Pooh and friends take fans on a wonderful adventure

Christopher Robin has left for his first day of school in "Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Seach for Christopher Robin", but he didn't have the heart to tell his best friends from the playroom that he wouldn't be back to spend the entire day with them that day. Instead, he left a note for Pooh -- attached to a jar of honey -- that he was in school and would be back that afternoon. Unfortunately, most of his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood can't read.

Rabbit and Owl volunteer their expertise at reading the honey-soaked note and launch the group through a "grand adventure" as they try to rescue Christopher Robin from evil "Skull Rock" -- their reading of the note writer's admission that the boy has gone to school.

The movie then becomes a fun and interesting story of friendship and trust, even though the viewer is clued in from the beginning as to Christopher Robin's whereabouts. The creatures travel through the wood and past unknown lands to save their friend from a frightening fate. They pushed their fears aside and came together to save Christopher Robin.

I love this movie, as many Disney fans do. You come to expect Pooh's bumbling and Tigger's "can do" attitude in films about this bunch, but this movie becomes more than their weaknesses. It highlights their strengths -- that they are good friends despite their differences, and that they're all good friends of Christopher Robin's. In the process of saving their friend from this scary cave of monsters, personalities exhibit their warts before everything ends up well.

A word of warning, though. This movie can get a little scary for very young viewers. Fertile imaginations will create real monsters from the fears exhibited by the characters. Parents should be warned, but I wouldn't avoid the movie completely. I simply suggest parents be prepared for scary instances and be ready to discuss them with their child.

In inimitable Disney fashion, this movie is no longer available to buy. It has been put on the rotating list of classics available from the company, and its turn has not come up again. However, "Pooh's Grand Adventure" can be rented and it can be purchased through used-tapes venues.

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