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Dumbo

1941 · 64 min · Director: Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen, Norman Ferguson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Samuel Armstrong ★ IMDb 7.2 · 152,161 ratings

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Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, the pint-sized pachyderm learns to surmount all obstacles.

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Dumbo (1941) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Hope 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

20%Hope
  1. Hope20%
  2. Smile15%
  3. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Hope. Genres: Animation, Family. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Hope. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sympathy
  • Joy
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Sympathy
Joy
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 88 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathyJoySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor28 %0 %18 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 5′Humor30 %1 %21 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 8′Joy39 %13 %31 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 11′Joy44 %29 %32 %14 %
22.5 %≈ 14′Sympathy39 %26 %25 %13 %
27.5 %≈ 18′Joy44 %26 %20 %14 %
32.5 %≈ 21′Sympathy60 %51 %14 %31 %
37.5 %≈ 24′Sympathy63 %57 %15 %34 %
42.5 %≈ 27′Humor54 %34 %21 %14 %
47.5 %≈ 30′Humor56 %28 %18 %10 %
52.5 %≈ 34′Tension65 %46 %10 %28 %
57.5 %≈ 37′Sympathy70 %65 %11 %48 %
62.5 %≈ 40′Sympathy76 %76 %14 %64 %
67.5 %≈ 43′Sympathy69 %60 %13 %51 %
72.5 %≈ 46′Humor53 %23 %14 %16 %
77.5 %≈ 50′Humor49 %6 %14 %0 %
82.5 %≈ 53′Humor49 %16 %16 %5 %
87.5 %≈ 56′Humor57 %43 %33 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 59′Sympathy78 %57 %60 %33 %
97.5 %≈ 62′Joy88 %47 %78 %18 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

MW
Margaret Wright

VF
Verna Felton

Elephant Matriarch / Mrs. Jumbo (voice) (uncredited)

SS
Sarah Selby

NG
Noreen Gammill

DS
Dorothy Scott

JC
Jim Carmichael

HJ
Hall Johnson

JB
James Baskett

Fats Crow (voice) (uncredited)

Sterling Holloway

Mr. Stork (voice) (uncredited)

JM
John McLeish

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

Clown (voice) (uncredited)

EH
Eddie Holden

Clown (voice) (uncredited)

MH
Malcolm Hutton

Skinny (voice) (uncredited)

HM
Harold Manley

Boy (voice) (uncredited)

James MacDonald

Roaring Lion (voice) (uncredited)

JM
Jack Mercer

Clowns (voice) (uncredited)

TN
Tony Neil

Boy (voice) (uncredited)

Details

Written by
Joe Grant, Helen Aberson, Harold Pearl, Dick Huemer, Joe Grant
Type
Animation
Released
1941
Runtime
64 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 152,161 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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