The Tigger Movie
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Movie Reviews of The Tigger Movie
Movie Review: A good story....but is it Pooh?
Summary: 3 Stars
The Tigger movie is good harmless family fun. Something felt a little out of place in this little story though. I think my feelings can best be expressed by these two verses from Kenny Loggins song House on Pooh Corner.christopher robin and i walked along as the branches lit up by the moon
posing our questions to owl and eyore as our days disappeared all too soon
but i wandered much farther today than i should and i can't seem to find my way back to the woods
so help me if you can i've got to get back to the house at pooh corner by one
you'd be surprised there's so much to be done
count all the bees in the hive
chase all the clouds from the sky
back to the days of christopher robin and pooh
This is a tough review for me to write as I don't want to offend the people who liked this film. While I think it was a good story, I think it forgot its place. I would love to say The Tigger Movie is full of rouncy trouncy pouncy fun fun fun fun fun. But in spite of all the smiles on the cover. I was a little surprised to see Tigger spending most of the film in a blue funk and wrestling with some heavy duty family issues.
Tigger being a little too much fun for the others is advised to go find someone who likes to bounce. Tigger goes out looking for someone like himself. Gone for days, Tigger returns disappointed. Hearing about how everyone has a "family tree" Tigger takes it literally and writes a letter addressed to his tree. Noticing how profoundly disturbed Tigger was getting waiting for a response, Roo gets everyone in on writing Tigger a phony letter from his family. The letter snaps Tigger out of his anxious state and begins planning a huge party. Tigger is totally invested in his excitement of having his bouncy family there. Uh oh, bigger trouble. The only way to maintain the illusion is for his friends to dress in Tigger outfits. The outfits are cute but one falls off and Tigger freaks out. He becomes very upset at having been betrayed and having his illusions dashed. Tigger now refuses to accept that he doesn't have a family goes of on a quixotic quest to find his family tree. Eventually he is overwhelmed by a terrible blizzard, but spots a barren tree he thinks must be his. Of course it is not really a tigger tree but Tigger convinces himself they must be on vacation and sits alone in the cold, warming himself with his delusion. Meanwhile everyone in the 100 acre woods are concerned about Tigger being out in the storm. Bravely they hunt him down and plead for him to come down from the tree. Clinging to the false hope of a returning tigger family and still angry and embittered he shouts "NOOOOOO!" with such force that he creates a snow avalanche. This disaster snaps him out of his delusion and eventually Tigger realizes that its really his friends who are his family and having a real family is not so important. Tigger fortunately becomes his old self again. But while watching the film I was saying to myself..."Wow, Tigger is having some real heavy duty psychological issues." Tigger is struggling with the idea of not being accepted for who he is, family abandonment, and has became obsessively delusional because he is unable to cope." For me it was a strange choice to have a character in a Pooh story to be spend 90 minutes trying to fill a psychological void in his personality. What a departure from the simple Tigger who only loved to bounce and tell the world how unique he was. I was not sure I wanted to see a Tigger who can become brooding and enraged and I would rather remember him as the simple joyful expression he was. Everything about the world of Pooh is uncomplicated. And in the world of cartoons, Poohs gentle emotional simplicity made it unique. I think children will (and do) find the movie entertaining. Yet I wonder if we ever will be able to find our way back to the 100 acre woods where the biggest problems were helping Eeyore find his tail, or watching Pooh struggling to remove his nose from a Hunny jar.
Movie Review: A nice kid's movie
Summary: 3 Stars
Bit it should have been a bit longer. 77 minutes is not enough. I have always loved Disneys animation of the Winnie the Pooh tv show and I was way excited when I first learned of this movie. 100 acre wood looks magical and is presented very well on DVD.
The story itself is a bit childish but still manages to have balls when it has Tigger FAIL to find his family. Although I would have liked him too I respect the ending they went for.
Although this film isn't to everyone's tastes (I know it seems a little fruity a guy of 20 can like this film) I say you should buy this DVD. It's pefect child fodder and good entertainment. Not just family entertainment. Should be longer though.
The DVD is in Dolby 5.1 and is anamorphically enhanced at 1.66:1.
Movie Review: Not a fan of Kenny Loggins!
Summary: 3 Stars
I can't stand that song, I did not care too much for the movie. The characters are cute and all but the plot was a little too sad for a small child to watch. How about they make a movie starring Eeyore at least then we would know why its so depressing.Movie Review: Not as whimsical as the original Winnie-the-Pooh
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this for my daughter thinking it would be as light-hearted and whimsical as the original Pooh. It's not even close. There are some scary scenes in this movie ( i.e. Tigger in a snow avalanche), which I was not expecting. It's also kind of a dark movie with a depressed and dejected Tigger looking for his family. A little bit of a complicated storyline for a Tigger movie ( not the simple story of Pooh and honeypots and bouncing Tiggers and gloomy Eeyore, etc.). I was looking for a movie with the "fun,fun,fun,fun,fun" Tigger. Basically, if you are looking for a sequel to Pooh - this is NOT IT. Try the "Book of Pooh" instead.Movie Review: Classic Disney Characters Fail To Dazzle
Summary: 2 Stars
Tepid, dull Pooh movie that not only bored me but depressed me. One has to feel somewhat bad for Tigger and his lonely life as portrayed in the film. Even the songs are lackluster, all sounding very much like eachother with no real effect on the movie. Still the characters are cute and kids will probably like it. But in my opinion our kids deserve better entertainment.