SanEat 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."

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Stompgal_87 I might have seen a little bit of this film when I was younger and after having forgotten about it for many years, I re-discovered it on IMDb and have wanted to see it for ages. When I was flicking through the channels last week, I caught this film from the beginning on Movie Mix (a film channel on Freeview in the UK) but only watched about the first 20 minutes because I had a Zumba class to attend. I soon decided to rent the film from LoveFilm and upon watching it the whole way through, I quite enjoyed it despite its scenes of filler and slightly sluggish pacing.The animation is satisfactory if not as superior as that in 'All Dogs Go To Heaven' and 'Anastasia (my absolute favourite Don Bluth films).' It was mostly fluid with good cel shading and eye-catching colour schemes (such as the warmth of Cornelius's parents) but a tad flickery and blurry in places. A lot of the background art is intricate but some of it had CGI that stuck out a little too much. The musical score by, I believe, Barry Manilow is beautiful with the odd use of angelic choral vocals and the songs were well worth listening if most of them were split all over the place. My favourites are the uplifting 'Follow Your Heart (both the slower version at the beginning despite it being in a part I initially found irrelevant to the main plot and the faster version later on in the film),' the whimsically upbeat 'Thumbelina,' the lovely 'Soon (if it was initially forgettable but the reprise by Thumbelina's mother is suitably moving),' the sensational 'Let Me Be Your Wings (plus the instrumental orchestral version at the beginning and the typical 90s-pop-ballad-sounding version over the end credits),' the energetic and authentic 'On The Road,' the hip-hop inspired song performed at the beetle club and the unintentionally funny 'Marry the Mole,' in which the line about Romeo and Juliet being "very, very dead" is terrible but the beginning brilliantly sounds like 'The Wedding March/Here Comes the Bride.' While the dialogue has a few fairytale clichés, it is clever and amusing in parts. The best aspects of the story are Thumbelina wanting to marry Cornelius and wanting to go home when she is kidnapped but in addition to the filler, I felt that certain scenes didn't really go anywhere and I found the ending rushed but the story had some clever links such as the CGI-ish if pretty snowflakes separating Thumbelina wishing she could be back with her mother and her mother singing the reprise of 'Soon'. Moving on to the voice acting, Jodi Benson beautifully voiced the ambitious Thumbelina if she sounded like a higher pitched Ariel while Gilbert Gottfried's voice for Mr. Beetle sounded similar to his voice for Iago in 'Aladdin.' On a slightly more positive note, I liked Gino Conforti's French accent for Jacquimo the swallow and Charo's Spanish Accent for Mrs. (or Ma.) Toad. I also liked the tiny story book used at the beginning and the end as well as the book illustrations, some of which had a stained glass look to them.Overall this isn't quite Bluth's best but it was worth watching for the music and the main plot. 8/10.

lisafordeay 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

Madison Perkins This film is amazing to put it bluntly. Speaking as a 17 year old girl, I first watched this film when I was around 5/6 and instantly fell in love with the protagonist (Thumbelina) and the extremely catchy songs throughout. Around 11 years later, I'm still completely besotted with the film.It is a beautiful film and definitely worth a watch. People who have slated the film for different reasons have taken the film too seriously considering it is intended for a younger audience, which needs to be taken into consideration. Over all, however, I give this film a 10. Guaranteed it is worth a watch, you will love it.

Alex Desu Anyone who thinks this is a "rip-off" of Disney films is far out of their league when it comes to good old fashioned "who came first" Hans Christian Anderson's timeless tale of a small girl with big dreams is interpreted wonderfully within this film, unlike other stories that Disney has animated such as The Little Mermaid and Snow white in which didn't follow the original story whatsoever. I think this is a fantastic movie for everyone of all ages because it's a more realistic "princess" movie.Unlike what the clichéd princess genre portrays, Thumbelina follows a young girl who is subject to bad advice, harsh criticisms, and sheltered from the outside world with no true knowledge of how other people act or should act. It shows as Thumbelina find her way towards a more secure view of herself after being told throughout the film she isn't good enough. After being told lies and almost being forced to marry someone she doesn't love, Thumbelina eventually takes her life into her own hands and stops being subjected to what others try to make her believe.For everyone who thinks this is a "rip-off" of Disney princess movies; One must always realize that Thumbelina was not subject to one specific bad guy like everyone else. Her adventure also follows the true story of Thumbelina by Hans Christian Anderson closer than any other "princess" movie I've ever seen.