Dumbo

It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.

• “With its genuinely cute hero and appealing storyline, Dumbo's exactly right for younger children but not too milk-soppy for anyone over eight. Indispensible.”

  Kim Newman, Empire · 100

• “The most genial, the most endearing, the most completely precious cartoon feature film ever to emerge from the magical brushes of Walt Disney's wonder-working artists!...A film you will never forget.”

  Bosley Crowther, The New York Times · 100

• “One of the best of Disney's animated features. An ugly duckling variation, lifted by those unforgettable characters.”

  Staff (Not Credited), Time Out · 100

• “Though it was made during a bitter artists' strike in 1941, it's one of Disney's most charming and perfectly proportioned films, uninflated by the cultural pretensions Uncle Walt was fond of slipping in.”

  Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader · 100

• “A masterpiece of visual story-telling.”

  Staff (Not Credited), TV Guide Magazine · 100