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|name = Piglet's Big Movie
| name = Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
 
| image = 51RhoLhcLuL._SX500_.jpg|right|250px
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|image = Piglet_big_movie.jpg
| director = [[Francis Glebas]]
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|director = [[Francis Glebas]]
| producer = [[Michelle Pappalardo-Robinson]]
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|producer = [[Michelle Pappalardo-Robinson]]
| writer = [[Brian Hohlfeld]]<br />[[A.A. Milne]] {{small|(Books)}}
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|writer = [[Brian Hohlfeld]]<br />[[A.A. Milne]] {{small|(Books)}}
| starring = [[John Fiedler]]<br />[[Jim Cummings]]<br />[[Nikita Hopkins]]<br />[[Ken Sansom]]<br />[[Peter Cullen]]<br />[[Kath Soucie]]<br />[[Andre Stojka]]<br />Tom Wheatley
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|starring = [[John Fiedler]]<br />[[Jim Cummings]]<br />[[Nikita Hopkins]]<br />[[Ken Sansom]]<br />[[Peter Cullen]]<br />[[Kath Soucie]]<br />[[Andre Stojka]]<br />Tom Wheatley
| music = Carl Johnson{{small|(score)}}<br />[[Carly Simon]]{{small|(songs)}}
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|music = Carl Johnson{{small|(score)}}<br />[[Carly Simon]]{{small|(songs)}}
| editing = [[Ivan Bilancio]]
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|editing = [[Ivan Bilancio]]
| studio = [[DisneyToon Studios]]
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|studio = [[DisneyToon Studios]]
| distributor = [[Walt Disney Pictures]]
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|distributor = [[Walt Disney Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|2003|3|16|premiere|2003|3|21|wide}}
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|released = {{Film date|2003|3|16|premiere|2003|3|21|wide}}
| runtime = 75 minutes
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|runtime = 75 minutes
| country = United States
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|country = United States
| language = English
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|language = English
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|rating = G
| budget =
 
| gross = $62,870,546
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|gross = $62,870,546
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}}'''Piglet's Big Movie''' is a 2003 American animated film produced by DisneyToon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures on March 21, 2003. It is based upon the characters in the Winnie-the-Pooh books written by A. A. Milne.
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'''''Piglet's Big Movie''''' is a 2003 American [[animation|animated film]] produced by [[DisneyToon Studios]], and released by [[Walt Disney Pictures]] on March 21, 2003. It is based upon the characters in the ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh]]'' books written by [[A. A. Milne]]. It is the second in a recent series of theatrically released ''Winnie the Pooh'' films, preceded by ''[[The Tigger Movie]]'' (2000) and followed by ''[[Pooh's Heffalump Movie]]'' (2005). In the film, [[Piglet (Winnie the Pooh)|Piglet]] is ashamed of being small after believing that his friends belittle his presence and wanders off into the Hundred Acre Woods, leading his friends to form a search party to find him.
 
   
 
It is the second in a recent series of theatrically released Winnie the Pooh films, preceded by [[The Tigger Movie]] (in 2000) and followed by [[Pooh's Heffalump Movie]] (in 2005). In the film, Piglet is ashamed of being small and wanders off into the Hundred Acre Woods, leading his friends to form a search party to find him.
The three flashback sequences are the first adaptations of original [[A.A. Milne]] stories since ''[[The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'' and ''[[Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore]]''. Edited to make Piglet the hero of the stories and to conform to the characters' idiosyncrasies as [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] has portrayed them, they nevertheless retain much of Milne's original plot. In this film, Pooh changes the name of ''Pooh Corner'' to ''Pooh and Piglet Corner'', something that he was originally going to do, but the name did not sound small or much like a corner, which was in fact what it was. Besides the [[Carly Simon]] songs, [[Sherman Brothers]] music is also featured.
 
   
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The three flashback sequences are the first adaptations of original A.A. Milne stories since "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" and "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore".
==Plot==
 
{{Plot|date=March 2012}}
 
[[Eeyore]], [[Rabbit (Winnie the Pooh)|Rabbit]], [[Tigger]], and [[Winnie the Pooh|Pooh]] are working on a plan to get [[honey]] from a [[beehive]]. This involves getting the bees to move into a new hive by convincing them that Eeyore is a bee. [[Piglet (Winnie the Pooh)|Piglet]] comes up to them during the attempt, but is effectively told that he is too small to help. The plan goes awry when the bees do not fall for it, but Piglet manages to divert the bees into the new hive using a [[funnel]] and then seals the hive shut, trapping the bees.
 
