The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) User Reviews

(8/10) Classic animated version of a wonderful story

[David Fick · 8/10 · 23 April 2000]

For many people, the adventures of Winnie the Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Woods represent a pinnacle of childhood. Disney's adaptation has immortalised the best of the classic Milne stories and provided the world with an animated film that remains unsurpassed for its good nature and unadulterated joy.

Three stories have been synthesised for this feature: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too. The featurettes are linked by a narrator who nicely blends the lines in this episodic movie. The vocal performances are all excellent, with Sterling Holloway as the tubby bear of the title and Paul Winchell as his bouncy pal, Tigger. Also a standout in the small cast of characters is Eeyore - voiced by Ralph Wright - whose many one liners cater for even the grouchiest of grown ups in the audience.

Disney has added a few neat little touches to Milne's source material, including the Gopher who runs around proclaiming "I'm not in the book, you know!". But the studio has stayed true to the skew logic that is at the heart of these classic stories - and that is why this film works. Watch this one whether you're looking for some good, clean entertainment for the kids or if you just want to return to the happiness of your childhood: it's a great film for everyone.

The epitome of innocence

[Atreyu_II · 7/10 · 16 July 2007]

The 22nd animated Disney classic is what I consider the epitome of innocence and childhood. This movie brings fond memories of a childhood that doesn't exist nowadays. It shows very well the beauty of life and magic of childhood, taking us to the relaxing and calm environment of the Hundred Acre Wood and back to the days when childhood was really childhood.

"The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" is simple but quite happy. It is narrated through a storybook and illustrations, which is a different way to tell a story.

This movie was made in a different way than the other Disney classics. The 3 Winnie the Pooh's shorts were put together, forming this motion picture but with the addiction of a conclusion. These 3 shorts are named "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree", "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day" and "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!". The movie includes 2 live-action segments (a small one at the beginning and a minor one at the end).

Following old Disney's tradition, it has great artwork, lovable characters, charming songs, classic humor and nice animation.

There are no villains (something rare on Disney classics) and the characters are all friends. They all have different personalities, but they're all cool.

Winnie the Pooh is a bear with little brain but he's funny, cute and adorable. He looks more like a doll. You know, like one of those Teddy Bears most children have or had once.

Eeyore is a sad, depressed and pessimist donkey. Rabbit is authoritarian, tense and sometimes unfair, but cool. Piglet is tiny, cute, shy and nervous. Tigger is carefree, wild, humorous, hilarious, amusing, very lively and loves to bounce on his friends. He bounces on Pooh, Piglet and Rabbit, but never on Cristopher Robin, Kanga, Roo, Eeyore, Gopher and Owl. It's good to have a character like Tigger to cheer us up.

Kanga is nice and her son Roo is cool, innocent and enthusiastic. The Owl is very talkative and wise. Cristopher Robin is a caring, sweet and friendly little boy - and he's always available for his friends and helps them whenever they need.

Gopher is hilarious - «he's not in the book» and it's simply awesome whenever he falls into his hole. He is inspired on the Beaver from "Lady and the Tramp". They both can talk and whistle at the same time.

As for the songs, they are simple but charming and childish in a good way. I like all these songs, it's hard to pick a favorite: "Winnie the Pooh", "Up, down and touch the ground", "Rumbly in my tumbly", "Little Black Rain Cloud", "Mind Over Matter", "A Rather Blustery Day", "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers", "Heffalumps and Woozles", "The Rain Rain Rain Came Down Down Down" and "Hip Hip Pooh-Ray!".

As usual, great voice talents from the past shine here too. The great Sterling Holloway provides the voice for Winnie the Pooh. Ralph Wright was a great Eeyore - that gloomy and deep voice is perfect for him. Rabbit was never the same again without Junius Matthews. Sebastian Cabot was a good narrator. John Fiedler is wonderful as Piglet's voice. Barbara Luddy made a good Kanga. Paul Winchell... what a genius! He was a perfect Tigger! Seriously, no one can replace him and Tigger just isn't the same without him.

