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Dumbo (1941)

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👍 86%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 96%
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Director
Ben Sharpsteen, Bill Roberts
Runtime
1h 4m
Rated
G
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.0/10 (5,243 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
96

Cast

Edward Brophy as Timothy Q. Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Margaret Wright as Casey Jr. (voice) (uncredited)
Verna Felton as Elephant Matriarch / Mrs. Jumbo (voice) (uncredited) · 84% avg
Sarah Selby as Prissy the Elephant (voice) (uncredited)
Noreen Gammill as Catty the Elephant (voice) (uncredited)
Dorothy Scott as Giddy the Elephant (voice) (uncredited)
Herman Bing as The Ringmaster (voice) (uncredited)
Cliff Edwards as Dandy Crow (voice) (uncredited)

Is Dumbo good?

Yes. 86% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 96%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#145 / 661 · Animation
Rank in its year
#1 / 6 · 1941
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By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, the pint-sized pachyderm learns to surmount all obstacles. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Dumbo is a 1941 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions, one of the studio's shortest and most emotionally direct features at just 64 minutes. The film follows Jumbo Jr., a baby circus elephant mocked for his oversized ears and nicknamed "Dumbo," who is separated from his protective mother after she is deemed dangerous for defending him from bullying spectators. Alone and friendless except for a supportive mouse named Timothy, Dumbo discovers he can use his enormous ears to fly — a gift that transforms him from the circus's laughingstock into its greatest attraction.

The "Baby Mine" sequence, in which Dumbo's imprisoned mother rocks him through the bars of her cage while a lullaby plays, is one of the most tearful moments in all of Disney animation and one of cinema's most devastating depictions of maternal love and separation. Dumbo was produced quickly and cheaply after the commercial disappointments of Pinocchio and Fantasia, yet its streamlined storytelling and emotional sincerity made it one of Disney's most beloved films.

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