Very best movie i ever watch

Sorry, this movie sucks

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Special photographic effects: Tom Howard. Camera operator: Denys Coop. Set continuity: Angela Martelli. Music director: Muir Mathieson. Choreographer: Alex Romero. Animators: Gene Warren, Wah Chang, Don Sahlin, Herb Johnson. Sound recording supervisor: A.W. Watkins. Mr. Pal's assistant: Gae Griffith. Executive producer: Matthew Raymond. Producer: George Pal. Associate producer: Dora Wright. Photographed in a hard matte 1.85:1 aspect ratio.Songs: "Tom Thumb's Tune" and "Are You a Dream?" by Peggy Lee; "The Talented Shoes" and "After All These Years" by Fred Spielman and Janice Torre; "The Yawning Song" by Fred Spielman and Kermit Goell. Available on an excellent Warner Home Video DVD. Copyright 1958 by Loew's Inc. A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, filmed at M-G-M British Studios, Boreham Wood, Herts., England. A George Pal Production for Galaxy Pictures. U.S. release: 23 December 1958. New York opening at neighborhood theaters as the top half of a double bill with Andy Hardy Comes Home: 23 December 1958. U.K. release: 21 December 1958. Australian release: Not recorded. 8,300 feet. 92 minutes.NOTES: Negative cost: $900,000.COMMENT: This is one of those films that believe in the principle that if you're making a kiddies' film, you have to talk down to your tiny tot audience. The acting is all grossly exaggerated and hammy in the extreme, the worst offenders being Bernard Miles, — who has about as much charm and presence and suitability for the role as a church warden at a boxing match, — Terry Thomas and Peter Sellers. June Thorburn is not much better. Admittedly, all these players are hampered by the corny script. Jessie Matthews is probably just as bad but the pleasure of seeing her again after all these years makes up for a lot. Russ Tamblyn, however, acts and dances with plenty of bounce, though he is not well served by some very obvious and crudely matted special effects. Alan Young gives a pointer as to how the script should be played with a charming approach, not so much tongue-in-cheek as not taking himself or the story too seriously. When he loses Tom at the fair, he is not seriously alarmed and doesn't make out with a whole lot of synthetic, phony theatrics. He acts naturally. However, the real joys of "Tom Thumb" are the songs and the musical and dance numbers and all the business with the animated toys — business which manages to get by on its novelty appeal rather than the skill of the animators.Aside from the fuzziness in the special effect sequences, the film is attractively colored and photographed. The sets are nice and production values first class. Pal's first directorial effort shows a bit of skill and imagination though a great deal of the dialogue spots are directed in a straightforwardly routine style. Still the film certainly has its moments — for example, the camera panning to the opening under the door as Tom knocks — despite its crudely matted effects and even the use of an obvious doll for Tom in some scenes.

A long time ago in a forest far away, woodcutter Bernard Miles (as Jonathan) is granted three wishes by beautiful forest queen June Thorburn (as Queenie), for sparing a giant tree from his axe. Alas, Mr. Miles squanders his wishes by growing a giant symbolic sausage on his nose, but wife Jessie Matthews (as Anne) receives a consolation prize when tiny Russ Tamblyn (as Tom Thumb) arrives on his birthday, fully grown. The childless couple always wanted a son. After getting lost at the local fair with family friend Alan Young (as Woody), Mr. Tamblyn is rescued by villainous Terry-Thomas (as Ivan) and mugging sidekick Peter Sellers (as Antony). The black-dressed men use Tamblyn to steal some gold coins, which gets his parents arrested...This marvelous adaptation of the "Brothers Grimm" story is, to coin a familiar phrase, "fun for children of all ages." The film won special effects wizard Tom Howard a second "Academy Award", making him two for two. Gymnastic dancer Tamblyn performs a perfect ten as the un-capitalized "tom thumb"; the versatile young actor had just been receiving "Oscar" consideration for his dramatic roles. Also superb is the dastardly pairing of Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers, who savor every second of their screen time. Taking the director's chair for his first feature, "Puppetoon" master George Pal reaches a career high. The soundtrack isn't riddled with hits, but it nonetheless captures the charm. A romantic subplot is the only thing not filled to the brim with magic.******** tom thumb (11/27/58) George Pal ~ Russ Tamblyn, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Alan Young

Story about Tom Thumb (Russ Tamblyn) who is no bigger than someone's thumb. He gets involved with two bumbling crooks (Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers) and such.Kids might like it but this is pretty hard going. Basically this is more of a musical than anything else. The songs are (to be nice) unmemorable and annoying. It got to the point that I was dreading each song--and there are LOTS of them! The story (what there is of it) is very slight and the lapses in logic were puzzling even for a fairy tale movie. Terry-Thomas (chewing the scenery) and Peter Sellers were stupid and unfunny and Alan Young and June Thorburn were unbelievably bland as young lovers. On the plus side Tamblyn was good in the title role, the dances are colorful and there's some really cool stop motion animation with Tom's toys. So kids will probably like this (although they might howl at the stop motion animation which looks clumsy next to CGI) but I was bored silly and couldn't wait for this to be over. I give it a 6.

Average musical almost redeemed by Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers as the villains as well as by special effects that surpassed most of those of the 50s.The Peggy Lee songs do not come near matching those of The Lady and the Tramp. The dance numbers are not well choreographed. Alan Young, an acquired taste at best, stumbles through his role as Woody.Still, it's not a complete failure as a movie. Russ Tamblyn is energetic, the Forest Queen is pretty, and the story is sweet.The IMDb tells me that I need 10 lines in a review. I'm sure the powers that be are much too young to have read the short zingers in _Time_ and _The New Yorker_ of 50 to 60 years ago.