“Dumbo” (**1/2 out of four) was a reasonably cute and engaging live-action remake of the Disney classic. The young elephant is born into the care of two girls (Nico Parker and Finely Hobbins) at a circus run by a scuzzy promoter (Danny DeVito) who gets bought out by a greedy and evil enterpreneur (Michael Keaton) but whose soaring ears help him to fly and help him to save the circus and fly towards freedom! Director Tim Burton indulges his usual offbeat visual flair and effects but story and characters never fully take flight so it’s never as enchanting as the DIsney original. DeVito seems to be more-or-less playing the same character he did in Burton’s “Big Fish” and Colin Farrell is strong as usual as the girl’s father.