   
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The stories are modified to make Piglet the hero to include Tigger and to conform to Disney versions of the characters, but retain much of Milne's original plot.
Unfortunately, no one has seen Piglet's heroism, having all been hiding from the bees. Piglet, feeling uncared for, wanders sadly away. Then, Pooh, Rabbit, Tigger, and Eeyore start running from the bees after they broke out of the fake hive and into Piglet's house. After finding Piglet's scrapbook, they all notice that Piglet is missing, assume that he has been scared off by, or kidnapped by the bees and decide to try and find him. They are aided in this search by Piglet's [[scrapbooking|scrapbook]], in which he has drawn pictures of the adventures that he has shared with his friends. The characters use the pictures to tell the stories depicted therein.
 
   
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Besides the Carly Simon songs, Sherman Brothers music is also featured.
The first picture depicts Kanga's house, prompting the gang to remember when Kanga and [[Roo]] first came to the Hundred Acre Wood. Rabbit (who is visibly reluctant to recall this adventure in the present) hated the newcomers on sight and convinced himself and the others that Kanga and Roo were fierce monsters that needed to be driven away (despite the fact that Kanga tried to ingratiate herself with her new neighbours). Consequently, it was planned that they would kidnap Roo and demand that Kanga leave in exchange for his safe return, so Pooh and Tigger distracted Kanga while Rabbit placed Piglet in her pouch and ran off with Roo. After Kanga got home, she quickly figured out what was going on (having seen Roo playing with a reluctant Rabbit through the window) and decided to teach Piglet a lesson by pretending she didn't realise he wasn't Roo. Piglet, convinced Kanga was going to do something horrible to him, was thus humiliated by being given 'fishy oil' as medicine and being made to have a bath, but spending time with Kanga caused him to discover she and Roo weren't so bad after all. Piglet told Tigger and Pooh this when he left Kanga's house and they were also joined by Rabbit and Roo, who had become good friends after playing with each other. Back in the present, the group arrive at Kanga's house and are joined by Roo as they carry on looking for Piglet.
 
 
==Plot==
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{{Template:Spoiler}}Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger and Pooh are working on a plan to get honey from a beehive. Piglet wants to help, but his friends tell him that he is too small. When the plan goes awry, Piglet saves the day by trapping the bees in a decoy hive; but nobody notices what Piglet has done. Feeling ignored and unappreciated, Piglet sadly wanders away.
   
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Piglet's friends realize that he is missing, so they search for him by using a scrapbook Piglet has made of their past adventures as a guide. On the way to Kanga's house, they reminisce about when Kanga and Roo arrived in the Hundred Acre Wood. Everyone is afraid of the newcomers and Rabbit concocts a plan to use Piglet as a decoy so they could kidnap Roo.
One of the stories told is the expedition to find the [[North Pole]], where Piglet uses a long [[Branch|stick]] to save Roo (who has fallen in the river). His heroism is overlooked when he gives the stick to Pooh and tries to catch Roo, who has been catapulted into the air during the rescue attempt. [[Christopher Robin]] arrives as Roo is caught by [[Kanga (Winnie-the-Pooh)|his mother]] and then credits Pooh with finding the North Pole (the stick he is holding in his paws). Back in the present, the friends regret not sharing the praise with Piglet.
 
   
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Kanga pretends to believe that Piglet is Roo and gives him a dose of fish oil and a bath. She gives him a cookie afterwards and Piglet realizes that she is actually very nice. Roo and Rabbit have become friends and everyone agrees that Kanga and Roo should stay.
Another story told is the building of [[the House at Pooh Corner]]. Here Piglet comes up with the idea to build Eeyore a house and he and Pooh are joined by Tigger to build it. Tigger and Pooh do most of the work, whilst Piglet, unintentionally, gets in the way. The final house, however, is a disaster, but Tigger and Pooh go off to tell Eeyore about the house. Unfortunately, the house is being held together by Piglet, who eventually loses his grip and the house collapses. Tigger and Pooh go to inform Eeyore of the bad news, but Piglet arrives to tell them all that the house is fine. It is revealed that he rebuilt the house himself, but the location remains as Pooh Corner, since Pooh "would call it Pooh and Piglet Corner, if Pooh Corner didn't sound better, which it does, being smaller and more like a Corner".
 
