is secretly an animal-rights movie...............In adapting Disney’s 1941 animated classic into a contemporary, CGI-heavy live-action family drama, the team behind Dumbo faced a distinct challenge: How to depict a story that romanticizes the circus at a time when audiences have much stronger feelings about animals held in captivity?
 Without giving too much away, though, it’s very clear watching the Tim Burton-directed remake that the film is proud to wear its animal rights stance on its sleeve. (Just the image of the titular flying baby elephant’s face painted in makeup from the film’s trailer alone is enough to choke you up.)

This is on my list of must-see movies....