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That's right. Disney wasn't content to release just one movie grounded in historical fact this summer; last Friday Operation Dumbo Drop joined Pocohantas as the company's second summer family flick that's based on a true story...
...interview with talk show host Jay Leno, Operation Dumbo Drop star Danny Glover said that the U.S. military maintained good relations with Vietnamese mountain villages during the war by air-dropping elephants to them...
Unfortunately, the crazy but true basis of "Operation Dumbo Drop" is the movie's greatest highlight. Much of the rest of the film simply can't carry its own weight...
Beyond Bo Tat, jokes and slapstick carry the film a short distance, but between jokes, Dumbo Drop drags its feet. And the scenes where Glover tries to bond with Bo Tat and show off his sensitivity are just awful...
Operation Dumbo Drop is worth watching for the jokes it does manage to carry off, and especially for the scene where they actually do parachute Bo Tat out of a cargo plane. But don't spend $7.25 to do it; wait for the video...