A Perfect Childhood Film

[jordyntsmith · 7/10 · 25 May 2022]

A small collection of Pooh's early adventures.

I recently watched and introduced this to my toddler daughter and she absolutely loved it! I admit I enjoyed it more than I though I would too. I've seen it a couple times, and I surprisingly appreciate it more and more the older I get.

This film truly captures the wonderment of being a child. But not in a happy-go-lucky kind of way - the characters all experience what appear to be legit challenges - but in a way that really embraces the thoughts, struggles, and ability to overcome that was present at one time in all of us.

I think one would be hard pressed to find someone who truly did not like this film (they maybe just won't admit it).

A More Innocent Film Would Be Hard To Find

[ccthemovieman-1 · 10/10 · 21 February 2006]

Could you find a nicer, more innocent film than this one? I don't know. I haven't seen one.

What it is, I think, is a compilation of three films woven into one full-length film, movies that were originally done in the mid to late-1960s and then put into this format later. Whatever, it's simply a bunch of nice stories about the famous Pooh and his friends.

This is refreshing in that there is very, very little violence and no evil characters, no bad guys, both of which are unusual in animated films. The stories are told through a "book" which is pictured as the stories unfold. Illustrations are shown in the book and they they come to life to show the particularly story.

The voice of Pooh was done by one of the great voices in Hollywood history: Sterling Holloway. All the characters are quite different and there is nice humor here and there for adults and kids. This is as sweet-natured a film as you could ever find. To some it may sound boring, but it's so different in its approach that it is subtly appealing to all ages. I liked and appreciated it much more on the second viewing then acquired the DVD for the third look.

This is timeless material and very highly recommended for your kids and for you. Almost everyone alive right now remembers these books from childhood and remembers them fondly. If it brings back good memories to you, you'll love this movie.

One of my favorites, now my son's favorite!

[bsbcowboysfn · 30 October 2002]

I always loved Winnie the Pooh. This is my favorite of all the Pooh movies. My favorite story is the first one, Winnie The Pooh and the Honey Tree, where Pooh eats too much honey and gets stuck in Rabbit's hole. It is such a heartwarming movie. I love most of the Disney movies that I saw, but this has to be one of my all time faves. My son, who is now 14 months old, is an absolute Winnie the Pooh nut. He goes nuts when the opening comes on (even though only Pooh's right arm and leg are seen). His favorite is also The Honey Tree story. Unfortunately, I dread the very last story, because he cries because the movie is over, and that means the end of the movie. He watches it so much, I have to have a second copy! If you have children, or even if you don't and you just plain love Disney (like me and my son), I highly recommend Pooh. It will really cheer you up when you are feeling bad, so I really recommend this movie (you won't be sorry you bought it!).

Like the Rescuers, immensely charming!

[TheLittleSongbird · 10/10 · 5 March 2009]

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

Most innocent movie ever

[Bored_Dragon · 7/10 · 1 December 2017]

Disney classic that can not be judged by criteria we use for most of the movies. There's no much of a story, nor acting or directing, or any other special qualities technically speaking. But this movie perfectly portrays innocence of childhood. It's not probable anyone with two-digit age would find it interesting, but it is sweet as honey and only someone without a heart could resist loving this chubby bear.

7/10

An excellent movie

[m-m-gotts · 10/10 · 7 July 2005]

This is easily one of Disney's best animated movies. A good range of characters each with different qualities so they can bring out different things in each viewer. There are a lot of songs in this movie but all of them are enjoyable and relate to the story. People of all ages can sit and watch this film together and not get bored as everyone can enjoy it and it gives adults the perfect excuse to switch off for a while and remember a time when things were easier. Also even the youngest children can sit through this and not wonder is it nearly finished?, because everything holds the attention. I have seen this movie so many times but it still cheers me up when I'm feeling blue. After all who can resist Winnie the Pooh? A truly excellent, classic movie.

