Starring: Jim Cummings, Brenda Blethyn, Kyle Stanger, John Fiedler, Nikita Hopkins Directed By: Frank Nissen Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 24, 2005 Running Time: 68 minutes Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney Theatrical Release Date: February 11, 2005
Product Description: A welcome dose of old-fashioned animation for parents and a delightful, easy-to-follow experience for kids, this is a nostalgic cartoon feature for fans of the Pooh series. Rabbit, Piglet, Tigger, Eyore, Winnie the Pooh, Kanga, and Roo, are all on hand for a lesson in how to fearlessly face new and possibly strange experiences. The plot concerns the hysterical panic that arises when the gang learns of a nearby family of dreaded heffalumps. Their subsequent excursion into Heffalump Hollow to capture the beasts is not a great success, but the littlest member of each side--Lumpy (Kyle Stanger) and Roo (Nikita Hopkins)--end up meeting and becoming friends. Mutual distrust lingers amongst the other animals however, and when Pooh and company try to capture Lumpy, his well-meaning but overprotective mom (Brenda Blethyn) charges to the rescue. The always relevant "don't judge a book by its cover" moral is conveyed with subtlety and wit, the animation style is clean and calming, and the scenery is rendered with an easy-on-the-eye pastel palette. There's an assortment of fun and lovely songs as well, including: "The Horrible, Hazardous Heffalumps," "Shoulder to Shoulder," and "Little Mister Roo" by Carly Simon. Parents may heave a nice sigh of relief to see that an animated film doesn't have to be rife with hyperkinetic action and over-the-top clowning to excite their kids' imagination.
Amazon.com: Pooh's Heffalump Movie introduces a lovable new character to the Hundred Acre Wood. When mysterious noises spook Pooh, Piglet, and the others, Rabbit explains that everyone will have to band together to track down the dreaded Heffalump. Well, everyone, that is, except Roo, who's too small for the task. Not surprisingly, it's Roo who makes first contact, and he quickly finds out that first impressions aren't always true. You can see the Big Messages coming from a mile off (Xenophobia is bad! Don't underestimate little kids!), and one moment of mischief curiously passes without even requiring an apology. But kids will be charmed by the Heffalump and may even connect with the empowerment/maturity themes. Among the voice cast, Jim Cummings does knockout impressions of Sterling Holloway and Paul Winchell as the voices of Pooh and Tigger, respectively, and Carly Simon's songs are at their best when she sings them herself. --David Horiuchi
It nice ^ I have not saw or open yet, but I bought it for my godchild gift. He loves Pooh and it got here on time!
Fantastic for all ages! ^ This is a movie that even adults could take a lesson or two from. We have a movie night once a month, and my kids pick this just about every time. I would much rather have them watch this, than most of the other stuff out there.
Pooh's Heffalump Movie ^ We got this in excellent shape and expect to enjoy this movie for many years to come!
Sheer delight! ^ This is absolutely one of THE most precious little movies I've seen for a long time... SO appropriate for the little ones... My granddaughter is not quite two (LOVES Pooh) -- even Disney Classics have villians or some wicked character that must be overcome... To me, this concept is too intense for our very littles ones, at least until they are old enough to discuss such characters... Thank goodness for Winnie The Pooh, and the Heffalump movie is a great example of near perfection... Thank you, Disney!
hmmm ^ this movie went over like a lead balloon with my 3yr old grandbaby-he appeared to be bored with this movie and he LOVES Pooh in the classic stories and videos.
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