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The Tigger Movie (2000)

Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Jun Falkenstein
Cast: Jim Cummings (Tigger, Winnie the Pooh), Nikita Hopkins (Roo), Ken Sansom (Rabbit), John Fiedler (Piglet), Peter Cullen (Eeyore), Andre Stojka (Owl), Kath Soucie (Kanga), Tom Attenborough (Christopher Robin), John Hurt (Narrator)
Runtime: 87 min.
MPAA rating: G (all ages admitted)

This movie, based on Disney’s adaptation of the Winnie the Pooh stories, is about Pooh’s friend Tigger, who being fed up with these stories always being about Winnie the Pooh, decided to take center stage. Tigger wants one of his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood to go bouncing with him, but they all decline. After he inadvertently destroys Eeyore’s house, and makes things worse when they try to fix things, Tigger is faced with a sense of loneliness and isolation thinking maybe there are drawbacks to the thing about Tiggers being that he’s the only one. As he and Roo search for other Tiggers, the other residents of the Hundred Acre Wood decide to write a letter addressing it “from his family” with friendly advice. Misreading this as his family is coming to live with him, Tigger starts building onto his house as everyone else now thinks they’ve just made things worse. Can Tigger come to terms with who his family might actually be?

I’m very positive that if you’ve ever had a childhood, you grew up with Winnie the Pooh. Life in the Hundred Acre Wood, being some of the most consistent as far as quality goes, is one of Disney’s most viable properties. This movie, being the first Winnie the Pooh feature to be released theatrically since the original Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in 1977, was released to mixed reviews and was the highest grossing Winnie the Pooh movie until Christopher Robin was released in 2018.

I myself did grow up with Pooh just like everyone else, so we are all in the same boat. My first exposure though, was not just the original Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh film but I even remember watching Disney Channel back in the 1980s and was a viewer of Welcome to Pooh Corner. You know, that one show that had live actors in puppet suits?

Anyway, here we go with my review on the Tigger-centric Pooh film.

As I outlined, the movie’s story is about Tigger wanting to know more about his family tree and thinks it’d be nice if he wasn’t the only one. This sets everything in motion as Tigger sets about thinking he should start to try to find his family so he can have his own kin, but his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood—that being the usual ensemble of Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Kanga and Roo—try to make him feel better but only make things worse. At the same time Rabbit is his usual prissy self. This movie, clearly meant for very little kids, doesn’t try to be Shakespeare as it just goes about setting up a very simple story with a very clear message. It doesn’t need to be super complex, although it does feel a little longer than it ought to be.

I will say, they do at least have some fun with this outing though. There are various plays on recognizable works of art which I did like. The movie’s songs are also very good and quite pleasant to listen to and manage to evoke a hint of that energy you probably remember from the movies in the Disney Renaissance. The only one that bordered on questionable was when they did a jab at talk shows where what they have set up is clearly related to The Jerry Springer Show, but even that is handled tastefully.

The other thing I will add is the voice cast is very good too. One of the movie’s press kits said Paul Winchell was still around and could have returned to re-voice Tigger being the only remaining original Pooh VA, but they just thought was too old for the part and instead had Jim Cummings do the voice and he’s a dead ringer for the voice. He also nails Sterling Holloway’s original voice for Pooh and the other voice actors really sound very much alike their original voices. The animation looks very much like the earlier stories and the characters are all identical to their past selves.

I will say though, that I do question the message a bit. What seems to be the theme they are shooting for—friends can substitute for a family—well, it’s a bit odd especially in this time when we would like to keep our kids knowledgeable about family and there’s a difference between family loyalty and friendship loyalty. I doubt kids will really care that much, but parents probably need to explain that family is where your heart is, rather than just hoping they can leave and take up residence at a friend’s house.

However, I will say that because this is Winnie the Pooh we are talking about, this is a movie that shoots for modest entertainment value and in that regard it works. This movie is not going to blow your mind but it will work.



The Tigger Movie (2000)
TreyVore rates it: B-

I would think so.

Chances are, it is miles above Disney's new Pinocchio.

Well yes they do have a Best List. It's outdated now but here is their:

Top 21 Best Animated Films of Each Year (2000-2020)

2000: Chicken Run
2001: Spirited Away
2002: Lilo & Stitch
2003: Finding Nemo
2004: The Incredibles
2005: Wallace and Gromit in Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2006: Paprika
2007: Persepolis
2008: WALL-E
2009: Up
2010: Toy Story 3
2011: Rango
2012: Wreck-It Ralph
2013: Frozen
2014: The Lego Movie
2015: Inside Out
2016: Your Name
2017: Coco
2018: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2019: Klaus
2020: Soul

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHBm4wOlQ3E

For Ms. Mojo, they have it up to 2022, with:

2000: The Emperor's New Groove
2001: Shrek
2002: Lilo & Stitch
2003: Finding Nemo
2004: The Incredibles
2005: Wallace and Gromit in Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2006: Happy Feet
2007: Persepolis
2008: WALL-E
2009: Coraline
2010: Toy Story 3
2011: Rango
2012: Wreck-It Ralph
2013: Frozen
2014: The Lego Movie
2015: Inside Out
2016: Moana
2017: Coco
2018: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2019: Klaus
2020: Wolfwalkers
2021: Encanto
2022: Turning Red

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEU3bLi1MC0

They must be holding some sort of grudge against Zootopia. Maybe I ought to do my own...

Well, allow me to put those negative thoughts to rest:

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Well... she gets to see her dad again.

RIP Lisa Marie Presley

This is my rationale on these upcoming movies:

Super Mario Bros. - Still shaky on this idea. It's just because the games are made with the intention of being fun, not story or character development. So I will hold off any excitement until I see the movie for myself.

If anyone thinks video game movies are much different than how they were in the 90s, I'd like to know what they have to say about Mortal Kombat or Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. And those two came out TWO years ago.

Nimona - I know that Blue Sky hasn't been the best studio at least from a critical standpoint. So not a lot to be hyped up for here. The fact this is going to be their final movie is not filling me up with hope.

High in the Clouds - Being this is a movie based on a book by Paul McCartney, I'm interested.

The Monkey King - This movie is going to be based on the Chinese myth Sun Wukong. My history with the character dates back to seeing his recent Death Battle victory, but I say a little culture is always good.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Being a fan of the original movie, I will most definitely want to see this one.

Elemental - Being this is Pixar, I do have a good feeling. It feel a bit like that "Day & Night" short cartoon, but it will probably be good.

TMNT: Mutant Mayhem - Being a Ninja Turtles fan, this is another definite yes from me.

Spellbound - This already sounds like another Raya and the Last Dragon. Being that this isn't Disney, it might be a lot cheaper and with John Lasseter involved I think I should avoid this one.

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie - I have no use for PAW Patrol. The babies can have this franchise, and they're welcome to it.

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget - The original Chicken Run I did like, but this is coming out 23 years after the original movie! Well, Puss in Boots: the Last Wish turned out to be really solid and that came out 11 years after the original, but I doubt this will be worth waiting for.

Trolls 3 - I never once bothered watching anything related to this franchise, not even the holiday specials. So I'll pass.

Wish - Disney's been hyping this movie up a lot, and hopefully it will be great.

Migration - I haven't read anything about this movie, so I'm left in the dark about it.

What evidence do you have to suggest that Belchic?

I don't see any Wikipedia updates suggesting that it is.