2019
PG
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
1 h 52 m

2019
PG
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
1 h 52 m

Summary Circus owner Max Medici (Danny DeVito) enlists former star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) and his children Milly (Nico Parker) and Joe (Finley Hobbins) 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 an incredible comeb...

Directed By: Tim Burton

Written By: Ehren Kruger, Helen Aberson, Harold Pearl

2019
PG
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
1 h 52 m

2019
PG
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
1 h 52 m

Dumbo

Name: Dumbo
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Released: 2019-03-29
Duration: 1 min 52 s
Rating: 51
Cast: Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Alan Arkin

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 55 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Tim Burton

Written By: Ehren Kruger, Helen Aberson, Harold Pearl

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Mixed or Average Based on 55 Critic Reviews

35% Positive
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56% Mixed
31 Reviews

9% Negative
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Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 55 Critic Reviews

35% Positive
19 Reviews

56% Mixed
31 Reviews

9% Negative
5 Reviews

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Washington Post

Mar 27, 2019

The new story is decidedly, deliciously dark, veined with thin layers of Burton’s trademark macabre sensibility, which adds texture and tartness to the inherent charm of the story (at heart, one about the parent-child bond and the possibility of the impossible).

By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW

New York Post

Mar 26, 2019

Those flight sequences — first suspenseful, then euphoric — take you back to the classic “Dumbo” as much as they do to classic Burton.

By Johnny Oleksinski FULL REVIEW

Observer

Mar 26, 2019

Burton’s riff on the elephant that could fly and the circus freaks who love him is about as subversive as a Pottery Barn Kids fall catalog. Which is not to say it isn’t beautiful, and sometimes mesmerizingly so.

By Oliver Jones FULL REVIEW

Vox

Mar 28, 2019

Dumbo isn’t entirely unpleasant to watch — on the whole, it’s probably Burton’s best since Big Fish, whatever that’s worth — and while the scenes in which the elephant takes flight around the circus tent aren’t exactly magical, they’re pretty fun.

By Alissa Wilkinson FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Mar 26, 2019

All of which is to say that Dumbo feels totally consistent with Burton’s late-period slump. Abysmally scripted and hammily acted – and not, for the most part, in an interesting or ironic way – Dumbo recasts Disney’s animated classic in the trappings and suits of Burton’s pinstripe-and-pinwheel upholstery.

By John Semley FULL REVIEW

Paste Magazine

Apr 1, 2019

The premise of a bunch of 1919 circus freaks whimsically conspiring to save an elephant from captivity should be an easy layup for Burton, but he just goes through the motions here with a paint-by-numbers Disney climax.

By Oktay Ege Kozak FULL REVIEW

Wall Street Journal

Mar 28, 2019

Disney’s new Dumbo is one ponderous pachyderm, a live-action remake of the 1941 animated classic with a grim tone and a dead soul. It’s astounding that Tim Burton and his colleagues could have created such a downer from a long-beloved source of delight.

By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Walt Disney Pictures, Tim Burton Productions, Infinite Detective, Secret Machine Entertainment, British Film Commission, UK Government's High End Television Tax Relief, Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit, Government of Australia, The South Australian Film Corporation, Moving Picture Company (MPC), Walt Disney Studios

Release Date Mar 29, 2019

Duration 1 h 52 m

Rating PG

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Tagline In 2019, a beloved tale will take you to new heights.

Website http://www.instagram.com/dumbo/

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Awards

Golden Trailer Awards

• 4 Nominations

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

• 3 Nominations

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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Colin Farrell

Holt Farrier

Michael Keaton

V. A. Vandevere

Danny DeVito

Max Medici

Eva Green

Colette Marchant

Alan Arkin

J. Griffin Remington

Nico Parker

Milly Farrier

Finley Hobbins

Joe Farrier

Roshan Seth

Pramesh Singh

Lars Eidinger

Hans Brugelbecker

Deobia Oparei

Rongo

Joseph Gatt

Neils Skellig

Miguel Muñoz Segura

Ivan the Wonderful

Zenaida Alcalde

Catherine the Greater

Douglas Reith

Sotheby

Phil Zimmerman

Rufus Sorghum

Sharon Rooney

Miss Atlantis

Frank Bourke

Puck the Organ Grinder

Ragevan Vasan

Pramesh's Nephew

Michael Buffer

Baritone Bates

Sandy Martin

Verna the Secretary

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