My review of the film:

I watched this on Christmas and loved every single minute of it. Talk about nostalgia!

Here's an excerpt from the review:

To counter the rather morbid atmosphere created by the Black Christmas review, I figured I'd review something, you know, actually happy. Winnie the Pooh turned out to be the perfect choice. It is a wonderful little family film that effortlessly captures the childhood nostalgia of those who've been fans of Pooh and his friends for years. I loved A.A. Milne's books and I read them over and over--still do, actually, whenever I get the chance. And while there have been countless Pooh shorts and television spin offs (the majority of them being wonderful, nothing has ever quite topped the classic The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, of which Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day was a permanent childhood staple. Thankfully, this year's addition to the Pooh franchise is a refreshing throwback to the original cartoons. It is exquisite family entertainment that succeeds at making us chuckle, marvel at the classic hand drawn animation and leaves us, once the film comes to its unfortunate close, with a positive feeling, like good Pooh films should do, all complimented by 'So Long,' a song specifically composed and sung for the film by She and Him's Zooey Deschanel, whose melodic voice will capture your heart as well as the hearts of your children.

The plot here is as simple as the plots always have been--the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood have to find a new tail for Eeyore--and the true magic of this film is in the experience. Watching Winnie the Pooh is much like visiting old friends. We know them all and we know them well and we can always pick up, no matter how long it's been since we've seen each other, right from where we left off. The characters never change and that's why we love them. It is also very refreshing to see an animated film that is not rife with signs of the times, one that is not riddled with references to pop culture and adult innuendo. There is nothing adult about Winnie the Pooh and that is how it always should be. He is simply a bear of very little brain and a lot of body weight and that's how we expect to see him whenever we put one of his films into our DVD players. He does not attempt to be hip or cool--and he can't be. He can only be himself. He is very much a global phenomenon and a classic appropriate for all ages.