ONE thing you can say about this awful, awful movie is that the reviews of it are pure entertainment. This is like one of those vacations where the brochure is more fun than the trip. Maybe that's what Bluth intended because he knew that every aspect of Thumbelina is totally horrid and only worthwhile as material for creative IMDB users who want to shoot it down. The only good part of this movie is when John Hurt shows up as this mole who's so desperate for a spouse that he's actually considering Thumbelina. Always noble, perhaps the greatest humanitarian of our time.. Who but John Hurt would try to assist this wretched film that is a 76-minute result of whatever extraterrestrial brain-sucking creature got a grip on Don Bluth's head in 1990 and hasn't since let go or stopped feeding? (Though it did vomit in '97 and return to him enough sentience to produce Anastasia.)
This is the WORST. (Except for possibly A Troll in Central Park, which I haven't seen.) Worse than Rock A Doodle and much worse than The Pebble and the Penguin, full of songs I could criticize if only I could remember anything about them, full of blah like the "follow your heart" spiel which is trite here, well after being trite in The Land Before Time, and before being trite in Nimh 2 and Cinderella 2. The plot is incomprehensible all around, following Thum as she dances around with a bunch of racially insensitive frogs and then gets involved (somehow) with a lot of insects.. I don't even remember how. Trying to call up the reasons and explanations but they just aren't coming because nothing makes sense in this movie. (Characters appear and then just leave at random.) Also it's BORING. I SO wanted to turn it off, and had to force myself to get through the whole thing without hitting the FF button.. (I knew if I touched it even once, it'd be all over.) I can't conceive of any reason why ANYone over 2 years old would like this movie. The only cute thing in it is the fuzzy bumblebee that Cornelius rides-- nothing else is even remotely interesting or worthwhile. It is NOT good for the whole family. I highly do not recommend renting this for a family night or a solo night or any night. Oh and don't be fooled by the trailer, which is highly deceptive as it includes the only really coherent sequence in the whole thing, the part where Thum and Cornelius first meet.
For more intelligent fare, rent any of the Teletubbie adventures and be awestruck by their sophistication.
This is the WORST. (Except for possibly A Troll in Central Park, which I haven't seen.) Worse than Rock A Doodle and much worse than The Pebble and the Penguin, full of songs I could criticize if only I could remember anything about them, full of blah like the "follow your heart" spiel which is trite here, well after being trite in The Land Before Time, and before being trite in Nimh 2 and Cinderella 2. The plot is incomprehensible all around, following Thum as she dances around with a bunch of racially insensitive frogs and then gets involved (somehow) with a lot of insects.. I don't even remember how. Trying to call up the reasons and explanations but they just aren't coming because nothing makes sense in this movie. (Characters appear and then just leave at random.) Also it's BORING. I SO wanted to turn it off, and had to force myself to get through the whole thing without hitting the FF button.. (I knew if I touched it even once, it'd be all over.) I can't conceive of any reason why ANYone over 2 years old would like this movie. The only cute thing in it is the fuzzy bumblebee that Cornelius rides-- nothing else is even remotely interesting or worthwhile. It is NOT good for the whole family. I highly do not recommend renting this for a family night or a solo night or any night. Oh and don't be fooled by the trailer, which is highly deceptive as it includes the only really coherent sequence in the whole thing, the part where Thum and Cornelius first meet.
For more intelligent fare, rent any of the Teletubbie adventures and be awestruck by their sophistication.