Synopsis
Five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime -- to secretly transport an 8,000-pound elephant through 200 miles of rough jungle terrain. High jinks prevail when Capt. Sam Cahill promises the Montagnard villagers of Dak Nhe that he'll replace their prized elephant in time for an important ritual. But for Capt. T.C. Doyle, the mission becomes a jumbo-sized headache!
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Cast
- Danny GloverCapt. Sam Cahill
- Ray LiottaCapt. T.C. Doyle
- Denis LearyLt. David Poole
- Doug E. DougSp4 Harvey (H.A.) Ashford
- Corin NemecSp5 Lawrence Farley
- Dinh Thien LeLinh
- Tchéky KaryoGoddard
- Hoang LyColonel Nguyen
- Vo Trung AnhLt. Quang, NVA
- Marshall BellColonel Pederson
Recommandations
- 70
Variety
A well-crafted and entertaining pic with broad, cross-generational appeal. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
As a family movie, Operation Dumbo Drop is sort of entertaining. As history, it's shameless. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
The whole concept, supposedly based on a true story, is weird — this is what Vietnam movies have come to? But at least the Disney quadruped has the grace to say nothing, and Leary, still an interesting motormouth, knows enough not to smoke or swear when there are elephants around. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Fortunately, the people save Operation Dumbo Drop, and it's their determinedly good-natured performances that keep the film moving through several well-paced misadventures. - 50
Washington Post
On the one hand, it's a diverting entertainment for children and young adults; on the other, it's a ludicrous fantasy about a war whose complexities cannot be contained by facile metaphors. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
An exceptionally sturdy cast -- especially Danny Glover as a stern but sensitive captain and Denis Leary as a wisecracking supply sergeant -- manages to keep the one-joke scenario airborne most of the time. - 40
The New York Times
Operation Dumbo Drop is painlessly good-humored by any lights, but the viewers most likely to enjoy all this are those most easily driven to giggles by the idea of elephant poop. - 25
San Francisco Examiner
Even the most vigorous tear-duct manipulation, and a few funny scenes, cannot save Dumbo from its dominant tone of stilted corniness and prefab sentimentality.
