*** out of **** If you are young at heart, and often find yourself seeing things as if you were a wide-eyed child fixated on personal fascination, then Disney's newest "Winnie the Pooh" film might just appeal to you. It certainly did the trick for me. It was intended as a reboot or revival of a once great franchise; one that never quite went down the drain and kept its charm for some time, but has since been restrained to CGI-animated television series and the like. Basically, … more
I'm a 38-year-old man, and I have to admit it - I have a soft spot for Winnie the Pooh. Lucky for me I still have a daughter young enough to justify going to see the newest Pooh movie, simply titled Winnie the Pooh, while it was still in theatres. She and I watched the trailer for the film last night, and it used an oddly-fitting Keane song - "Somewhere Only We Know" - to tug at the hearts of old softies like me. When she asked to see it today, I was an easy … more
Star Rating: Winnie the Pooh is charming, innocent, uncomplicated, sweet, and often times quite funny. It isn’t, however, so innocuous that it neglects adults, which is good because I’m sure many of them will dutifully take their children to see it. In three distinct ways, it represents the rediscovery of one’s roots. The first is in respect to Disney, who have gone the extra mile and made a traditional cel-animated film; I was convinced I … more