Winnie the Pooh

There have been some changes made since Winnie the Pooh first appeared on the big screen back in 1966 in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. Some of the characters have new voices, such as Jim Cummings replacing Sterling Holloway as the voice of Pooh. And you can tell that the new film uses a lot of CGI effects that just don’t have the same warmth as the old-school hand-drawn animation did. Oddly enough, the best thing about the new Winnie the Pooh movie is that directors Stephen J Anderson and Don Hall have resisted the temptation to update the story or the characters in some misguided attempt to be hip to today’s young audience. Instead, they’ve stayed true to Pooh’s roots and created a delightfully entertaining family film.