Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Emmanuel Báez @ Cinéfiloz [Spanish]
- Excerpt: The CGI creation is extremely adorable the rest of the movie never gets off the ground.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Dumbo is flat, even its airborne moments lacking magic.
- Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
- Excerpt: Dumbo is a major disappointment, lacking both the imagination of the original film and Tim Burton’s usual affection for misfits.
- Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
- James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: How director Tim Burton was able to take a heartfelt animated treasure and pervert it into this soulless shell of a disgrace takes a special kind of talent.
- Courtney Howard @ FreshFiction.tv
- Excerpt: Some may show up because of the promise of Dumbo’s tug on their heartstrings. Others may avoid it, unwilling to have their heartstrings snapped. Both will be surprised.
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: The most soulless of the live-action Disney remakes yet, weighted down by too many blah characters, too much convoluted plot, unconvincing CGI, and a message that doesn’t say what it thinks it does.
- [New] | Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: Aside from a few moments that showcase his signature style and weird, whimsical sensibilities, “Dumbo” curiously comes off as one of Tim Burton’s most anonymous efforts. Where’s the joy and magic?
- Dan Lybarger @ Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Excerpt: Whenever I see a movie with bad computer generated images, I’m saddened to think Alan Turing died so that these abominations could happen.
- Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Relentlessly bland and uninspired.
- Simon Miraudo @ Student Edge
- Excerpt: There’s not much here, but who needs more? Tim Burton’s remaking of Dumbo doesn’t overthink it.
- Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
- Excerpt: It’s a whole lot of filler set to amaze audiences into thinking it has purpose beyond distraction. While pretty, that inherent hollowness still shines through.
- Aaron Neuwirth @ We Live Entertainment
- Excerpt: As one who is happy to champion Burton (he has many more hits than misses), it’s disappointing not to see something more magical.
- Eddie Pasa @ DC Filmdom
- Ruben Rigaud @ Cc0calecas.net [Spanish]
- Diego Salgado @ Guía del Ocio [Spanish]
- Don Shanahan @ Every Movie Has a Lesson
- Excerpt: Big or small, every fleck and flourish is distilled to a quainter potency fitting the subject matter.
- [New] | Amir Siregar @ Amir at the Movies [Indonesian]
- Excerpt: ‘Dumbo’ is the perfect fit for Tim Burton’s incredible visual style and tendency for gloomy outcast themes, but is let down by a screenplay that depends more on over plotting than emotional heft. A missed opportunity.
