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Cinema

Clumsy, long and lacking circus thrills: Tim Burton’s Dumbo reviewed

30 March 2019

9:00 AM

30 March 2019

9:00 AM

Dumbo is an elephant we can’t forget. More than 70 years since Disney’s 1941 film, the big-eared baby is still the most famous pachyderm on the planet. Director Tim Burton has dared to enter the ring with this iconic grey beast and remake the Disney classic not as a cartoon, but as live action.

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