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.

...a basically watchable endeavor that benefits from its appealing animation and solid voice performances...

Bluth puts a lot of stock in action and movement, sometimes at the expense of characterization.

[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.