A cute, cosy cartoon, but not a classic

[CuriosityKilledShawn · 7/10 · 16 October 2008]

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh are actually three separate theatrical shorts stitched together with some new footage (in much the same way as Daffy Duck's Quackbusters). Because of this, there is no consistent story from beginning to end other than the usual hapless, hijinks of the animals from Hundred Acre Wood.

Disney certainly don't make cartoons like this anymore, they're too busy with soulless rubbish like Meet the Robinsons. TMAOWTP was certainly one of their last greats of old-school animation. The seasonal colors of Hundred Acre Wood and the backgrounds are rather enchanting and atmospheric. I actually had a huge poster from Winnie Pooh and the Blustery Day on my bedroom wall when I was a kid and I could literally look at it for hours as there was so much detail to it.

I'm not too keen on Christopher Robin though, he's just a bit too effeminate for me. I hear that Disney are planning on replacing him with a tomboyish girl for future Winnie the Pooh projects. Well, I'm fine with that. The Disney-fied Pooh deviates so far from AA Milne's creation that one more alteration is hardly significant.

And why don't they ever call him Winnie?

A true Disney masterpiece.

[Greatlife675 · 10/10 · 17 May 2006]

Yes, I know that this feature is made of 3 previously made shorts, or a package feature as Walt Disney would call it, but it's still wonderful in every way.

Walt Disney chose the perfect cast for the films. Sterling Holloway was the perfect voice for Pooh. Paul Winchell was the Best Tigger ever! John Fiedler voiced his heart out on Piglet. And the others? I'll say that they're wonderful.

The music score is truly one of the greatest musical scores ever. I mean I could just hum it to myself over and over and over again.

And the songs are really catchy, too. Like the theme song, and The Wonderful Thing about Tiggers, and the others, I like them, too.

The ending created just for this movie, is truly one of the most heart-touching endings ever. It really shows that boys and girls, like Christopher Robin, have to say good-bye to their childhood friends. But if I were you, I say to keep them in your memories as your fondest.

So there you have it. A great review for an even greater movie. What more could you ask for?

Sweet little movie

[JBingeWatcher · 7/10 · 31 December 2020]

It's a really innocent movie, but mostly for children. There isn't much that hits deep for the adults who watch it with the kids. That's not necessarily bad, but if there was I would have given it an higher score. I like the music and the authentic style though. The movie has a couple of stories and I don't like it when a movie does that. In my opinion a movie should be one big story.

Possibly Disney's greatest classic!

[Norway1 · 10/10 · 21 June 1999]

This film, though not my personal favorite, could possibly be Disney's best animated movie ever. I love the innocence and the adorable characters!

Having Sebastian Cabot as narrator is an exceptionally nice touch.

I love the way it flows just like a story book, with the pages turning and characters jumping from one picture to another: Original and brilliant!

Too bad they couldn't retain the originality and charm in this film's short predecessors.

Certainly one of history's all time greatest classics in the Disney portfolio.

10 out of 10.

For young ages

[apararas · 6/10 · 9 March 2020]

Nice anmation still handdrawing,nice music and characters but I would recommend it for young ages.Children will love it and for the adults it will bring a smile on your face.

For The Love Of Honey!

[strong-122-478885 · 5/10 · 12 March 2018]

The one thing that I have never, ever understood about this particular teddy bear was, of course, his name..... 'Cause - Let's face it - "Winnie" is, indeed, a female name - (and) - Pooh (!!??) - Like, what the heck is that referring to - A bowel movement!!??

Anyway - For the most part - This cute, Disney production (from 1977) was a fairly entertaining childhood-fantasy story whose animation was often presented on quite an imaginative way.

Set in the fictitious "100 Acre Wood" - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was the very first full-length presentation to feature the likes of this peculiar teddy bear and all of his animal pals.

This production won an Oscar for "Best Cartoon Short".

My favourite character of all is, of course, good, old Tigger.

