With high-flying entertainment and messages about friendship, acceptance, courage, and believing in yourself, Walt Disney’s DUMBO is “a timeless classic for children of all ages. Walt Disney at his finest” (Us Weekly). Meet Dumbo, Mrs. Jumbo’s sweet little “Baby Mine” who charms all who see him . . . until it’s discovered that he has huge floppy ears! With the support of his very best friend, Timothy the mouse, Dumbo soon learns that his spectacular ears make him unique and special, allowing him to soar to fame as the world’s only flying elephant. You’ll love all the daring adventure, colorful characters, award-winning music, and a circus tent full of fun bonus features! Go behind the scenes with DisneyPedia’s “My First Circus,” an all-new activity where you can learn about your favorite circus animals. This Big Top Edition also features Sing-Along Songs, a DVD Storybook, a new digital transfer, and much more.A Disney “classic” that actually is a classic, Dumbo should be part of your video collection whether or not you have children. The storytelling was never as lean as in Dumbo, the songs rarely as haunting (or just plain weird), the characters rarely so well defined. The film pits the “cold, cruel, heartless” world that can’t accept abnormality against a plucky, and mute, hero. Jumbo Jr. (Dumbo is a mean-spirited nickname) is ostracized from the circus pack shortly after his delivery by the stork because of his big ears. His mother sticks up for him and is shackled. He’s jeered by children (an insightful scene has one boy poking fun at Dumbo’s ears, even though the youngster’s ears are also ungainly), used by the circus folk, and demoted to appearing with the clowns. Only the decent Timothy Q. Mouse looks out for the little guy. Concerns about the un-PC “Jim Crow” crows, who mock Dumbo with the wonderful “When I See an Elephant Fly,” should be moderated by remembering that the crows are the only social group in the film who act kindly to the little outcast. If you don’t mist up during the “Baby Mine” scene, you may be legally pronounced dead. –Keith Simanton
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April 29, 2010
#1
i know this movie is a “classic”… but come on! this is one horrible movie for this day and age. i’m refusing to let my son watch this anymore!
#1- those mean, horrible elephants who pick on baby dumbo… because of a deformatity (?sp)! would you do that to someone you first meet who may have something wrong with him. and to snub the mother…!…
#2- there is no way on this earth that they would let kids touch an elephant! let along grab it and pick on it. of course the mother elephant gets mad… WOULDN’T YOU if it was your child!
#3- taking away the mother from her child! how dare they! and for so long!
#4- showing the dumbo drunk! pink elephants! come on! do you really want your child to ask you about that?
#5- those rude, obnoxious(?sp) clowns!
#6- portraying the crows as “blacks” just because they are black. shamfull!
disney movies are to show our kids a fun time about sorta real life things to other creatures! this is one movie that disney should be ashamed of!
i can’t believe all the other reviewers gave it 5 stars, just ’cause it’s an old disney movie.
WAKE UP! don’t buy this movie… and DO NOT let your kids watch it!
if i could give it negative stars, i would! it doesn’t even deserve 1 star, but you have to put something.
April 29, 2010
#2
Wow- open your eyes, folks. I don’t care if it was made 200 years ago, this is not the kind of cultural message I want to give to my little boy. Not to mention, the taunting, scary pink elephants, fire, drunkeness….Disgusting! Oh, and if your mom helps you through it, they lock her up. Nice messages for the little people (NOT!)
April 29, 2010
#3
I purchased this for 2 children based off of reviews only to get cringe-filled reports from my girlfriends. As soon as my friends sat down to watch the movie with their children they knew that I hadn’t actually watched Dumbo before. Fortunately, the children love the movie and don’t understand/appreciate the racist overtures contained within.
Nonetheless, I will be replacing the Dumbo movie with the Aristocats and I will never, ever give a child a classic Disney movie without viewing it first again.
April 30, 2010
#4
this is my least favorite of all the disney movie well maybe tied with “the fox and the hound” and “the black cauldren” this has no substance and i really dont know what all the fuss is about.
April 30, 2010
#5
Although the theme of the movie follows closely with other Disney flims (an outcast who “wins” in the end), the cruelty suffered by Dumbo is not. It was a very dark, depressing movie. I don’t plan on watching Dumbo again for a very long time, if ever.