Based on the endearing characters in AA Milne's classic tales, The Tigger movie takes audiences back to the enchanted neighbourhood of Christopher Robin's childhood days. Deep in the Hundred Acre Wood, cuddly Pooh Bear and his friends prepare for what is expected to be a long and cold winter. While Rabbit is leading the preparations, the ever exuberant Tigger wants nothing more than to find a bouncing partner. But after being bounced right into a freezing stream, Rabbit scolds Tigger, telling him to go away and find some other Tiggers to play with. A short time later, Owl advises Tigger that the easiest way to find Tiggers is to simply look up his family tree.
Special Agent Matti
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The morality of The Tigger movie is pretty straight forward: some people are misfits but it's the duty of normal people to love them anyway. That's a pretty good ethos for kiddie winks to learn. It's done in a relatively subtle manner so they won't feel like they're being brow-beaten with another rule that parents lay down but don't follow themselves.
The animation is top notch, the songs are bouncy (except for the sad one) and the story is engaging. It's faithful to the spirit of the Pooh mythos even though it's centred on Tigger and Roo rather than the bear. If you like hunny then you'll like the t-i-double g-rrrr's very own movie.
G
75 minutes (1:15 hours)
VHS rental: 15 November 2000
DVD rental: 20 March 2002
