Pooh's Heffalump Movie

Clocking in at just barely more than an hour, director Frank Nissen takes us back to the Hundred Acre Wood for some lessons on diversity, some sing-alongs with Carly Simon and, of course, some honey. Winnie the Pooh and the rest of the A.A. Milne-inspired gang let the fear of the unknown run amuck when their wild imaginations of the highly-dreaded, but never seen, Heffalumps cause them to search and seize the mythic beasts. Young Roo is forbidden to accompany the adult crew’s paranoid-driven expedition. He remains at Pooh corner where he meets Heffridge Trumpler Brompet Heffalump III, a pink, baby elephantine Heffalump thankfully nicknamed Lumpy. Roo has been programmed to despise this supposed enemy, but when the reality of Lumpy’s gentle and endearing persona sets in, the little kangaroo and viewers learn about acceptance. In the age of state-of-the-art special effects, this quaint and simplistic cartoon surprisingly touches the hearts of the young and the not-so-young.