Wonderful evocations of the Pooh world, closely based on the originals

[metaphor-2 · 14 October 1999]

This film is actually comprised of three earlier featurettes ("Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree", "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day", "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, Too"), the first three of the four Disney efforts at filming the world of Winnie The Pooh which (the fourth was "A Day for Eyeore") that were closely based on specific A.A. Milne stories, and were excellently done. Despite not being drawn the way E. H. Sheppard originally illustrated them (which is, perhaps a loss), the characters are played with great respect for the way they were written. They have been Americanized in their speech, and they don't rely so much on the British comedy of manners that Milne mined so successfully, but they are quite solidly the same "people" they were in the books. Sterling Holloway is a marvelous Pooh whose his furry voice seems to convey both his outer softness and his mental fuzziness. Paul Winchell's Tigger is probably an improvement of the original, simply because words alone could never really convey Tigger's manic exuberance the way Winchell's performance does. Ralph Wright's Eyeore is a delight, and the other characters hold their own and uphold their tradition completely.

The one completely un-Milne touch that has been added seems to me entirely acceptable, too. This is the occasional presence, in the story, of the Narrator, whose intervention helps move the characters through some of the more difficult moments. It is a touch of gentleness that is not cloying at all, and is occasionally rather witty.

These stories are genuinely wholesome without being sticky. If you want to feed your kids entertainment that's truly funny, has decent human values, is completely free of potty jokes, and will stand up for 6-year-olds yet won't scare three-year-olds, it doesn't get much better than this.

It doesn't get any cuter than this...

[planktonrules · 10/10 · 19 July 2007]

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.

Bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, wouncy, fun fun fun fun fun!

[Foux_du_Fafa · 8/10 · 26 August 2012]

"The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" combines the three original featurettes based on A.A. Milne's original Pooh stories (the first two of which were produced under Walt Disney's guidance) with some new brief linking segments and a new, touching epilogue. Although ultimately Americanised, the original wit and tone of A.A. Milne is captured well, something that a lot of subsequent Disney Pooh product can't claim. Adapting E.H. Shepard's lovely illustrations with a touch of the Disney style, it contains so many wonderful, whimsical moments - Pooh getting stuck in Rabbit's front door, Piglet being blown away by the wind, Tigger shocking Pooh with tales of hefalumps and woozles - plus a wonderful array of tunes from the Sherman Brothers songbook.

The supposed original intention with the Pooh property was to produce a feature, but was eventually reconfigured as a running series of featurettes with the option of compiling them to create a feature-length release. Re-combining the shorts into a feature was seen as a sort of tribute to Walt Disney's original intention, but it does ultimately seem a bit disconnecting. In particular, the style and quality of the later "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too" segment doesn't quite match that of the two preceding chapters. As a result, I do think the three segments perhaps work a bit better as shorts of their own, but nonetheless, the material is utterly charming and still works reasonably well in a feature compilation format. Worth a look.

This offering has a lot of trouble deciding whether . . .

[pixrox1 · 7/10 · 21 June 2022]

. . . it wants to be a film or a book. There are at least 34 separate interruptions of the animation to picture literal book pages. These literary interludes last anywhere from a few seconds to nearly a minute. When a viewer considers that this flick is less than 74 minutes in duration, devoting so much time to merely showing pages in a book in such a disruptive fashion calls the sanity of the alleged film producer into serious question. There used to be a television program called CAPTAIN KANGAROO. If you watch old episodes on Today's version of TV Land, you'll see the Captain reading ACTUAL books as the camera pans and scans the ACTUAL book pages. I saw the episode where Mr. Kangaroo reads Mulligan's Steam Shovel in such fashion. It was far more efficient and riveting than what Dizzy does with Pooh.

*****:perfect 5 stars,the BEST! classic disney film.

[PJS-5 · 10/10 · 30 April 1999]

True the other known classic disney film's are all grand in their own way,such as "Peter Pan" or "Snow White & the 7 dwarfs" but truly once you see those like that so many flipping times you can get kinda bored of them (a bit) but not this one. true it was made in the late 70's but it's still a disney classic,it has all the wonderful WTP(or pooh for short) characters & classic stories that will delight children & adults,ah heck anybody of all ages will love it,it is truly a great classic for the entire family to see,so I truly recommend this over any older disney classic.

