This movie from Hyperion Animation (who gave us the much better Brave Little Toaster) is easy on the eyes - the backgrounds have a pleasing Tim Burtonesque feel, and the character designs are fairly imaginitive - but is badly lacking in pretty much every other area.

The story is a fast-and-loose adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's Thumbelina (despite the title, it has almost nothing to do with the Grimms' Tom Thumb besides the presence of the title character); Thumbelina is now a spunky all-American teenager who happens to be three inches tall - although, since the animals are so heavily characterised, she comes across more as an ordinary-sized person in a land of monsters. That's just one sign of how badly thought-out the film is. The structure is tight - even if it falls to pieces towards the end - but that can't save it from the flat writing and overall lack of imagination.

Shame, really; it had the potential to be quite good.

Hrm.....this movie was quite boring. I saw it when I was in Florida because I had nothing better to do. The plot is pretty boring. Its about some Mole King who wants to marry Princess Thumbelina, but shes in love with some random kid who just happens to be the prince Thumbelina's parents wanted her to marry. The characters were stupid, pointless, and boring. The animation wasn't that great either. Just stay away from this movie, it's a boring mess.