Piglet's Big Movie (2003)

Director:

Francis Glebas

Writers:

A.A. Milne (books)
Brian Hohlfeld (writer)

Release Date:

21 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Mystery

Tagline:

A tale you'll never forget

Plot:

When Piglet comes up missing his Hundred Acre Wood friends use Piglet's own Book of Memories to find him, discovering along the way just how big a role he's played in their lives.

Plot Keywords:

Rabbit | Winnie The Pooh | Bear | Kangaroo | Friendship

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

John Fiedler	...	Piglet (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Winnie the Pooh / Tigger (voice)
Andre Stojka	...	Owl (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	Kanga (voice)
Nikita Hopkins	...	Roo (voice)
Peter Cullen	...	Eeyore (voice)
Ken Sansom	...	Rabbit (voice)
Tom Wheatley	...	Christopher Robin (voice)

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Denmark:A | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. (w) | Philippines:G | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:U | USA:G

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The first time since Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983) that the original A.A. Milne books were used as source material. With one slight exception (see below).

Goofs:

Continuity: When the raindrop falls onto piglets scrapbook, the picture smudges, but when Pooh etc are getting the lost pages of the book out of the river, they are clearly dripping wet but the image isn't smudged.

Quotes:

Tigger: We're genouses.
[honey gets poured on him]
Tigger: Sticky genoiuses!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Samba in Mettmann (2004)

Soundtrack:

If I Wasn't So Small

Sweet children's movie

Piglet's Big Movie is a sweet children's movie, though I don't think it is as good as the Tigger Movie. There are flaws with the movie, the characters due to the voice actors changing have drastically changed, Rabbit especially. The plot is a little unfocused, it is nice that adorable Piglet has his own movie, but only the last quarter of or so of the film was dedicated completely to Piglet, there were parts when it was suggestive of an extended TV episode. And it is rather short, so the limitations in script and plot are glaring sadly. However, the voice acting is very good, Jim Cummings is marvellous as Tigger and Pooh, and John Fiedler voices Piglet beautifully. The art work, while not as good as the animation in the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, is still decent, and the songs by Carly Simon, especially the stirring Sing Ho For the Life of the Bear are surprisingly memorable. All in all, sweet. 7/10 Bethany Cox