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This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

People are voting emotionally.

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.Chuck Jones deserved, and still does deserve, his status as one of animation's most legendary, greatest and most important directors/animators. He may have lacked the outrageousness and wild wackiness of Bob Clampett and Tex Avery, but the visual imagination, wit and what he did with some of the best-known and most iconic characters ever were just as special. 'Tom Thumb in Trouble' may not be one of his best cartoons, but it shouldn't be dismissed as it can easily be for being a subdued effort for Jones that is more reliant on heartfelt emotion than it is hearty, witty humour.Pacing may lack the zip that one would expect for Jones, something that early Jones cartoons have been criticised for. But really there is very little to criticise 'Tom Thumb in Trouble' for.All three characters are immensely engaging and have a wonderful rapport with each other, very easy to relate to Tom Thumb. The friendship and love is realised beautifully and with a lot of heart. Shepperd Strudwick does understatement beautifully in his voice work.Story is effective in its simplicity, is high in charm and cuteness and is very touching. It is easy to dismiss 'Tom Thumb in Trouble' as a sentimental cartoon that cloys too much, but actually to me the sentiment wasn't overdone and was well-meaning and poignant.'Tom Thumb in Trouble' is beautifully animated. It's fluid in movement, crisp in shading, vibrant and atmospheric in colour and very meticulous in detail. Jones does direct very solidly. Ever the master, Carl Stalling's music is typically superb. It is as always lushly orchestrated, full of lively energy and characterful in rhythm, not only adding to the action but also enhancing it. The use of pre-existing music is inspired. Overall, excellent. 9/10 Bethany Cox

. . . is enough to give Warner Bros. a bad name, should it be anyone's Point of First Contact with the House of Looney Tunes. TOM THUMB IN TROUBLE might as well be titled WARNER BROS. GOES WANTING, as in, a reason to be. Reducing this outrageously saccharin tale to a plot description would be an inane exercise. Suffice it to say that if you were NOT diabetic BEFORE watching TOM THUMB IN TROUBLE, you surely will need an insulin injection AFTER viewing it! Doting dads, cute tots, warbling birdies--every ancient Disney hallmark is tossed into this sweet and sweeter dish--even the kitchen sink! As this sticky story winds down, most watchers will be hoping for some complication to add a touch of drama to the stale plain jello being consumed here. Perhaps an owl will swoop in to snatch Tom or his birdie friend (preferably, both of them)? No such luck. Doubtless a forerunner to Teletubbies and Barney the Purple Dinosaur in the Parent's Just-Shoot-Me Hall of Shame, let's hope TOM THUMB eloped with THUMBELINA before making any other shorts!

During his first few years as director, Chuck Jones actually veered more away from the zany comedy that had come to characterize Warner Bros. animation (although he did direct a few wacky cartoons, it seems like his work only turned to the totally crazy once he started directing Bugs Bunny). Two of his cartoons from this era - both stripped of their opening credits in the Blue Ribbon reissue - were so bereft of zaniness that it's a surprise that they even came from Termite Terrace: "Old Glory" and "Tom Thumb in Trouble".The latter portrays a woodsman and his minuscule son Tom (would so tiny a boy actually use the mature form instead of the diminutive Tommy?) living alone in a log cabin. When the dad goes out and Tom nearly drowns, a bird flies in and saves the tyke. And then the dad arrives home and assumes that the bird attacked little Tom! Has the world run completely amok?! Here's what I mean by calling this cartoon a combination of Wagner's music and Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds". In the scene where Tom walks through the snow-laden forest in search of the bird, we hear "Ride of the Valkyries" (which Chuck Jones later used in "What's Opera, Doc?" when Elmer sings "Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit!"). The Hitchcock connection arises in the scene where the dad finds the bird with Tom. It's clear that the bird crashed through the window - you may recall the scene where Jessica Tandy's character finds the man with his eye pecked out - and it looks as though the avian has turned violent.OK, so I'm probably the only person who interpreted this cartoon like that. It's just that with the more saccharine cartoons, I like to maintain full sanity by coming up with weird interpretations. Overall, this one's okay in a pinch.

Well, if you are looking for a comedy with a lot of laughs, skip this one. However, if you want a heartwarming story and one that is beautifully drawn, check this "oldie" out: it's magnificent. The restored version of it on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 really does this wonderful animated short justice - it looks fabulous. This was drawn over 75 years ago but you'll be impressed at the visuals.The story is extremely simple and is touching one of a father's love for his son: in this case, a big burly lumberjack-type and little Tom, who is no bigger than the man's thumb.This is a wonderful, sentimental cartoon that - cliché aside - you don't see many anymore and probably haven't in 50 years. It's a treasure.