Dumbo

It has been hardly a month since Disney's "merger" with Fox, and the timing of Dumbo's release must have surely had some planning on Tim Burton's part, given the movie has been in the works for almost five years now. You can't help but notice the symbolism in the film, as Burton appears to draw parallels from the real-life layoff of thousands of employees by Disney through making one of the characters greedily fire an entire troupe of showmen after getting his hands on their showcase act. Very interesting, indeed.

As for the movie itself, it is pretty unremarkable by Burton's stan....