Review of Thumbelina (1994) by Gavin C — 07 Jul 2011
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. That's right, people. I'm going to give a Disney knockoff a decent rating and I'll get to the reason why in a moment after I review the plot.
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 an animated adaptation, this one is just a decent movie.
I'll go for the bad parts: The storyline 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 were very good, the characters were very decent, and the voice acting wasn't that bad.
Thumbelina isn't as good as Bluth's successful works, but it is a decent kids movie and it's kind of worth a watch.
6/10.
This review of Thumbelina (1994) was written by Gavin C on 07 Jul 2011.
Thumbelina has generally received positive reviews.
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