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UK Release Date: 29 March 2019 Certification: PG Director: Tim Burton Cast: Alan Arkin, Danny DeVito, Colin Farrell, Joseph Gatt, Eva Green, Finley Hobbins, Michael Keaton, Nico Parker Rating:  55% "When I See An Elephant Fly" Review: Dumbo is a delightful reimagining of the original all-time classic Disney movie released in 1941. Read my review of the original here . Dumbo was incredibly faithful to the original storyline and spirit. Characters like Casey Jr, Timothy Q. Mouse and Mr Stork make cameo appearances. The brilliant Danny Elfman creates amazing reworkings of the original songs such as 'Train's a Comin' and 'Baby Mine'. The screenwriters even manage to fit in the lyrics of 'When I See An Elephant Fly' to announce Dumbo's debut at Dreamland. Tim Burton, who is one of my favourite directors, did an absolutely amazing job in creating a new storyline for Dumbo , with not much to base his story on, as the original Dumbo ...

UK Release Date: 2 January 1942 Certification: U Director: Samuel Armstrong, John Elliotte, Norman Ferguson, Jack Kinney, Wilfred Jackson, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen  Cast: James Baskett, Herman Bing, Mel Blanc, Edward Brophy, Verna Felton, Sterling Holloway, Margaret Wright Rating: 40 % Mum, I'd be lost without you! Review: Dumbo is one of the all-time Disney classics that is loved by many people, both young and old. Unfortunately, I am not one of them. Dumbo is perhaps the oldest (released in 1941) and shortest (running time of one hour and two minutes) movie I have ever seen. I feel Dumbo isn't really a complete story, it is more a series of events that are put together to make a movie. Because of this Dumbo doesn't hold my full attention. The movie was released nearly eighty years ago - Dumbo was Disney's fourth animated movie - not long after the demise of the silent movies, so there is little dialogue apart from Timothy Q. ...