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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful: Endearing!, 25 April 2004 Author: Cornwells5 from New York State, US
This movie has captivated not only my almost three-year-old's attention, but the hearts of our entire family! This movie is sweet, charming, and chock-full of reminders of how we should value and treat our precious friendships! Being the "tiny voice" in the group, Piglet and his kindnesses are often overlooked, leaving him feeling alone and insignificant...how many of us can relate to that, especially our children?! Piglet's friends reminisce and slowly figure out that their precious friend is a priceless treasure! I know my children have thought twice about how they are treating their friends after having seen this movie! The very best part is the music! Carly Simon has written the sweetest lyrics and melodies that my three-year-old insists I sing to him before bed each night. Songs include, "A Few Good Friends", "A Mother's Intuition", and Simon's own, softer version of Pooh's theme song.Don't miss this delightfully enchanting film...you'll be "singing" its praises too!!
2 out of 2 people found the following review useful: A big disappointment for both kids and adults alike, 4 December 2003 Author: Karen West (muttley-2) from London, England
I bought this movie on DVD as a present for my 3 year old nephew. What a disappointment it turned out to be. He got up and went to do some painting after about 15 minutes and I can't say I blame him. This movie just regurgitates all the old Pooh stories and is not really about Piglet at all. What a total waste of time and a complete rip off by Disney.If you want to see an animated feature that is entertaining for kids and adults then see Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc or Shrek instead. Avoid this one like the plague!
3 out of 4 people found the following review useful: Another Disney Abortion, 28 April 2005 Author: Chapaev36 from Canada
Previous comments have already covered that this movie basically recycles old Winnie The Pooh stories (including the original book) - the little kids may not care but don't the authors owe more to the fans of the series and actually produce a decent screenplay? What I enjoyed about the series from the late 80s and early 90s is that it was, in large part, accessible for both adults and children. They were cute but rather intelligent.This movie borders on the sadistic at times - such as the scene where Kanga puts Piglet through the ordeal of giving him a bath, while perfectly knowing that he is Roo. Now, I realize that this is yet another recycled story but the way it is handled resembles something from the Animaniacs. The writers basically said 'let's make something that'll make the kiddies laugh before they are old enough to realize it is not funny.' There is no sensitivity or creativity shown whatsoever.My advice to parents - buy Milne's book or, if you are desperately looking for a rental, get your kid a Miyazaki.
4 out of 6 people found the following review useful: As Winnie-the-Pooh would say, Ho Hum., 25 March 2003 Author: Ellen Roemer from Oshkosh, WI, USA
I took a 5 year old to this and she liked the songs, she said but she wiggled and squirmed the whole time because the film drags along going over former tales about the friends of piglet. Cute but for 5 and under for sure.
Sweet children's movie, 10 October 2009 Author: TheLittleSongbird from United Kingdom
Piglet's Big Movie is a sweet children's movie, though I don't think it is as good as the Tigger Movie. There are flaws with the movie, the characters due to the voice actors changing have drastically changed, Rabbit especially. The plot is a little unfocused, it is nice that adorable Piglet has his own movie, but only the last quarter of or so of the film was dedicated completely to Piglet, there were parts when it was suggestive of an extended TV episode. And it is rather short, so the limitations in script and plot are glaring sadly. However, the voice acting is very good, Jim Cummings is marvellous as Tigger and Pooh, and John Fiedler voices Piglet beautifully. The art work, while not as good as the animation in the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, is still decent, and the songs by Carly Simon, especially the stirring Sing Ho For the Life of the Bear are surprisingly memorable. All in all, sweet. 7/10 Bethany Cox
It's great that Piglet has his own movie but..., 4 September 2009 Author: Senyales from Fraggle Rock
'Piglet's Big Movie' could have been much better. While watching it, it felt as though one was watching a straight to video Disney film. The dialogues were ordinary and the animation was a little too simplistic. That aside, the movie still has its charm mostly because of the characters and their camaraderie. The humour also works well most of the time. Piglet being the littlest one in the group and often ignored, the characters walk down memory lane while as they reminisce their little friend while searching for him. The songs have beautiful lyrics but most of them are poorly sung except for the one beautifully sung by Carly Simon herself which is one of the highlights of the movie. 'Piglet's Big Movie' may have its flaws but it's far from Disney's worst. Kids will enjoy it the most as there's a valuable lesson about friendship to be learned too but this is also applicable to adults who sometimes take the youngest one in their group for granted and fail to express their importance. Overall, I'm still glad that Piglet got his own movie.
Not as good as the classics by Winnie the Pooh used to be, 2 December 2007 Author: Atreyu_II from The world of artists
"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.
Wot u on about?, 10 July 2006 Author: Lil_Kim69 from poole
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Piglets big movie is the best movie I've seen, nd I'm 15! i watch it over and over. the music is great and the story line is gripping!!! i disagree with anyone who says it is rubbish when i don't think it is! at the end i was on the verge of tears! it is an emotional film about friendship, if only we all had friends like them! Piglets big movie shows that no matter how small you are you are big in peoples lives and that meant something to me as I'm short! it made me see that no matter how much you think no one needs you, at least one person needs you and would do anything to make sure you are ok1 i was so thankful for my friends after i saw this film!!
Pooh kicks Barney's butt!, 19 April 2006 Author: americandragonfreak from United States
Pooh rocks! This film is great just like the others. I nearly cried when Pooh lost Piglet's scrap-book. This film is cute just like all the others and I have a friend who thinks Pooh cares more about his honey than his friends, which this movie prooves is false.Piglet feels left out because of his size and runs away. Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Roo and Rabbit are concerned and look for him using his scrap book. Along the way they learn that Piglet is a big part in their lives and that they took advantage of him. In the end Pooh is almost killed, but Piglet saves him. This film is good and is underrated just like all the Pooh films!Plus, Carly Simon ain't half bad at singing the songs.POOH ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sweet, 2 July 2005 Author: cryptobat from Perth Australia
I saw the Disney's animated pooh stories as a child. Now I am old enough to have my own kids (I'm 24) and I'm so glad Disney has continued to make such lovely kiddy movies. There's really nothing to dislike when it comes to choosing something sweet, innocent and good for children.the song are fun.However! as an animation nut I am afraid it is a let down for an adult audience, fans or otherwise. As this movie is not really a movie at all but a series of short stories revolving around piglet. Still kids won't care. And the songs are nice. The animation is not improved from the TV series, but that's OK as its nice anyway. And little kids again won't CARE about movie quality animation. And that's what people need to realize. This is made for CHILDREN and not adults like so many movies are nowadays. Gone are the purely INNOCENT movie of our heydays. Like Dumbo and Bambi.fans will smile, if your not a fan don't bother...simple as that really
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