Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Borgarkeri A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

HotToastyRag It's so very sad to see two great and beautiful talents, Doris Day and Stephen Boyd, thrown together in an empirically terrible movie. After she showed she could act in a drama in Midnight Lace, and after he showed his wonderful presence in Ben-Hur, they joined forces in a movie about an elephant in a circus. Yes, you read that correctly. And no, it's not as absurd as it sounds; it's more. At one point, they both dress up as clowns and wind up in embarrassingly sexual positions during the dance number.Stephen's so incredibly handsome-and talented, let's not forget that-and he's forced to act in Billy Roses's Jumbo? His singing voice was dubbed-although James Joyce was such an excellent match it's nearly impossible to tell-so it's not as though he wanted to surprise audiences by showing he could sing. I don't know why he and Doris didn't just walk off the set one day and never return. The two famous songs from the film are "My Romance" and "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", but while they're pretty songs, you're better off just listening to the soundtrack rather than watch this ridiculous movie all the way through. If you do, you'll probably get an uncontrollable fit of the giggles, and not because of the humor in the film. It'll be the type of laughter one gets in the midst of Chinese water torture when one realizes how funny it is that the noise will never end. Trust me, by the time Stephen Boyd sings, "The most beautiful star in the world isn't Juno, isn't Venus, but between us. . ." you'll double up in laughter finishing up the rhyme in your own way.

jacklmauro This film is, in a word, surreal. Even for a late-in-the-game musical. On the plus side, the R&H songs are excellent and Day is fantastic. Stephen Boyd's taken a lot of heat in these reviews and, yes, he's no outstanding leading man. But he does the one thing he needs to do very well - he looks gorgeous, and you understand Day's being crazy for him. But the story goes all over the place. It jumps from froth to dark treachery, then way back again, and what's worst of all is you feel you're watching a dreadfully low-budget extravaganza, especially as the betrayed circus stragglers hit the road to make a living. Even Boyd's reappearance to redeem himself is done too quickly and with no real explanation about the destruction of the family circus or his part in it. He just starts singing about circus fun and everything's lovely again. Finally, the last twenty-minute number is a...well, psycho musical comedy explosion. Yet - see it. Day doing 'Little Girl Blue' is worth it alone, with Boyd's studly hanging about on ropes coming in a close second.

Farsong The acting is horrid, the plot and dialogue predictable, the switching from the stars to stunt actors is so blatant, and there aren't any really good songs except "Little Girl Blue." Watch this movie and you will give yourself a headache from the number of times you will roll your eyes.I was praying for this movie, which I had to sit through for politeness's sake, to end quickly, and it doesn't. It is over two hours long.I LOVE musicals, but this one? EW. If you want to watch a movie about circuses, get The Greatest Show on Earth instead.

joe-m-milner I think we are all aware of the difficulty in making a movie that would please everyone. That is why you can watch a given movie or not watch it. Jumbo may not be the greatest movie ever made, but it does have a lot of bright and entertaining moments. And I will settle for a 38 year old Doris Day over many of todays stars. Movies are made to entertain. I never watch Citizen Kane or It's a Wonderful life. I do not like them and not for any particular reason. It must be sad to be a person that watches a movie to find it's mistakes. One of the few mistakes I noticed in a good movie was in Jesse James (1939). When Jesse climbs aboard the train he is wearing high leather boots. The next scene shows a silhouette running on top of the train with pants flapping and wearing sneakers. But I still enjoy Jesse James and the goof is an added hi lite. Loosen up all you would be critics. Could you do better?? Joe Milner. London Ontario Ca.