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Dumbo (1941)
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Tim Burton's 2019 remake gives the circus a larger human plot and an argument about spectacle, but that expansion dilutes what I find most moving in the 1941 film's simple physical vulnerability. Animated ears and changes of scale carry the emotion quickly. The original's racist crow characterisation is a serious limitation, not an incidental detail that nostalgia erases.
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About Dumbo
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.