c-58392 Winnie the Pooh: Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin is the best Winnie Movie ever made.Since its release in 1997, Pooh's Grand Adventure has haunted movie goers with its interlocking story lines that build up the grand scope that is the Pooh Cinematic Universe. It's somber and at times darker theme can appeal to younger and older audiences alike. What sets Pooh's Grand Adventure apart from the rest of the franchise is that this isn't a story based around a gimmick or a newly introduced antagonist. No, this story, is about the characters.Time and time again, David Warner has should just how powerful plot told through visuals and character interaction can be. Every single character, Piglet to Rabbit, has a time to shine in this movie. Whether it's Eeyore learning about trust, or Tigger learning that his strength comes not from the size of his spring, but of the size of his heart, every character develops in their own way. Now with these kind of movies, you can really only tell two kinds of stories, an adventure to make a new friend, or an adventure to better build a bond between characters. Pooh's Grand Adventure breaks the formula by not telling a story of how friends come together, but rather of how they come apart. Of course the movie begins with Christopher Robin leaving Pooh to go to school, this of course is hurtful to Pooh because he does not know where his friend has gone, he thinks he has abandoned him. Pooh rounds up his bravest, wisest, and toughest friends, being Piglet, Rabbit, Tigger, and Eeyore. There adventure takes them all across the map, even beyond the hundred acre wood. Along the way, the friends come across obstacles that they cannot overcome on their own, but instead of working together with the cliche power of friendship, the friends take the surprising, if not realistic, conclusion that their friends are weighing them down. This is where Pooh's Grand Adventure really shines, our beloved characters are at their lowest at the climax of the movie, for the first time, not even Pooh had hope. That makes the end of Pooh's adventure and the reunion with Christopher Robin that more satisfying to see. Winnie just never gets old.

cameo40 I generally like animated films, but I found this one to be more like a feature-length cartoon with little to interest an adult audience. The several scenes of Tigger and Piglet falling from high places reminded me of a Road Runner cartoon, and Pooh's singing and simple missives on life--although true to the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise--seemed excessively sappy. Most of Disney's newer animated features have inside jokes, clever dialogue, and memorable songs that will help keep adults entertained while they watch with their kids. Pooh's Grand Adventure is lacking any of that. This straight-to-video movie will probably hold the attention of small children for an hour, but I would recommend parents find something else to do while their kids watch.

crescentaluna Sigh ... another underwhelming Pooh product. I have extreme prejudice for the A. A. Milne books, which makes it very hard for me to enjoy any movie other than the original, but I try to set that aside to let my 2-year-old develop her own love of Pooh. She found this movie alternately scary and boring. Why, why oh why, must films ostensibly for tykes be so, A), amped-up and frightening, and B), based on the morality of sitcoms? You know what I mean -- if you reeely reeely *want* to do it, why, you *can* do it! And then then you all talk about the lesson you just learned! I miss the gentle randomness of the original. I also missed the look of the 100 Acre Wood. I did find this better than our last rental attempt, "Roo's Springtime Adventure," which was flat-out icky

americandragonfreak I can't! A Pooh film has never been bad. Pooh's cool. Christopher Robin goes to school, and leaves Pooh a note that says where he is, but Owl misreads it and says Christopher Robin has been captured by a skullasauras. Pooh and his friends go on a journey to find him and run into obstacles.Yjey finally find a cave where they each meet a fate that can be humorous.Children will think some of the film is scary, but it turns out all right in the end. Also, Pooh does have a snack with him. Pooh just can't be bad. He's a sweet bear who loves sweets.Forever and ever Pooh! The film runs 70 minutes and is unrated although it should have a G rating.