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“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
Animation · Family · Adventure · 1997
Pooh gets confused when Christopher Robin leaves him a note to say that he has gone back to school after the holidays. So Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and Rabbit go in search of Christopher Robin which leads to a big adventure.
Movie details
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
“You're braver than you believe. Stronger than you seem. And smarter than you think.”
1997 Animation · Family · Adventure 1h 16m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.2 / 10
Community rating
Pooh gets confused when Christopher Robin leaves him a note to say that he has gone back to school after the holidays. So Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and Rabbit go in search of Christopher Robin which leads to a big adventure.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Karl Geurs
Written by
Karl Geurs · Carter Crocker
Jim Cummings
Winnie the Pooh / Skullasaurus growls / Tigger (singing) (voice)
John Fiedler
Piglet (voice)
Ken Sansom
Rabbit (voice)
Paul Winchell
Tigger (voice)
Peter Cullen
Eeyore (voice)
Brady Bluhm
Christopher Robin (voice)
Andre Stojka
Owl (voice)
Court is in session
Put Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.