Main Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Elijah Wood, Peter Gallagher, Rachel Griffiths, Robert Guillaume, Jane Leeves
Release Year: 2002
Country: US
Run Time: 75 minutes
Plot
After being raised by a normal sized family, tiny Tom Thumb (voiced by Elijah Wood) sets out to find others of his diminutive stature. He happens upon Thumbelina (Jennifer Love Hewitt), a former circus performer, who is not only his size and age, but is also looking for others like her. But just as they meet Thumbelina is taken prisoner by the comically sinister Mole King (Peter Gallagher), who wants to make her his bride. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide
Review
It's not Shrek, but Disney's direct-to-video animated musical Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina provides pleasant enough entertainment to amuse the preschooler and elementary crowd. There are a few thrills and chills, but nothing to diminish a very G rating. The traditional animation isn't as lush as other Disney offerings, but it moves along at a brisk clip, with six original songs and a superb all-star voice cast that includes Jennifer Love Hewitt, Elijah Wood, Peter Gallagher, Robert Guillaume, Bebe Neuwirth, and Jon Stewart, not that it matters to the target audience. Gallagher's song "Welcome to My Hole" is a comic highlight. Besides the names and sizes of the lead characters, this original film has nothing to do with the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson fables. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide
