Piglet's Big Movie (2003)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

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:

Winnie the Pooh: I wish I had called it Pooh and Piglet Corner.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Samba in Mettmann (2004)

Soundtrack:

Winnie the Pooh

It's great that Piglet has his own movie but...

'Piglet's Big Movie' could have been much better. While watching it, it felt as though one was watching a straight to video Disney film. The dialogues were ordinary and the animation was a little too simplistic. That aside, the movie still has its charm mostly because of the characters and their camaraderie. The humour also works well most of the time. Piglet being the littlest one in the group and often ignored, the characters walk down memory lane while as they reminisce their little friend while searching for him. The songs have beautiful lyrics but most of them are poorly sung except for the one beautifully sung by Carly Simon herself which is one of the highlights of the movie. 'Piglet's Big Movie' may have its flaws but it's far from Disney's worst. Kids will enjoy it the most as there's a valuable lesson about friendship to be learned too but this is also applicable to adults who sometimes take the youngest one in their group for granted and fail to express their importance. Overall, I'm still glad that Piglet got his own movie.