Pooh's Grand Adventure - The Search for Christopher Robin [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Pooh's Grand Adventure - The Search for Christopher Robin [VHS]
Movie Review: Too scary for little kids
Summary: 1 Stars
I was really disappointed by this Pooh video, as I expected it to be (like most things Pooh) happy and gentle and appropriate for little kids. It's too scary for my daughter, who will be 3 next month. Pooh and friends embark on a scary adventure to Skull, and along the way, they are caught in scary caves, fall from crumbling stone bridges over high gorges, the lot. I didn't realize how big an effect it had on my kids till my daughter, who never has been afraid of the dark, suddenly began refusing to sleep alone in her room because she was afraid of "shadows." Come to find out, when Christopher Robin reappears at the end of the movie, you first see his big, scary shadow approaching. If you buy this for young kids, at the very least I suggest that you prescreen it before showing it to them.Movie Review: Quite enjoyable
Summary: 5 Stars
I rather enjoyed this movie. For once it had a somewhat serious plot with actual character development. It wasn't all light and happiness, but it avoided being dark, as well. Well worth the money if you're not stuck expecting it to be just like the other Pooh videos.Movie Review: A great movie for young kids learning about themselves
Summary: 4 Stars
As a fan of the original Winnie the Pooh movie I was a little disappointed the first time I watched this movie in 1997. But after watching it recently with my second child and listening more intently to the dialogue and words of the songs, I realized what an excellent vehicle it is for teaching children about trusting in themselves. The movie is HIGHLY entertaining to my kids, who are currently ages 3 and 7. They laugh and sing the songs and dance throughout the movie. And the message is quite motivational. Each character goes through a process of facing their own personal insecurities -- but by the end they find and celebrate their unique inner strengths. The lesson is one we could all use -- believe in you self and you can overcome any obstacle. I wish they would make a movie like this for us adults!
Movie Review: A disappointing corruption of the original.
Summary: 2 Stars
Taken on its own modest merits, this movie isn?t really that offensive. Rated against similar animated fare for children available on video, it neither stands out as a must see, nor as something to be avoided at all costs. A cast of animal characters sets out to find their human child friend, leading to the standard sort of adventure, brushes with danger, lessons and morals well learned, etc.What sets off people such as myself, or at least what reveals us as inflexible purists, is the identity of the set of animal characters being used here. This is the Winnie-the-Pooh gang: the bear himself, with Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit and Eeyore. We remember these characters from older (1960s-1970s) animation, also by Disney (three shorts eventually combined to make the feature ?The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh?); some may even remember the A.A. Milne books, with illustrations by Ernest Shepard, that served as the original inspiration for the Disney productions. ?Pooh?s Grand Adventure? sullies them both.
It sullies the originals by rendering them equivalent to any other cast of characters designed for children, by sending them through generic adventures that could just as well have been braved by other, less cherished figures. It sullies them by ignoring the entire basis for the Pooh stories: these were, after all, originally just a set of imagined tales involving a group of stuffed animals belonging to one boy, Christopher Robin Milne. In the original Disney shorts, and thus in ?Many Adventures,? the milieu (the Hundred Acre Wood) was carefully maintained and the sorts of ?adventures? the characters actually had were limited to what a young boy, or his father, might imagine happening to them in their homes within that milieu. This video sullies the originals as well in pasting on those pernicious elements that modern Disney productions just can?t seem to avoid: lessons and morals. Part of the whimsical fun of the earlier Pooh shorts was the absence of anything remotely didactic in nature.
?Pooh?s Grand Adventure? is just that?the sort of hyped, epic exploratory venture that these characters were never meant to undertake. If you can ignore the fact that the characters are Pooh and Company, you might still enjoy it, although it is at root mediocre stuff; otherwise, don?t ruin your memories of the original. As for your children, who you?re probably buying this for anyway, your only considerations are (1) Do they care? (2) Do you care if they care?
Movie Review: Silly Pooh Fun And Adventure
Summary: 5 Stars
Our children loved it. This is one the best Pooh films yet. A great lesson in personal strengths and learning about yourself and your fears. Beautiful animation, silly Pooh fun. "Everyone can find something to like." Pooh Bear is always a hit, and this adventure kept the kids on the edge of their seats. They sang and hummed the tunes. "Christopher Robin said I am smarter than I think." "It was so much fun to watch, it had such nice music in it, we really loved it." Best for ages 2 to 5.