   
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Back in the present, Roo joins the search party and they head to the next destination in the scrapbook: the North Pole. They remember the story of the expedition to find the Pole. Partway through the expedition, Roo falls into the river. Tigger, Rabbit and Eeyore try to save him but to no avail.
Back in the present, an argument between Rabbit and Tigger ends with the scrapbook falling apart and then falling into the river. Without their guide, the friends return to Piglet's house and, after a time, start to draw new pictures of Piglet and his adventures, some of which are new. Then, the friends again resolve to find their missing Piglet and go back out to find him. They come across several pictures from the scrapbook, which have floated downstream and then find the books [[Bookbinding|bindings]], suspended on a broken hollow old [[Wooden log|log]], overhanging a raging [[waterfall]]. Pooh goes to retrieve it, but falls into a hole in the log. The others try to reach him, but the rescue attempt is just too short. Just as they ask who can help, Piglet arrives and helps haul Pooh to safety just as the log begins to collapse.
 
   
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Piglet uses a very long stick to catapult Roo out of the river and hands it off to Pooh as he runs to try and catch Roo. Christopher Robin arrives on the scene, sees Pooh holding the stick, and declares that Pooh has discovered the North Pole; Piglet's role in both Roo's rescue and the Pole's discovery went unacknowledged.
Eeyore, Rabbit, Roo, and Tigger are now standing by the edge of the ravine, next to the waterfall, but the log inside which Pooh and Piglet were trapped has fallen far into the waters below. The survivors begin to cry and are joined by sad-looking Pooh and Piglet, who have managed to escape. Happy, the friends take Piglet to show him their new drawings, including a large one of Piglet dressed as a [[knight]] in shining [[armour]]. The next day they hold a party, but Pooh interrupts, taking Piglet to Eeyore's house, where he has changed the sign to read Pooh and Piglet Corner; "the least [they] could do for a little Piglet, who has done such big things!".
 
   
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Back in the present, Piglet's friends express their regrets for not celebrating Piglet's heroism. They become increasingly worried as a storm rolls in; to reassure Roo, Eeyore and Pooh tell him about the time Piglet built a house for Eeyore. Piglet has pointed out to Pooh that Eeyore did not have a house to keep him warm. Pooh decides that they should build Eeyore a house on that very spot, which he names "Pooh Corner."
==Cast==
 
* [[John Fiedler]] as [[Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Piglet]]
 
* [[Jim Cummings]] as [[Winnie-the-Pooh|Pooh]] and [[Tigger]]
 
* [[Ken Sansom]] as [[Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Rabbit]]
 
* [[Nikita Hopkins]] as [[Roo]]
 
* [[Kath Soucie]] as [[Kanga (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Kanga]]
 
* [[Peter Cullen]] as [[Eeyore]]
 
* [[Michael Gough]] as [[Gopher (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Gopher]]
 
* [[Andre Stojka]] as [[Owl (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Owl]]
 
* Tom Wheatley as [[Christopher Robin]]
 
   
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Pooh briefly considers calling it "Pooh and Piglet Corner" before deciding that "Pooh Corner" sounds nicer. Tigger joins Pooh in trying to build the house while Piglet struggles to keep up; eventually, Pooh and Tigger give up. Then they learn that Eeyore has already built himself a house out of sticks, though it has gone missing.
==Home media==
 
Shortly a few months later after the film was released, the DVD and VHS of the film were released. The VHS contained a bonus commercial of [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (attraction)|Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]] attraction, as well as the DVD, which contained more special features. The film was the only theatrical Pooh film presented in [[widescreen]] on VHS rather than the [[Pan and scan|pan-and-scan]] [[Full screen (cinema)|full screen]] format, as the VHS release of ''[[Pooh's Heffalump Movie]]'' was presented in the [[Pan and scan|pan-and-scan]] format. The [[Blu-ray]] DVD release of the film will be released in 2013, to coincide with the film's 10th anniversary.
 
