Thumbelina (1994)

Waste of time

Perfect cast and a good story

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

I remember loving this film as a child, back when I was blissfully ignorant of the hidden themes. Now that I've watched it as an adult I have to say this has to be one of the most abysmal children's films ever. The story is very inappropriate. Thumbelina gets passed around like the flu at an elementary school and sexually harassed by nearly every male character she comes in contact with. Almost every other character physically and/or mentally abuses her. I don't know what kind of message the writers were going for, but that is not a good one to be giving to children.Sure the follow your dreams theme is good, but I don't see how getting lost, abused, and then at the end of the movie marrying a guy you've spent maybe an hour with counts as someone following their dreams. Even if that guy just happens to be a prince (shocker). The rest of the story doesn't provide much more in terms of quality. There is the stereotypical and unrealistic love at first site relationship and the problem of not fitting in and wanting more. The overall story has a lot of holes and spacing issues, with a very inaccurate time line. The characters were mostly terrible or annoying. The mother, for all the love she claims to have for Thumbelina, doesn't even go looking for her when she goes missing. Instead she sits at home in the off chance someone else will find her, even though she told no one the girl was missing.The only redeeming factor in the movie are the ballads. "Let Me Be Your Wings, "Soon", and "Soon (Reprise)" are all great songs, even if they seem out of place with the tone of the rest of the film. Thanks, Barry Manilow.

Thumbelina is one of the cute fairy tale I have ever seen. I liked all the songs from the movie. Especially, Thumbelina looks super cool in the 'beetle song' with awesome gown. This story is about a girl, size of a thumb who gets lost in miniature world and looks for her true love,Cornellius, a fairy prince. Thumbelina is now one of my favorite movie among other Disney princess movies i have seen. Surely little kid girls would love it, so I suggest them to watch it.

I saw this as a kid and I actually liked it but now GOD does this movie suck really bad. For starters the animation was too cheap,the songs were dreadful except Soon and Let Me Be Your Wings which are my favourite songs in this movie,The voice acting was great only because it features Jodi Benson who's the voice of Ariel from The Little Mermaid and here she voice s the main charcther,the bird was so annoying,the prince was terrible as he was dim-witted and only cared for Thumbelina's singing voice,Charco was like Nikki Minaj's twin sister and that song On The Road was terrible and don't get me started with Marry The Mole which is the winner of the worst song in an animated film by the Razzie Awards back in 1994. Oh and the composer is of course Barry Manilow who done hits like Copacabana.Alright so let's dive into the story. An old woman wishes to have a child and she receives a magic flower that gives her a little thumb- sized girl named Thumbelina. So Thumbelina wishes to see people that are exactly the same size as her and she wishes to be a fairy.So here comes Cornelius who is a crowned prince who stumbles across Thumbelina,and what do you know the two are instantly falling head over heels in love with each other. But when Thumbelina gets kidnapped by a toad who wants her to marry her son,she has to find her way back home. Overall if you love Jodi Benson's singing voice and if you love really cheesy movies like this then check it out but for the rest avoid at all costs.2/10

As of 2011, Don Bluth continues to live as one of the best animation directors of all time. The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, and All Dogs Go To Heaven were his most successful films yet and one of the most decent movies he has done was "Thumbelina" based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson.It revolves around Thumbelina, a small person, who meets a fairy prince named Cornelius and have now fall in love. Later, she stumbles upon an adventure as lots of furry creatures try to marry Thumbelina.Now, I haven't read the story or The Little Mermaid at all, but for a animated adaptation, this one is just a decent movie.I'll go for the bad parts: The story line was butchered and underdeveloped it attempts to be a Disney-clone and the characters were also underdeveloped. The dialogue was so lame it makes the characters lose their personalities.The good parts are: The animation and art design were very colorful and creative, the songs may not be the best I've heard (especially with Let Me Be Your Wings and I'll admit it was a "Whole New World" ripoff) but they were OK for the most part, the characters were very decent, and the voice acting wasn't that bad with the best coming from Jodi Benson.Thumbelina isn't as good as Bluth's successful works and I do understand the criticism it received, but it's not as terrible as I thought it would be. Yes, the story and characters could've been better, but at least the music score makes the movie kind of watchable and only for little kids. So, I'll give this a decent rating.6/10