Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin

This is a great movie that both my children watched extensively as toddlers. It has good messages for kids, as all Winnie the Pooh cartoons do, and the animation and voice acting are top quality. It's also got some great lines that make me laugh no matter how many times I hear them.

"Look at the biceps on that bear! I'm not worthy to dangle from the same precipice." - Tigger.

"Never trust that thing between your ears. Haven't had a need for mine in years." - Rabbit.

"What's up, buddy bear?" "Piglet is up, Tigger." - Pooh, pointing a Piglet in the top of a tree.

"Jump down, Piglet! We'll catch you, likely as not!" - Tigger.

"End of the line. Nothing to do, and no hope of things getting better. Sounds like Saturday night at my house." - Eeyore.

"There's no difference between falling ten-thousand feet to the jagged rocks below, and tumbling out of bed. Except for the splat at the end, they're practically similar." - Tigger.

I find it hard to believe that people would actually criticize this movie negatively. It's a kids' movie for crying out loud. If you've got nothing better to do than watch and criticize kids' movies, you really need to get a life.

I gave it a ten. I can't think of anything that could have made it better.

This is one of the films that I grew up with, so you can imagine all the childhood nostalgia I feel for this movie. I was actually a little surprised at how much people were complaining about the "dark elements" of this movie. I'll admit the Skull stuff is a little avant garde for Winnie the Pooh. However, there's plenty of other children's films that are dark and much worse than this. Something I really like about this film is that our characters travel beyond the Hundred Acre Woods to far off locations in order to "rescue" their human companion. The characters also get into peril in order to find themselves, which is actually pretty impressive for a kid's film. Overall, this is a great adventure that proves "you're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think".

This is one of the movies I had on VHS as a kid and must have watched it fifty times. At least I would be surprised if I hadn't.

I actually admire it a lot more now. Yes, it may lack an antagonist but there is material conflict here as familiar characters leave their greenhill zone for a pretty formidable experience that puts a lot in perspective.

Like the amazing Russian adaptation, the human boy is mostly absent but his small role is significant, poignant and life-affirming.

This cosy tale does the original stories justice far more than most of disney's Winnie stories that are not adaptations; it really feels like a larger scale version of those stories.

Along the way we get some laugh out loud comedy (pink!), some super tunes and some moments that will pull at your heartstrings for ever.

I guess it's really about growing up but we don't have to dwell on that.

Much better film for children and everybody than many other children movies. Less violent and more true and loving. Tells more about the true things in life the child is good to know about. Wise movie and moving and touching on the deeper level, I- the adult- truly enjoyed the child within me:) Winnie the Pooh really gets to you!!!!!

If Mickey Mouse is the face of Disney, then Winnie-the-Pooh is its soul. No other character so perfectly captures a child's innocence, purity of heart, and sense of wonder. With this direct-to-video film, in contrast to the previous theatrical ones, Pooh and the gang get the full-length treatment (the 1977 film was an anthology film composed of previously released shorts) as they go on a quest to find and rescue Christopher Robin. The strength lies in the various characters and their interactions rather than the thin plot or the cutesy (but mid) songs. So even though it runs a little long, I still liked the message it conveys about self-confidence.