Sweet and never slows down

[briancham1994 · 7/10 · 2 June 2020]

The advantage this film has over the recent Winnie the Pooh (2011) is that it includes three stories in one film, meaning that it never has to slow down or stretch its content. Each of the stories is really sweet and funny.

This is, quite simply, the greatest anthology film ever

[matthewssilverhammer · 8/10 · 22 October 2017]

Each vignette is among the funniest, sweetest and most sincere of Disney's projects, and it also connects them all with a magically endearing storybook frame that never feels the least bit contrived. Pooh is such a fantastic character for young kids; he's self-interested, lazy and dumb, which helps his ultimate goodness not be as cloying and fake as many characters for pre-schoolers. For adults, it's a whimsical, beautiful, smart and hilarious confection.

3rd of the 8 in the Dark Era

[Centaurus3 · 7/10 · 26 May 2013]

This film is a 3-part package film (1 was produced by Ealt Disney before his death) These three shorts were released separately years before the film was released, and then was released together in 1977. This started the Winnie the Pooh franchise.

The three shorts are Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too. These shorts are simple, yet interesting. We are really just enjoying the characters, as the plots are not really strong, but the characters are enjoyable, so it works.

Like I said, the characters are really enjoyable. Everybody knows Winnie, Tigger, Piglet, Owl, Rabbit, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, and Christopher Robin. They each have their own distinct personalities, and they all work really well together. You care for them, want to know what happens to them, and get really invested in these characters.

The songs have this jazzy yet innocent sound to it. Songs like "Winnie the Pooh", "Heffalumps and Woozles", "Hip Hip Pooh-Ray", and more will be stuck in your head, and are extremely catchy.

The animation in this film is Xerography at its best. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is supposed to be this innocent and laid-back theme to it, and the animation reflects that. It is beautifully and perfectly sketchy, which fits the time of the movies unlike so many of the movies done with xerography animation. It is actually appealing to the eye.

This package film is pretty good, even though it drags at times, and it captures your interests, but this is a film that is more geared towards little kids, and it is a package film. It is good, but the fact that it is a package film holds t back from being one of the better Disney movies.

Just fun...that's all...

[PeachHamBeach · 10/10 · 26 May 2002]

Not just for kids. Winnie-The-Pooh is fun for anyone. Not cutesy or stupid, just fun that anyone can love. My seven year old sister loves it and I can watch it over and over with her. Pooh, as voiced by Sterling Holloway, is a lovable hero/protag who only wants to get a good bellyfull of honey. Tigger is the action, always bouncing and creating mischief. Rabbit is the lovable sour grouch who adds to Tigger's fun. "Why does it ALWAYS HAVE TO BE ME??? WHY OH WHY OH WHY???!!!" Owl is hilarious in all his refined British humor. Piglet is a hapless, undersized creature who does his best to stay out of trouble...and strong blustery winds. Nobody dies or is the victim of violence. This is a fun escape into the innocence of childhood without being victimized by Barney or the Teletubbies, thank you!!!

Nursery Disney classic

[andromaro · 7/10 · 10 May 2023]

Generally speaking Disney animation tends to be great because it appeals to both the little ones and the grown ups, however I've found this movie to be prominently childish.

It is made of three segments, of which only the second had the right amount of silliness to make me laugh (Piglet always gets me). The first segment was just uninteresting, and in the third one I was rooting for grumpy Rabbit because Tigger is just obnoxious.

I will give credit to this movie anyway because of two reasons: first, for kids it is just an outstandingly positive and happy movie, so heartwarming and cozy. Second, that final scene just hits heavy in the guts. The nostalgia it triggers is bound to mellow the most bitter viewer, almost like...hunny?

My chronological reviews for the 3 segments of this movie:

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 15 July 2015]

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.