Dumbo was created to get money back to Disney Studios after the box-office bombs Pinocchio and Fantasia.
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Dumbo
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Not age appropriate for kids under 4, age appropriate for kids over 6; suggested age 6. -
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Common Sense says
1941 classic still makes us cry!
updated 07.04.08
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 6 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Dumbo
Parents need to know that while respecting individual differences is a theme of the movie, the crows who sing "When I See an Elephant Fly" would be considered racist by today's standards. One of them is named "Jim Crow" and they speak with "Amos & Andy"-style accents, but clearly they are not intended to be insulting.
Read our full review by Nell Minow
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about empathy by asking kids how they would feel if everyone laughed at them the way the animals laugh at Dumbo, and how important it is to Dumbo to have a friend like Timothy. Why does Timothy tell Dumbo he needs the feather to fly? How does he learn that he does not need it? Why do the other elephants laugh at Dumbo's ears? How does that make him feel?
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Lives in PennsylvaniaI rate this title on for age 5 and give itTouching
- Lives in PennsylvaniaI rate this title on for age 5 and give it
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Dumbo was created to get money back to Disney Studios after the box-office bombs Pinocchio and Fantasia.
- Lives in New YorkI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
it made me cry
the movie is just telling about how if someone looks diffrent dont judge cause there just the same
- Lives in IllinoisI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
i like it butit's probably old now.
- Lives in FloridaI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
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