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Having nothing at all to do with the famed circus performer, The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb is instead a dark, nightmarish fable, equal parts Grimm Brothers fairy tale and post-apocalyptic science... read more read more... fiction. The title character is the freakish result of a mishap in an artificial insemination laboratory, a young boy only six inches tall. Despite his deformity, Tom is accepted and loved by his normal, if poor, parents. However, the family's uneasy joy is disrupted when Tom is kidnapped and trapped in a secret scientific compound, along with numerous other tiny medical oddities. However, with the help of one of his fellow captives, Tom engineers an escape in an attempt to return to his heartbroken family. Once free from the lab, Tom and his new cohort face threats from the malicious scientists, the dangers of the harsh city, and a secret society of escaped little people. Written and directed by Dave Borthwick, The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb relies upon a stop-motion animation technique (combined with live action) reminiscent of the Brothers Quay and Jan Svankmajer, but with a less experimental, fable-like tone and narrative comparable to Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's The City of Lost Children. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr.

Directed by: Dave Borthwick

Release Date: June 1, 1993

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DVD Release Date: July 28, 1998

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  • kenscheck
    September 21, 2011
    kenscheck
    This is a weird mix of pixilation and stop motion and tons and tons of disturbing imagery. Its a weird weird movie. Though its a stop motion animation, it is NOT for kids.
  • amechanicaldisaster
    August 9, 2007
    amechanicaldisaster
    Insanely creepy, twitchy stop-motion animated thing, reminding me of something I'd see late at night on the Sci Fi channel or MTV's Liquid Television. The creatures and characters are so bizarre and fucked up, and it's a great, surreal little fractured fairy tale of sorts. Defini... read moretely worth the watch.

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Jon Niccum
June 4, 2004
Jon Niccum, Lawrence Journal-World

Disturbing animated effort

Derek Elley
April 7, 2009
Derek Elley, Variety

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Caryn James
August 30, 2004
Caryn James, New York Times

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Kevin Thomas
February 13, 2001
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

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Rita Kempley
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

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Emanuel Levy
August 11, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Eric Lurio
October 1, 2004
Eric Lurio, Greenwich Village Gazette

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Marc Savlov
January 1, 2000
Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle

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Mark R. Leeper
January 1, 2000
Mark R. Leeper, rec.arts.movies.reviews

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Derek Adams
February 9, 2006
Derek Adams, Time Out

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