Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
Brief Description:
The film follows Pooh and his friends on a journey to find and rescue their friend Christopher Robin from the “skull.” Along the way, the group confront their own insecurities throughout the search, facing and conquering them in a series of events where they are forced to act beyond their own known limits, thus discovering their true potential.
(from Wikipedia)
Date: 1997
Genre: American animated adventure comedy-drama
Running time: 1 hour 18 minutes
Cast:
Jim Cummings (Winnie the Pooh & the Skullasaurus)
John Fiedler (Piglet’s speaking voice)
Steve Schatzberg (Piglet’s singing voice)
Peter Cullen (Eeyore)
Paul Winchell (Tigger’s speaking voice)
Jim Cummings (Tigger’s singing voice)
Ken Sansom (Rabbit)
Brady Bluhm (Christopher Robin’s speaking voice)
Frankie J. Galasso (Christopher Robin’s singing voice)
Andre Stojka (Owl)
David Warner (Narrator)
Director: Karl Geurs
Production companies: Walt Disney Television Animation & Disney Video Premier
Inspired By: the Pooh books by A.A. Milne
Setting/Aesthetic/Feel: 5/5
Okay, so I adore the Hundred Acre Woods. And I think Disney did a really great job bringing it to life. <3 That’s all.
I love the different settings and how detailed + vivid they all are… from the Skull to the Pleasant Meadow to Owl’s House…
Characters: 5/5
Who doesn’t love warm Pooh, loyal Piglet, big-hearted Tigger, punctilious Rabbit, and poor Eeyore? They make a great team. As for Christopher Robin, he embodies childhood, innocent and golden and happy. The film brings the characters from the books to life very, very well. And digging into their characters is extremely interesting.
Plot: 5/5
This film is mostly its own story, but it does draw from several stories in The House at Pooh Corner, which I love. It’s a wonderful expansion on Christopher Robin going to school and the feelings the animals and the boy himself experienced as he started to leave the Hundred Acre Woods behind. Pooh’s journey with his friends, through the various terror-inducing places their quest leads them to, is full of tension and humour, singing and tears. I don’t think I can do it justice, truly… I love the songs, the adventures, the ending…
Theme/Message/Topics: 5/5
And now we get to the real heart of why I adore this film so much. The messages here have always struck me, and they still bring me to tears. Anxious Rabbit, learning he can put down the rules and think from scratch, because he’s smarter than he thinks; fearful Piglet, discovering he can do so much more than he believed, because he can be far braver than he ever imagined; guilty Tigger, finding that he can go further than he thought possible and is stronger than he seems; and Pooh, who must be content to let go of Christopher Robin because it is time… All their lessons speak so strongly to me, as well as the one about letting your fears/imagination run away from you.
And then besides there’s the poignant theme of the film, that of leaving childhood behind and stepping into the real world…
Content: 5/5 (low)
Mention of wishing stars.
Overall: 5/5
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