SnoopyStyle Winnie the Pooh is out of honey. Eeyore has lost his tail. Owl is writing his memoirs and suggests a reward for a replacement tail. Christopher Robin takes Pooh's suggestion of a honey pot for the reward. After many attempts, Kanga knits Eeyore a tail which later unravels. Pooh finds Christopher missing and a note at his doorstep. Owl misreads the note leading the group to think that Christopher has been captured by a monster called Backson.This movie maintains the sense of play from the Pooh franchise. It is the stuff of childhood. It's fully connected to its book origins with the familiar style. It is traditional and what great traditions they are. Disney is not reinventing the wheel as much as giving it a good wash. It's adorable. The animation is old fashion but a little crisper than the older versions. It recreates what makes the old stories so beloved.

Thomas Stansfield When I first heard that Winnie the Pooh was having another theatrical release I was excited, however when it was released in 2011, it only had a limited release and was at played only once a day, maybe because it was its box office revenue being released at the same time of the epic conclusion of Harry Potter, Australia released a few months after HP. Looking at the movie it still has the charm like the previous Winnie the Pooh films, the simple and fun stories that makes it nostalgic and fun for the fans who've watched Winnie the Pooh when they were younger and some younger viewers will have a Winnie the Pooh that they'll remember, the first Winnie the Pooh movie I've seen was 'Pooh's Grand Adventure' and I loved the movie, despite its dark imagery. I love it how the animators kept so close to the original design of the characters and landscape towards the real Hundred Acre Woods in Sussex, England (yes there's a real one for those that don't know much about Pooh Bear) and close with the Milne's designs of the characters but adaptable for the screen. The songs are very catchy and very Sherman Brothers-esque and Zooey Deschanel did great singing for the songs as well. Plus some songs that were written by the Sherman Brothers themselves are in the movie as well. The character are well into place and their slow thinking is laughable as well. Such scenes like Owl flying out of the hole and told Piglet his speech, however the other characters were shocked about Owl but it was his speech that they were pleased about in the end. Compare the slow thinking towards a show like 'Spongebob Squarepants' the more modern episodes. You have Patrick who's stupid but he's like incredibly stupid that you just want to hit him. Whereas in the earlier episodes he was dumb but in more likable status. The characters in the film are slow thinkers but they've done it more in a likable status. The voice acting was great too, especially the talents of Jim Cummings and Tom Kenny, yes the guy who did the voice of Spongebob a show that I've criticised has some talent. Plus he did more voices other than Spongebob. Although Tom Kenny's voice for Rabbit almost make him sound like Spongebob you can tell he at least tried and did well to capture the original voice of Rabbit and it was so good. Jim Cummings has great talent too, a voice actor that I've grown up from childhood still captures his Winnie the Pooh and Tigger voice in todays standards. John Cleese was an excellent choice for narration, the Monty Python and Fawlty Towers legend has such a great storytelling voice. The other VA's like Craig Ferguson also done well with the characters. I understand that the film has a lesser time limit unlike many other animated films but I really don't mind the shorter time, it is still good and fun with its simple storytelling and most of it captured the 1977 classic, which i'm also a fan of, such as the breaking of the fourth wall were Pooh and the characters talk to the narrator. It has charm, wit with its simplicity and fun with some nostalgia for the older viewers who are big Winnie the Pooh fans, the young at heart, like myself, or parents who did grew up with the lovable bear and have children of their own.

lisafordeay So I saw this today on Five and I really found it cute as it brought me back to my childhood where I watch all the hand-drawn movies again from The Lion King even to The Little Mermaid,I was always a fan of Hand- Drawn animation always have always will. I even love today's CGI movies even though A lot of the charcthers look the same but with a different voice or hairstyle.Moving on to this movie this is of course a Walt Disney Animation Studios Picture and its the last ever movie to be done in hand-drawn form as The Princess & The Frog was the last ever Disney Princess movie to be done in hand-drawn form before Tangled came out a year later in CGI form marking it its first CGI Disney princess movie. SO what is this film about well its about Winnie and his friends who have to search for Eeryores tail which goes missing. So they go off and find his tail. There's a couple of songs thrown in from Zooey Deschnail from Elf who did a few songs in this movie and the songs here are done by husband and wife duo Kirsten Anderson Lopez(who provides the voice of the female kangaroo),and Robert Lopez(both of whom did the music for the highly overrated flick Frozen which is taking the world by storm now).For barely an hour long its nice to see a hand-drawn movie which Disney is known for doing best since Disney started n 1937 with Snow Whit & The Seven Dwarfs. Bottom line I enjoyed this movie and the narration is done by John Cleese who tells the story by reading a book. Overall im glad that I was able to see this finale of hand-drawn animation and here is to Disney for the near future. Check it out and see what you can think of itR.I.P to hand drawn movies 1937-2011

SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain It's a strange and sad little world we live in when trash like The Smurfs, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Cars 2 are so popular. Especially when there are wonderful alternatives such as this latest offering of Pooh. I would like to congratulate Disney on giving us such a funny and heartwarming family film. Not once do they devolve into pop-culture gags, thank god. Those types of jokes aren't funny and they actually make me angry. This film was hilarious. From Eeyore's assurance that Owl did sneeze, to Roo suggesting Piglet go down the pit "Send the pig!". Cleese narrates this series of adventures loosely strung together by Pooh's search for honey, and a replacement tail for Eeyore. There is also a monster known as the Bakson. The gang join together in their special ways and give us a series of songs that highlight the beauty of Pooh. Pooh is obviously struggling with a pretty serious addiction, whilst Eeyore faces the challenge of depression. The film is set out as a book. We see the characters breaking the fourth wall, and leaping over letters. Even using them as tools at times. The animation is traditional 2D and looks amazing. I loved the voice work, even with some of the classic voices being replaced. Fergusen makes a very know-it-all Owl, and Luckey has the perfect Eeyore voice. I was also surprised that they managed to capture the sweet essence of childhood, all the way to the final credits, where we see the truth to all the imagination. The only problem was at 60 mins, it didn't feel entirely complete. I hope this will be the film that parents show to their kids, rather than all the other crap that is out there.