Well the title says it perfectly already, "A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving", and you will hardly find a holiday or celebration time of the year that does not have their very own Winnie the Pooh tribute and this one here is of course all about Thanksgiving. This one is from 1998, so it will have its 20th anniversary next year and it was directed by Jun Falkenstein. She may not have been super experienced at that point, but it is pretty obvious she wasn't a rookie as the way they included some old successful Pooh formulas like the page-turning or Christopher Robin's appearance at the very end and the general harmlessness of it all. Yes they were looking for a turkey, but there was no way they'd ever end up eating one eventually, not even Tigger. And the happy ending showing us that it's not about what you eat, but who you are with while eating was very well done too. I am generally not too sure if I am a great Winnie the Pooh fan, but this one here left a positive impression on me, also because of all the other characters here. Rabbit is a bit more in the center of it all than usual and that's another traditional Pooh film approach that one character has a bit more focus on him than the others. Anyway, I liked it and I wonder why this has gone so much under the radar, even if it has an Emmy nomination. Maybe because the concept of Thanksgiving is irrelevant outside the United States. Anyway, thee slightly over 20 minutes certainly deserve to be more seen. Check this one out if you find it. You won't regret it, especially if you like Pooh and the gang. I give it a thumbs-up.
