‘Dumbo’ Review: Bad News From the Big Top

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Tim Burton’s live-action remake of the Disney classic 'Dumbo' is a three-ring circus of gloom, writes our film critic

Disney’s new “Dumbo” is one ponderous pachyderm, a live-action remake of the 1941 animated classic with a grim tone and a dead soul.

It’s astounding that Tim Burton and his colleagues could have created such a downer from a long-beloved source of delight. Instead of a fantasy about a baby elephant who defies the laws of gravity, “Dumbo” redux, which starts in Sarasota, Fla., in 1919, is a confirmation of...

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