captelephant
Wow, am I ever glad we screened this one! We started this movie expecting a somewhat modernized (read: hyperactive) take on the classic Winnie the Pooh shorts. What we got was a ludicrously depressing, down-beat tale that shows the once "bouncy-trouncy-fun-fun-fun" Tigger crying and moping for 77 minutes. What the heck happened here? The plot takes a line from Tigger's original song: "The most wonderful thing about Tiggers is that I'm the only one!" and runs with it. The conclusion: Being "the only one" is not, in fact, wonderful, and Tigger is secretly depressed and lonely. His friends (Pooh and co.) try to cheer him up, but to no avail. Only after an hour of non-stop tear-jerking and an over-the-top action sequence does Tigger reach the obvious conclusion: that he had a family all along.But by then it's too late for the viewer: Tigger's character has essentially been ruined.The whole thing is pretty much a corruption the childlike purity that defines A.A. Milnes universe; the man must be turning in his grave! In case you can't tell: we hated it. I wouldn't let my kid anywhere near this movie.
Cinema_Fan
No one ages in the world that is Walt Disney's, not even in the 100-Acre Wood. The ever-youthful Christopher Robin, and his imaginary friends such as Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Roo, Kanga, Rabbit, Owl and yes, the infamous Tigger are all here, they never leave.The Winnie the Pooh brand name, had been produced once more by The Walt Disney Company, this was to become The Tigger Movie. Without, sadly, the original voice that was Paul Winchell (1922 – 2005), who for many years had given us all fun and frolics with his ever lovable, or annoying, what ever your perspective may be, character Tigger, via a voice of lovable believability and honesty. Here we have the new voice, for a new generation, Jim Cummings (b.1953), not entirely a new comer, as he had voiced Tigger during the 1988 shows The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. While listening to the new voice, I'm afraid, for me, it just does not make it; with the comparison to listening to an elderly gentleman who quite simply had forgotten to put his false teeth back in. While the Americanisation of the associating voices are just bearable, the only English voice here is the narration of John Hurt. The animation here is your same old same old character profiling, as expected with historical characters and their evolution into the modern technical age, but as with this movie in particular, it is clean, sharp, colourful, and ordinary. It isn't about the quality of the messenger, but the importance of the message that The Tigger Movie portrays.In typical Walt Disney fashion, we have the moral standings of family values and friendships that can overcome doubt and loneliness, wherever and whoever the sufferer may be; friends and family are always near to give the boost back to the land of smiles, happiness and championship, they never disappoint.This is really a movie that can be blessed by children from all around the world, with its Tigger silliness, the half a dozen or so songs that accompany any Disney production such as this, and the heart-warming all rounder of a story that will have them happy to have been part of the Tigger family movie.
bob the moo
After causing more trouble than good with all his bouncing, Tigger realises that he is different from the rest of his friends and gets depressed. When overhearing about Owl's family tree, Tigger realises that he needs to find his family tree to be able to have people to bounce around with. He sets out to try and find his family's tree in the forest.Having seen the pretty poor movie featuring Piglet I didn't hold out much hope for this film even if Tigger is one of the more fun characters of the series. However the plot is a little better than that film and the whole thing has a lot more energy to it. The basic plot is reasonable enough but it will be no surprise to anyone that lessons are there to be learned. The film moves along easy enough and is light enough to enjoy without being hard to watch.The songs are OK and aren't overdone to the point that their averageness becomes a major drag. The animation is pretty basic though and this is matched by the voice work, which doesn't really do anything and actually sounds quite bland. The film isn't great though - it's just passable enough to watch. Kids should enjoy it but even for them it may be all a bit bland and `nice' to compete with sharper cartoons. As for adults, it is unlikely that they will take much from it apart from having the kids distracted for an hour or so.Overall, fans of Pooh and all will probably enjoy this film, I liked it because it was undemanding and quite a pleasant little story. The animation is OK even if the voice work is poor and the humour of the film couldn't compete with the much sharper kids animations that are out there.