   
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Pooh and Tigger realize that they are using Eeyore's old house to build Eeyore's new house. As they struggle to explain, Piglet arrives and leads them back to Eeyore's newly completed house. Once again, Piglet's contributions are overlooked as the wind gets the credit for moving Eeyore's house.
==Songs==
 
Every song features Carly Simon singing except for 'The More It Snows (Tiddely-Pom)'. This song features Jim Cummings and John Fiedler. Carly Simon was accompanied with Ben Taylor in 'Winnie the Pooh' and 'Comforting to Know'. Carly Simon was also accompanied with Renee Fleming in 'Comforting to Know'. In 'Sing Ho, for the Life of a Bear (Expotition March)', Carly Simon was accompanied by Kath Soucie and Jim Cummings.
 
   
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As the rain begins to fall, Tigger wants to skip to the end of the book to find where Piglet is, but Rabbit insists that they go through it in order; they begin fighting over the book which falls in the river.
The songs in the film are:
 
   
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The friends sadly return to Piglet's house to keep Roo from catching a cold. They draw new pictures of Piglet, then set out to look for him again. They find the scrapbook bindings, suspended on a hollow log, overhanging a raging waterfall; Pooh goes to retrieve it, but falls into a hole in the log.
* ''Winnie the Pooh''
 
* ''If I Wasn't So Small (The Piglet Song)''
 
* ''A Mother's Intuition''
 
* ''Sing Ho, for the Life of a Bear (Expotition March)''
 
* ''The More It Snows (Tiddely-Pom)''
 
* ''With a Few Good Friends''
 
* ''The More I Look Inside''
 
* ''Comforting to Know''
 
   
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Pooh's friends form themselves into a rescue rope, but it is not quite long enough and Pooh is stuck hanging precariously over the waterfall. Piglet appears and pulls Pooh to safety, but the log begins to break. Rabbit, Eeyore, Tigger, and Roo all make it to solid ground, just in time to see half of the log plummet to the water below. Tigger, Rabbit, Roo and Eeyore begin to cry and almost fail to notice Pooh and Piglet emerging from inside of the other half of the log.
==Reception==
 
===Box office===
 
''Piglet's Big Movie'' opened on its opening weekend at #7, earning $6 million. The
 
film domestically grossed $23 million<ref name="bomojo">{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | title =Piglet's Big Movie 2003 | date = May 29, 2003 | work=boxofficemojo.com | url =http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pigletsbigmovie.htm | accessdate = 2009-03-06}}</ref>—half the amount of what ''[[The Tigger Movie]]'' earned<ref name="bomojo 2">{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | title =The Tigger Movie 2000 | date = | work=boxofficemojo.com | url =http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thetiggermovie.htm | accessdate = 2009-03-06}}</ref>—and $63 million worldwide,<ref name="bomojo"/> making it a moderate box office success.
 
   
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Piglet's friends take him home and show him the drawings they have made of him, demonstrating their appreciation for everything Piglet has done. They have a party and Pooh shows Piglet the new sign for the renamed "Pooh and Piglet Corner."
===Critical response===
 
 
==Voice Cast==
The film received generally positive reviews, earning a "Certified Fresh" 72% rating from [[Rotten Tomatoes]]. Film critic [[Stephen Holden]] of ''[[New York Times]]'' called the film an "oasis of gentleness and wit."<ref name="holden">{{cite web | last = Holden| first = Stephen| authorlink = | title =Film in Review; 'Piglet's Big Movie' | date = March 21, 2003| work=[[The New York Times]] | url =http://movies.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?res=9401E4DD1E31F932A15750C0A9659C8B63 | accessdate = 2009-03-06}}</ref> Nancy Churnin of ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' stated that ''Piglet's Big Movie'' was "one of the nifty pleasures in the process", despite her belief that "[[Disney]] may be milking its classics."<ref name="churnin">{{cite web | last = Churnin| first = Nancy| authorlink = | title =Piglet's Big Movie | date = March 18, 2003| work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] | url =http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8996939_ITM | accessdate = 2009-03-06}}</ref>
 
