One characteristic feature of the Disney Animated Sequel line as I am calling them was that they were all straight to home video releases (unlike the Classics which all had theatrical releases), and in some reviews so far I have called them home video sequels because they were all created by the Disney TV Animation studio. But just to throw a spanner in the works along comes a film that isn’t a Classic but did get a theatrical release that was created by Disney TV Animation. Something this confusing could only be thought up by a Tigger.
One day in the Hundred Acre Wood, Tigger (Jim Cummings) want a friend to go bouncing with him. However, much to Tigger’s dismay, nobody will go bouncing with him because none of them are Tiggers and can bounce like he can. Saddened, Tigger decides that he’s going to track down his family tree and find other Tiggers just like him. Meanwhile, sensing his fragile emotional state, Roo (Nikita Hopkins) wants to cheer Tigger up, so with the help of Pooh (also Jim Cummings) Piglet (John Fielder), Eeyore (Peter Cullen), Owl (Andre Stojka), and Kanga (Kath Soucie) they all devise a plan to show him that they’re his real family.
One day in the Hundred Acre Wood, Tigger (Jim Cummings) want a friend to go bouncing with him. However, much to Tigger’s dismay, nobody will go bouncing with him because none of them are Tiggers and can bounce like he can. Saddened, Tigger decides that he’s going to track down his family tree and find other Tiggers just like him. Meanwhile, sensing his fragile emotional state, Roo (Nikita Hopkins) wants to cheer Tigger up, so with the help of Pooh (also Jim Cummings) Piglet (John Fielder), Eeyore (Peter Cullen), Owl (Andre Stojka), and Kanga (Kath Soucie) they all devise a plan to show him that they’re his real family.
The Tigger Movie is a film that has a lot of sentimental value to me as I vividly remember watching it a lot with my sister when I was younger, which is very apt for a film about family. But putting that sentimentality to one side I still think that The Tigger Movie is one of the best Disney produced Winnie the Pooh films to this day.
The story at the centre of the film is the real star of the show as it not only remains true to A.A. Milne’s original characters and style of storytelling, but it does so in a way that doesn’t rely on fragmented styles of storytelling akin to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It’s a tightly paced and cohesive narrative about Tigger, famously proud for being the only one of his kind, suddenly coming to terms with the fact that he doesn’t actually want to be the only one of his kind.
It’s incredibly touching and I’d wager you won’t make it all the way through with dry eyes.
The animation quality is top notch too being at the time the best-looking Winnie the Pooh film to date. The animation is smooth, very colourful, and reminiscent of Milne’s original books in the same way Many Adventures was, yet attention to detail is significantly improved and twenty-three years’ worth of improvements in animation went into making The Tigger Movie look gorgeous.
The film is also accompanied by some fantastic original songs, with my personal favourite being ‘How to Be A Tigger’. They’re weaved into the story very well like any good musical and don’t exist for the sake of it. They feel meaningful and are all of a very high quality.
The Tigger Movie is perhaps the only Disney Animated Sequel to actually be better than the original Disney Classic. I couldn’t give this a higher recommendation if I tried and it’s a wonderful film for the whole family to enjoy. A must watch if there ever was one.
The story at the centre of the film is the real star of the show as it not only remains true to A.A. Milne’s original characters and style of storytelling, but it does so in a way that doesn’t rely on fragmented styles of storytelling akin to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It’s a tightly paced and cohesive narrative about Tigger, famously proud for being the only one of his kind, suddenly coming to terms with the fact that he doesn’t actually want to be the only one of his kind.
It’s incredibly touching and I’d wager you won’t make it all the way through with dry eyes.
The animation quality is top notch too being at the time the best-looking Winnie the Pooh film to date. The animation is smooth, very colourful, and reminiscent of Milne’s original books in the same way Many Adventures was, yet attention to detail is significantly improved and twenty-three years’ worth of improvements in animation went into making The Tigger Movie look gorgeous.
The film is also accompanied by some fantastic original songs, with my personal favourite being ‘How to Be A Tigger’. They’re weaved into the story very well like any good musical and don’t exist for the sake of it. They feel meaningful and are all of a very high quality.
The Tigger Movie is perhaps the only Disney Animated Sequel to actually be better than the original Disney Classic. I couldn’t give this a higher recommendation if I tried and it’s a wonderful film for the whole family to enjoy. A must watch if there ever was one.