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Thumbelina

Play trailer 1:56 Poster for Thumbelina G Released Mar 30, 1994 1h 34m Kids & Family Fantasy Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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Born of a flower and growing to only a couple of inches tall, poor Thumbelina (Jodi Benson) is worried she'll never meet someone her own size, until she happens to catch the eye of Prince Cornelius of the Fairies (Gary Imhoff). Just as soon as she finds love, however, it's torn away from her when she is kidnapped by Ms. Toad (Charo). Now Thumbelina has to escape Ms. Toad's grasp and search for Prince Cornelius. Luckily, there's a whole city of animals willing to help her.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times I didn't much care, for two reasons: Thumbelina's woe-is-me act got old real fast, and I couldn't care less about her matrimonial prospects. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Scott Thomas Buffalo News Bluth puts a lot of stock in action and movement, sometimes at the expense of characterization. Rated: 2.5/5 Feb 29, 2024 Full Review Gary Wolcott Tri-City Herald [Don Bluth] does expert work on the animation. At times it has an almost three-dimensional feel. And in spite of 10 yawner songs from Manilow, he manages to keep the story moving. Rated: 4/5 Feb 28, 2024 Full Review Avaryl Halley Movie Bitches It features an all-star cast, some questionable gender politics, but some FABULOUS outfits... Dec 21, 2021 Full Review Andrew Galdi Movie Bitches This was fun...almost a bit of a Brave Little Toaster vibe... Dec 21, 2021 Full Review Tim Brayton Alternate Ending Thumbelina herself remains a complete drip of a character, insipidly mewling her way through the film's thankfully concise running time. Rated: 2/5 Jul 11, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Melissa T One of my absolute favourites - beautiful and catchy songs, classic old school animation, jazzy and timeless dazzle in the characters and a true charm on story telling. If you have a children, absolutely put this movie on over anything current. Classic early 90s animation and a dream to watch. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/08/25 Full Review Stephen C A successful animated movie in 1 hour and 34 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/30/25 Full Review Niessa B One of my favorite movies when I was a little girl. Its cute. Has cute characters and songs. Shows that if you believe and follow your heart, you will find your happiness. Its what you would expect from a fairy tale. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/10/25 Full Review Glenn A The first song got annoying after my little sister watched this movie so many times, the beetle is a terrible character, the frog just seemed weird, and the solution to the plot was just dumb. the marriage scene didn't have any action or enough good drama. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/04/25 Full Review Trafalgar L An underrated and underappreciated musical romp. "Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina" is a 1994 animated film produced by Don Bluth. It tells the story of a small girl no bigger than a thumb who is destined to marry a fairy prince, but she's kidnapped and lost in a very big world. Now she must get back home and wait for her true love, but she must face all kinds of obstacles including a toad, a beetle and a mole. This is actually a faithful adaptation of the original source material. I honestly don't understand why people hated it. Especially when you have songs by Barry Manilow and Jodi Benson (Ariel) voicing the titular character. I'd say it's worth a watch, especially if you have children. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/26/25 Full Review Leanne B I loved this as a kid and I still enjoy it now at 38 and so do my children. I will always watch the classics and my opinion will never change on them as a child and an adult. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Don Bluth

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Gary Goldman

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Jodi Benson

Thumbelina

Kenneth Mars

King Colbert

Charo

Mrs. Toad

Gino Conforti

Jacquimo

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Synopsis Born of a flower and growing to only a couple of inches tall, poor Thumbelina (Jodi Benson) is worried she'll never meet someone her own size, until she happens to catch the eye of Prince Cornelius of the Fairies (Gary Imhoff). Just as soon as she finds love, however, it's torn away from her when she is kidnapped by Ms. Toad (Charo). Now Thumbelina has to escape Ms. Toad's grasp and search for Prince Cornelius. Luckily, there's a whole city of animals willing to help her.
Director
Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Producer
Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy
Screenwriter
Hans Christian Andersen, Don Bluth
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
Don Bluth, Warner Brothers
Rating
G
Genre
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 30, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$10.1M
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Dolby, Surround
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