 
*John Fiedler as Piglet
 
*Jim Cummings as Pooh & Tigger
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*Ken Sansom as Rabbit
 
*Nikita Hopkins as Roo
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*Kath Soucie as Kanga and Christopher Robin (singing voice)
 
*Peter Cullen as Eeyore
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*Andre Stojka as Owl
 
*Tom Wheatley as Christopher Robin
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*Roy Dotrice as the narrator
 
==Box Office==
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"Piglet's Big Movie" was #7 on its opening weekend, earning $6 million. Domestically, it grossed $23 million (which is half the amount of what "The Tigger Movie" earned) and $63 million worldwide.
 
==Critical Reception==
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"Piglet's Big Movie" received a "Certified Fresh" 71% rating from Rotten Tomatoes.
   
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Film critic Stephen Holden of New York Times called the film an "''oasis of gentleness and wit''."
==Games==
 
In 2003 Disney released ''[[Piglet's Big Game]]'' for the [[PlayStation 2]], [[Nintendo GameCube]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] as well as a CD-ROM game which was also entitled ''Piglet's Big Game''. The latter is developed by [[Doki Denki Studio]] and involves helping Piglet assist in the preparation for a "Very Large Soup Party."
 
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.childrenssoftwareonline.com/Default.aspx?m=item&pID=2149 |title=Disney Piglet's Big Game (CD-ROM) |accessdate=2009-08-067 |publisher=Children’s Software Online }}</ref> In their review, Edutaining Kids praised various features including the adventure/exploration aspect (the game is linear instead of using a main screen) and many of the activities (such as the color mixing, which they said offers an incredible variety of hues), but noted that it is much too brief and that Kanga and Roo are absent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edutainingkids.com/reviews/disneypigletsbiggame.html |title=Children's Software Review: Disney: Piglet's Big Game |accessdate=2009-08-05 |date=April 2009 |publisher=Edutaining Kids.com }}</ref>
 
   
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Nancy Churnin of The Dallas Morning News stated that "Piglet's Big Movie" was "''one of the nifty pleasures in the process''", despite her belief that "''Disney may be milking its classics''."
==References==
 
{{reflist}}
 
 
==External links==
 
* {{Bcdb title|38610-Piglets_BIG_Movie}}
 
* {{IMDb title|0323642}}
 
 
{{Winnie the Pooh}}
 
{{Disney theatrical animated features}}
 
{{Sherman Brothers}}
 
   
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Edward Guthmann from the San Francisco Chronicle said in his review: "''The animation, as always, is Disney-perfect, but somewhere the humor has been lost''."
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==Trailer==
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[[File:Piglet's Big Movie (2003) Trailer (VHS Capture)|thumb|left|335 px]]
 
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Piglet's Big Movie is a 2003 American animated film produced by DisneyToon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures on March 21, 2003. It is based upon the characters in the Winnie-the-Pooh books written by A. A. Milne.

It is the second in a recent series of theatrically released Winnie the Pooh films, preceded by The Tigger Movie (in 2000) and followed by Pooh's Heffalump Movie (in 2005). In the film, Piglet is ashamed of being small and wanders off into the Hundred Acre Woods, leading his friends to form a search party to find him.

The three flashback sequences are the first adaptations of original A.A. Milne stories since "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" and "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore".

The stories are modified to make Piglet the hero to include Tigger and to conform to Disney versions of the characters, but retain much of Milne's original plot.

Besides the Carly Simon songs, Sherman Brothers music is also featured.

Plot

Spoiler Warning: The following contains important plot details of the entire film.

Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger and Pooh are working on a plan to get honey from a beehive. Piglet wants to help, but his friends tell him that he is too small. When the plan goes awry, Piglet saves the day by trapping the bees in a decoy hive; but nobody notices what Piglet has done. Feeling ignored and unappreciated, Piglet sadly wanders away.

Piglet's friends realize that he is missing, so they search for him by using a scrapbook Piglet has made of their past adventures as a guide. On the way to Kanga's house, they reminisce about when Kanga and Roo arrived in the Hundred Acre Wood. Everyone is afraid of the newcomers and Rabbit concocts a plan to use Piglet as a decoy so they could kidnap Roo.

