This feature film actually consisted of three previous half hour shorts==the first three Pooh toons made by Disney Studios. All are standout films because they are spectacularly better than all the many later incarnations of Pooh. While the Saturday morning cartoons and all the made for Disney Channel things were of decent quality, they just don't come close to this film in quality of animation (with amazingly detailed line drawings),voices and style. It just doesn't get any better than having narration by Sebastian Cabot as well Paul Winchell and Sterling Holloway as Tigger and Pooh. And as far as style goes, I love how the stories literally fall from the pages of the A. A. Milne books as well as Tigger talking to the narrator! It's all so adorable--it's about as cute as you can get without inducing nausea! A wonderful treat for kids and adults, this is a must-see offering from Disney and only a die-hard curmudgeon could not love this film.

This film is like a childhood memory, I love it, and I'm 16. The animation is beautiful, especially in Blustery Day, one of the three vignettes that make up the film. On this subject, I think this is the only Disney movie, that makes outstanding use of the vignettes, which were tied together by a very thoughtful narrative by Sebastian Cabot, who sadly died the year the film it was released. The songs by the Sherman brothers, are amusing and memorable actually. The Heffalumps and Woozles song was my favourite. What impressed me most was that the vignettes, while simple but innocent and cute, were very faithful to the equally charming stories by A.A.Milne. The characters were really inspiring, helped by a very spirited voice cast, Sterling Holloway and Paul Winchell as standouts. John Fiedler and Junius Matthews were also amusing as Piglet and Rabbit, and Bruce Reitherman was also good as Christopher Robin. My ONLY criticism of this movie, is that I felt it was a bit too short. Watch this film, and maybe the other Winnie the Pooh films, but they do lack the charm of this innocent little gem. 10/10 Bethany Cox

1) Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree - This 20-minute, Grammy award nominated, animated short film from almost 50 years ago was actually the first appearance of the honey-addicted bear Winnie the Pooh on the screen. The director is German Wolfgang Reitherman. You could basically divide it into two parts. In the first half, Pooh Bear realizes that he has no more honey left. So he goes to get some, but obviously taking honey means getting in trouble with bees. And that's exactly what happens. After he and his pal Christopher Robin are chased by a huge quantity of bees, he gives up and thinks about other ways to get honey. Thankfully, his rabbit buddy still has some and so he visits him and eats it all up. Unfortunately, afterward, Pooh is too fat to get out of the rabbit hole and he is stuck. Christopher Robin knows no solution either, so Pooh Bear has to wait till he loses enough weight to get out on his own again. Of course, he still wants to eat honey while he is stuck. I have to say this was not a horrible short film by any means, but it's still too little material for over 20 minutes in my opinion. This was the first Pooh Bear film, was even made before the Soviet adaptation, but it's certainly not the best. Not recommended.

2) Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day - They say when you have nothing to talk about you just talk about the weather and this also applies to this 20-minute short film. Basically, everything that happens in here is massive rainfall and resulting from it a huge flood. The director is Wolfgang Reitherman again and this one here won an Oscar even, the last for Walt Disney, quite a while after his death already. It was the second entry to the American Pooh series. However, I felt that just like with the first there was too little interesting action in here. Tigger was entirely forgettable really in here. Even his presentation was nothing special. Piglet added something nice and also shows us that Pooh is not only an always-hungry bear, but also a loyal friend. But the ending was so weird nonetheless. Owl randomly moves into Piglet's home and he just have to go? That was so strange. Why wouldn't the owl simply move in with Pooh. Anyway, all in all certainly one of the weaker Academy Award winners from the Best Animated Short Film category. Not recommended.

3) Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too - This is the third and last of the Winnie Pooh trilogy by Wolfgang Reitherman and Sterling Holloway. Just like the second, it got nominated for an Academy Award, but this time it did not win. After watching all three of these I have to say that I prefer the 3 Soviet Films about Winnie Pooh. They have as much action as these American films, but it's much more essential as not all of the Russian films run for 20 minutes. There's just not enough happening in here. I even wondered after the first how Rabbit became a friend of everybody and after watching this third film I have to ask that question again. I mean he is really mean to Tigger here. Yes the bouncing may be annoying, but why forbid him to do it. And what was up with that Hansel & Gretel idea of leaving him alone in the deserted forest? Seriously? That's just cruel. In any case, I do not recommend this third film either.