#50 Dumbo (1941)

Directed by: Samuel Armstrong
Starring: James Baskett, Herman Bing

Dumbo pretty much sums up the phrase, short and sweet. With a runtime of 64 minutes, it's probably the shortest film I'll watch during this challenge.

I'll start off by saying that this looks simply made. The animations and art of the lesser characters are, at times, poor and not particularly detailed. The story is also pretty basic and you can see that Disney cut corners in the production of this, probably to save money.

With that being said, the film delivers on so many levels. The story is heartbreaking as well as joyous, bringing even grown men to tears! The characters are loveable too and show that it doesn't matter how much a film costs to make, it's success ultimately relies on it's narrative.

Dumbo is an all time Disney classic and probably my favourite ever animated picture. It's heartwarming as well as heartbreaking, but always extremely sentimental. By telling a simple story, it hasn't tried to be a masterpiece. However, by telling it so effectively, we get just that.... A masterpiece.