★ 7 / 10
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo is a
Doug N.
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo is a really charming little musical with a fun Easter twist on A Christmas Carol, featuring the beloved Winnie the Pooh…
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo is a really charming little musical with a fun Easter twist on A Christmas Carol, featuring the beloved Winnie the Pooh characters. The story follows Rabbit as he cancels Easter and replaces it with “Spring Cleaning Day,” making everyone do chores instead of celebrating. Roo ends up helping Rabbit see that he’s being a bit too strict, and that spending time with friends matters more than following rules perfectly. The hand-drawn animation is bright, colorful, and whimsical—exactly what you’d expect from a Pooh movie. The songs are cute and catchy, and they fit nicely into the story. Some standouts are “Easter Day with You”, “The Way It Must Be Done”, and “The Grandest Easter of Them All.” Overall, it’s a sweet and heartwarming spin on a familiar story, and a great pick if you’re looking for something light and festive to watch around Easter with family or if you’re a Pooh fan.
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★ 5 / 10
Used to love this movie, but now I
Frederick S
Used to love this movie, but now I like watched the first few minutes on the plane ride to South Carolina last year. I don't like the part where Rabbit says NO…
Used to love this movie, but now I like watched the first few minutes on the plane ride to South Carolina last year. I don't like the part where Rabbit says NO because each 6 shaking frame takes 5 seconds. And then it cuts to black.
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DrNo
Well, I'm not sure if the other person that commented on this movie watched the same one as myself. Granted, this film is geared toward children, however, it's…
Well, I'm not sure if the other person that commented on this movie watched the same one as myself. Granted, this film is geared toward children, however, it's message seems a bit off target, considering the subject matter.To say this movie was something the entire family can enjoy together is to assume the parents have an IQ not much higher than that of their child.But before I say anything, I'm not some religious nut.The movie is loosely adapted from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Had the central holiday in question in this movie been Christmas, it's message would have made more sense. However, it was Easter, and, according to the characters, Easter is the time of year when "we show our buddies that we care." Easter is about caring and sharing, not a religious holiday celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus. In effect, the movie makes it explicitly clear that Easter isn't a religious holiday at all, but a time to celebrate the coming of Spring. It seems to have been made in typical Disney fashion; sanitized and devoid of the true meaning behind the holiday, such as Christmas, which, as has been transformed over the years to be a celebration of Winter and, yet again, a time when "we show our buddies that we care", as opposed to its original context, that being a religious holiday to celebrate the birth of a particular religious figure. Had Disney done the same thing to a Muslim, Jewish, or even Hindu holiday, I dare say there'd be quite the backlash and protest. However, it's just a Christian holiday and who cares if a few "believers" are even slightly taken aback by the warped rendition and interpretation Disney gives to their holiest of days. Thankfully, my daughter is far to young to understand any of this and certainly too young to care. She just likes watching Winnie the Pooh bumble his way through life. However, with older children, I hate to sound conspiratorial, but honest to God, you really have to wonder: are the people who made this film trying to re-educate children? You can write it off as merely a fun movie for tots to sit and gawk at for an hour, but at the same time, you have to admit, children aren't entirely stupid. They understand a lot more than I think we normally give them credit. And I find it difficult to believe that of all the people who helped make this movie, from director to child psychologists, surely at least one of them had to have the same sense of it all as I did. If I were you, I'd probably just skip this title in favor of getting some of the old Warner Brothers cartoons.
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