{"id":1604,"date":"2011-07-14T12:47:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T19:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2011-07-14T12:47:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T19:47:55","slug":"review-winnie-the-pooh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=1604","title":{"rendered":"Review: WINNIE THE POOH"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>If your child is too young to endure the PG-13 rated \u201cHarry Potter\u201d epic, \u201cWinnie the Pooh\u201d is just the ticket. The brisk 69-minute running time will make it an excellent afternoon matinee selection.<\/p>\n

The best thing about this new \u201cWinnie the Pooh\u201d is that it is very much like the films that came before it\u2014timeless and wholesome. Based on the classic series of books by A. A. Milne dating back to the 1920s, \u201cWinnie the Pooh (2011)\u201d is a unique animated entry into a marketplace crowded by 3D and computer generated offerings. <\/p>\n

Ever since \u201cShrek\u201d turned the kid\u2019s film on its head by mixing more mature and edgy elements with childlike ones, animated films have walked a fine line coming ever so close to being too adult for the youngest audience members. But \u201cPooh\u201d steps far away from such a trend giving family audiences an entertaining and harmless yarn featuring some of the most beloved cartoon characters of all time.<\/p>\n

In \u201cWinnie the Pooh,\u201d Pooh awakens one morning to discover that he\u2019s completely out of honey. His search for the sweet and delicious nectar leads him to Christopher Robin (Jack Boulter), who has left a mysterious note about being \u201cback soon.\u201d Naturally, Pooh seeks the assistance of Owl (Craig Ferguson) who interprets the note as a scary warning\u2014Christopher Robin may have been captured by the evil beast known as the \u201cBackson.\u201d Capturing the vicious Backson becomes an instant community wide priority superior even to the hunt for honey. And preparations for the apprehension of the beast are made by Pooh with the help of Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Eeyore. Everyone enthusiastically joins in.<\/p>\n

An amusing subplot involves a quest to replace Eeyore\u2019s lost tail. Eeyore (Bud Luckey), the loveable curmudgeon, will likely remain miserable whether his original tail is located or replaced with something new and special. And everything from a cuckoo clock to a red balloon are tried barely lifting Eeyore\u2019s spirits but providing viewers with more than a few old fashioned chuckles. <\/p>\n

Veteran voice actor Jim Cummings delivers another quality performance giving voice once again to Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too. Cummings, who has a lengthy list of voice roles, has played Pooh since the 1980s, and it is good that Disney stayed with Cummings instead of going for an entire cast of popular actors of the minute. Comic actors like Jack Black may be terrific as Po in \u201cKung Fu Panda,\u201d but a true voice actor like Cummings has made Pooh his own–a familiar voice for a long cherished character.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinnie the Pooh\u201d goes old school all the way around. It is beautiful 2D hand-drawn animation. And this approach works exceptionally well on the big screen, giving viewers a taste of what is coming with the \u201cThe Lion King\u201d re-release. In September, we\u2019ll see an updated \u201cLion King\u201d with the 3D treatment. While the clips I\u2019ve seen of the 3D version look terrific, \u201cWinnie the Pooh\u201d is just fine without the special 3D glasses. <\/p>\n

Refreshingly unpolluted by the modern trend in kid\u2019s animated fare, \u201cWinnie the Pooh\u201d will play well to young viewers and their parents eager to revisit the Hundred Acre Wood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Potter counter-programming for the youngest viewers…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1608,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions\/1608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}