)

It must be 15 or 20 years seen I last saw Dumbo, and it’s still great, I love it. The little flying elephant is one of my favourite Disney films. (27/07/2011)