Wow, am I ever glad we screened this one!
We started this movie expecting a somewhat modernized (read: hyperactive) take on the classic Winnie the Pooh shorts. What we got was a ludicrously depressing, down-beat tale that shows the once "bouncy-trouncy-fun-fun-fun" Tigger crying and moping for 77 minutes. What the heck happened here?
The plot takes a line from Tigger's original song: "The most wonderful thing about Tiggers is that I'm the only one!" and runs with it. The conclusion: Being "the only one" is not, in fact, wonderful, and Tigger is secretly depressed and lonely. His friends (Pooh and co.) try to cheer him up, but to no avail. Only after an hour of non-stop tear-jerking and an over-the-top action sequence does Tigger reach the obvious conclusion: that he had a family all along.
But by then it's too late for the viewer: Tigger's character has essentially been ruined.
The whole thing is pretty much a corruption the childlike purity that defines A.A. Milnes universe; the man must be turning in his grave! In case you can't tell: we hated it. I wouldn't let my kid anywhere near this movie.
We started this movie expecting a somewhat modernized (read: hyperactive) take on the classic Winnie the Pooh shorts. What we got was a ludicrously depressing, down-beat tale that shows the once "bouncy-trouncy-fun-fun-fun" Tigger crying and moping for 77 minutes. What the heck happened here?
The plot takes a line from Tigger's original song: "The most wonderful thing about Tiggers is that I'm the only one!" and runs with it. The conclusion: Being "the only one" is not, in fact, wonderful, and Tigger is secretly depressed and lonely. His friends (Pooh and co.) try to cheer him up, but to no avail. Only after an hour of non-stop tear-jerking and an over-the-top action sequence does Tigger reach the obvious conclusion: that he had a family all along.
But by then it's too late for the viewer: Tigger's character has essentially been ruined.
The whole thing is pretty much a corruption the childlike purity that defines A.A. Milnes universe; the man must be turning in his grave! In case you can't tell: we hated it. I wouldn't let my kid anywhere near this movie.