Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) Movie Review

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day is probably my favourite Winnie the Pooh featurette out of the four from the '60s, '70s, and the '80s. It introduced both Piglet and Tigger, who are my two favourite characters in the entire Winnie the Pooh franchise. The animation itself is also pretty awesome for 1968. Then again I love Disney animation from every era, even when the movie it's part of isn't one of my favourites.

Along with Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree and later, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day is something I watched all the time on VHS when I was a kid. In fact I probably watched it the most out of all three of the Winnie the Pooh films. In case you've never seen it, a windstorm blows through the Hundred Acre Wood and Gopher explains to Pooh that it's Windsday (a play on Wednesday) and during Pooh and Piglet's visit to Owl, Owl's house is blown over by the wind and destroyed. Eeyore then takes it upon himself to find Owl a new house. That night Pooh hears a strange noise coming from outside his house and meets Tigger. After Tigger leaves, the blustery day becomes a rainstorm that floods the entire Hundred Acre Wood, sending Pooh floating in an empty honey pot and Piglet floating on a chair. Once they get to Christopher Robin's house the flood is done and Eeyore finds a new house for Owl. Except it's Piglet's house, but Piglet gives the house to Owl and moves in with Pooh Bear.

Like I said, I watched this movie all the time when I was a kid. Sometimes I would watch it five or six times a day. I absolutely loved it. And I still love it today. I mean I've watched it recently as it's part of the feature film, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, but to watch it on it's own again all these years later was an awesome experience. I remember one day I watched it while I was eating lunch at home. I was still eating baby food at the time. I don't remember what I had that day, but it might've been chicken or something like. Anyway regardless, I watched it during lunch, and even during breakfast sometimes. Yes, I watched it that much.

Final Thoughts and Rating: Overall I love this movie. Objectively I don't think it's as good as Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. Subjectively though I absolutely love it. If you haven't seen it before, I would highly recommend tracking down a VHS copy of it and a VCR, and watching it. Though if you can't find a VHS copy, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day is on the DVD for Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin as a bonus feature. I'm giving Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day 10/10 stars.

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063819/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1