Let's be realistic.

Don't listen to the negative reviews

A Masterpiece!

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

A wonderful film. This movie is full of magic and childlike wounder. Don Bluth is one of the masters of the medium of animation and this certainly shows why. The two best things are the beautiful animation the flawless voice acting. The Swedish dubbing of this movie is amazing and it is not surprising since it is done by Doreen Denning the queen of Swedish drubbings, Every voice fits perfectly this is one of the best Swedish drubbings ever.This is an animated fairy tale movie done in the classical style where the characters break out into song and love prevails in the end. It works for the young and the young at heart. It has real magic. The movie is not perfect. It doesn't do anything particularly new, the plot is no masterpiece. But the dubbing and animation more than makes up for it. I think this really is an underrated animated movie that everyone should show their kids and it has one of the best Swedish drubbings of any movie ever!

I have never seen this version of Thumbelina before. I remember being in playschool, the other little kids and myself watched another version in which I can't seem to find on the Internet. 22 Years later in 2016, I managed to come across this little movie. This movie came out the year I was born so there was no way I couldn't have watched it! Anyways I will tell you what I have a thought about it!I honestly didn't know Jodi Benson aka Ariel was on this, as usual she always has her incredible singing voice. Seriously, I'm so glad she took part in being involved as Thumbelina. She is an amazing actress and singer. I thought the songs were quite nice but could easily be forgettable since this movie is quite a hidden classic gem. The drawings were absolutely beautiful. It's too bad nowadays, we normally use 3-D for movies. When I have my own kids, I will definitely show this to them! They would absolutely love to see it!

During the closing credits of 'Thumbelina' I actually checked to see when this movie was made. Seriously, the animation in this movie is so tired and washed out that I thought that it was a film from the early 70's being rereleased without any retooling. If that sounds like a supreme insult to the animators just wait because I haven't yet described the movie.'Thumbelina' is another in a long string of duds from former Disney animator Don Bluth. He has made wonderful movies like 'The Secret of NIMH', 'The Land Before Time' and two underrated films 'Anastasia' and 'Titan A.E.'. But, Thumbelina isn't a work of imagination, it is a striking assumption that kids will eat up anything that you throw at them as long as it happens to be animated.To begin with Thumbelina herself is a lifeless bore. She is as big as a thumb and falls in love with a geek named Cornelius. I have no problem when animated heroines look away and dream of what could be, but about the eighth or ninth time that Thumbelina did that, I started thinking that she didn't need Cornelius, as much as she needed an anti-depressant.Nearly every supporting character in the film seems preoccupied with trying to get the girl married off to everyone but Cornelius. She is kidnapped by a Toad who tries to marry her to one of her sons. We meet an alarmingly dismal cast a characters, all of whom are thrown in to sing a song, do a dance and then let another character have a turn (the songs by Barry Manilow range from forgettable to instantly forgettable).Then Cornelius shows up to rescue her. He's a goofy looking doofus with a bad hairstyle and a personality as languid as tree bark. Then there is the animation in which every scene seems flushed and faded as if the film had sat on the shelf for about a decade and a half. As I watched the film I wondered if I was seeing a bad print. This is one of the most worn out animated features that I've ever seen.

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