Kanga pretends to believe that Piglet is Roo and gives him a dose of fish oil and a bath. She gives him a cookie afterwards and Piglet realizes that she is actually very nice. Roo and Rabbit have become friends and everyone agrees that Kanga and Roo should stay.

Back in the present, Roo joins the search party and they head to the next destination in the scrapbook: the North Pole. They remember the story of the expedition to find the Pole. Partway through the expedition, Roo falls into the river. Tigger, Rabbit and Eeyore try to save him but to no avail.

Piglet uses a very long stick to catapult Roo out of the river and hands it off to Pooh as he runs to try and catch Roo. Christopher Robin arrives on the scene, sees Pooh holding the stick, and declares that Pooh has discovered the North Pole; Piglet's role in both Roo's rescue and the Pole's discovery went unacknowledged.

Back in the present, Piglet's friends express their regrets for not celebrating Piglet's heroism. They become increasingly worried as a storm rolls in; to reassure Roo, Eeyore and Pooh tell him about the time Piglet built a house for Eeyore. Piglet has pointed out to Pooh that Eeyore did not have a house to keep him warm. Pooh decides that they should build Eeyore a house on that very spot, which he names "Pooh Corner."

Pooh briefly considers calling it "Pooh and Piglet Corner" before deciding that "Pooh Corner" sounds nicer. Tigger joins Pooh in trying to build the house while Piglet struggles to keep up; eventually, Pooh and Tigger give up. Then they learn that Eeyore has already built himself a house out of sticks, though it has gone missing.

Pooh and Tigger realize that they are using Eeyore's old house to build Eeyore's new house. As they struggle to explain, Piglet arrives and leads them back to Eeyore's newly completed house. Once again, Piglet's contributions are overlooked as the wind gets the credit for moving Eeyore's house.

As the rain begins to fall, Tigger wants to skip to the end of the book to find where Piglet is, but Rabbit insists that they go through it in order; they begin fighting over the book which falls in the river.

The friends sadly return to Piglet's house to keep Roo from catching a cold. They draw new pictures of Piglet, then set out to look for him again. They find the scrapbook bindings, suspended on a hollow log, overhanging a raging waterfall; Pooh goes to retrieve it, but falls into a hole in the log.

Pooh's friends form themselves into a rescue rope, but it is not quite long enough and Pooh is stuck hanging precariously over the waterfall. Piglet appears and pulls Pooh to safety, but the log begins to break. Rabbit, Eeyore, Tigger, and Roo all make it to solid ground, just in time to see half of the log plummet to the water below. Tigger, Rabbit, Roo and Eeyore begin to cry and almost fail to notice Pooh and Piglet emerging from inside of the other half of the log.

Piglet's friends take him home and show him the drawings they have made of him, demonstrating their appreciation for everything Piglet has done. They have a party and Pooh shows Piglet the new sign for the renamed "Pooh and Piglet Corner."

Voice Cast

  • John Fiedler as Piglet
  • Jim Cummings as Pooh & Tigger
  • Ken Sansom as Rabbit
  • Nikita Hopkins as Roo
  • Kath Soucie as Kanga and Christopher Robin (singing voice)
  • Peter Cullen as Eeyore
  • Andre Stojka as Owl
  • Tom Wheatley as Christopher Robin
  • Roy Dotrice as the narrator

Box Office

"Piglet's Big Movie" was #7 on its opening weekend, earning $6 million. Domestically, it grossed $23 million (which is half the amount of what "The Tigger Movie" earned) and $63 million worldwide.

Critical Reception

"Piglet's Big Movie" received a "Certified Fresh" 71% rating from Rotten Tomatoes.

Film critic Stephen Holden of New York Times called the film an "oasis of gentleness and wit."

Nancy Churnin of The Dallas Morning News stated that "Piglet's Big Movie" was "one of the nifty pleasures in the process", despite her belief that "Disney may be milking its classics."

Edward Guthmann from the San Francisco Chronicle said in his review: "The animation, as always, is Disney-perfect, but somewhere the humor has been lost."

Trailer

Piglet's_Big_Movie_(2003)_Trailer_(VHS_Capture)

Piglet's Big Movie (2003) Trailer (VHS Capture)