Awkward, painfully shy Jeanne lives with her blowsy mother and works as a cleaner at an amusement park. Out of the blue, she finds happiness with Jumbo - the park’s newest ride. Can Jeanne find love and understanding with her fairground attraction?
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Jumbo struggles to find a balance between its duelling fantastical and grounded elements, but Merlant capably anchors both with a sense of wide-eyed curiosity.| Read in full: Jumbo film review We Love Cinema
Tenderly centring on non-heteronormative attraction, Jumbo is a gentle plea for acceptance and understanding.The Guardian
It feels as if first-time feature director Zoé Wittock has made exactly the film she wanted to make, and she’s been given the resources to execute a couple of memorable, sci-fi-tinged set pieces that offer a showcase for her talents as a maker of memorable images.Little White Lies
Wittock is an exciting new talent to watch, and Merlant spins something potentially laughable into a rollercoaster — or at least, waltzer — ride of emotions.Empire
For, like any great romance, Jumbo leaves the viewer wanting to entertain the fantasy and to keep at bay the disillusionments and disappointments of everyday existence.Sight & Sound
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