Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2011

Disney reboots its cash bear for a new generation of toddlers with this affectionate, retro melding of three H.H. Milne tales into one big yawn. Sorry, yarn. It refreshingly shuns CG and 3D and stays with the gentle pastels of the original watercolor illustrations of Hundred Acre Wood. I won’t talk about the plot, because you probably don’t care. Little kids will be entranced, though, and parents will appreciate its short running time. I liked that it stresses the written word, with the tale told as though turning the pages of a magical book featuring some charming visual interplay and animated text. Dubbed version only.