Barbie Presents: Thumbelina

Barbie Presents: Thumbelina follows a tiny girl named Thumbelina, who lives among the wildflowers in the hidden world of the Twillerbees. When a spoiled girl named Makena has a patch of those flowers dug up and moved to a city apartment, Thumbelina and two friends are carried along with it. In their new surroundings they learn of building plans that threaten the Twillerbee homeland, and Thumbelina draws on the magic of nature to show that even the smallest person can make a difference. The story is a modern retelling of the classic Thumbelina fairy tale, with Barbie appearing as the narrator.

The film is an animated family feature from Mattel and Rainmaker Entertainment, running 75 minutes. Conrad Helten directed it, following Barbie Mariposa the previous year; he later went on to direct several further Barbie titles, including Spy Squad and Princess Adventure. Elise Allen wrote the screenplay, with Luke Carroll and Tiffany J. Shuttleworth producing. Kelly Sheridan voices Barbie, Anna Cummer voices Thumbelina, Kelly Metzger voices Makena, and Tabitha St. Germain, Cathy Weseluck and Kathleen Barr round out the main voice cast.

Released in February 2009, the film holds an IMDb rating of 5.8 from roughly 3,100 votes and a TMDB rating of 6.7 from around 523 votes, placing it in moderate territory with audiences — better received on TMDB than on IMDb, though neither points to a broadly acclaimed title.