Piglet's Big Movie (2003)

Director:

Francis Glebas

Writers:

A.A. Milne (books)
Brian Hohlfeld (writer)

Release Date:

21 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family | Mystery

Tagline:

A tale you'll never forget

Plot:

When Piglet comes up missing his Hundred Acre Wood friends use Piglet's own Book of Memories to find him, discovering along the way just how big a role he's played in their lives.

Plot Keywords:

Disney Animated Feature | Winnie The Pooh | Friendship | Bear | Pig

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

John Fiedler	...	Piglet (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Winnie the Pooh / Tigger (voice)
Andre Stojka	...	Owl (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	Kanga (voice)
Nikita Hopkins	...	Roo (voice)
Peter Cullen	...	Eeyore (voice)
Ken Sansom	...	Rabbit (voice)
Tom Wheatley	...	Christopher Robin (voice)

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Denmark:A | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. (w) | Philippines:G | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:U | USA:G

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The first time since Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983) that the original A.A. Milne books were used as source material. With one slight exception (see below).

Goofs:

Continuity: The lengths of the sticks that Pooh, Piglet and Tigger carry to make Eeyore's house change from shot to shot.

Quotes:

Tigger: We're genouses.
[honey gets poured on him]
Tigger: Sticky genoiuses!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Samba in Mettmann (2004)

Soundtrack:

The More It Snows

Not as good as the classics by Winnie the Pooh used to be

"Piglet's Big Movie", a movie especially dedicated to our tiny friend Piglet. It's grateful to see a movie showing Piglet's heart of gold at its best, as well as it is grateful to see Piglet's friends realizing how important Piglet is in their lives.

However, the movie just isn't as good as the old Winnie the Pooh's classics, such as "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree", "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day", Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!", "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore" and the movie "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" itself.

Where do I start? For one thing, the cast voice is entirely different (except for John Fiedler, who was still the voice of Piglet) and this makes the characters's voices and personalities change dramatically, especially in the case of Tigger and Rabbit. What happen to the good old bouncing and joyful Tigger? And what is Tigger without the genius Paul Winchell? And what is Rabbit without his sense of authority and nervous personality portrayed by Junius Matthews?

What else? The humor is nothing special on this one and can't possibly be compared to the classic humor of the earlier efforts by Winnie the Pooh. Besides, the artwork's quality is slightly weak. The artwork's quality in the good oldies have much more "life" than on this one.

Nevertheless, this animated film has some good moments, although in a general evaluation I can't rate it as high as the gold classics. I liked very much the ending of this film, when Piglet's friends are searching for him close to a waterfall and Piglet suddenly appears and rescues them from falling down the waterfall.

Overall, an okay animated movie, but not more than this, except for kids.