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The welcome return of 'Winnie the Pooh'

(CNN) -- My apologies if I get a little personal in this review. From the opening title card of Mickey at the helm of the Steamboat Willie and the famous Disney logo set to "When You Wish Upon a Star," an involuntary shiver went down my spine and my eyes got a little moist.

Like most Americans "of a certain age," my childhood was informed by images of the Magic Kingdom and the inevitable joy that a Disney film would bring. Despite my less-than-thrilled feelings about much of the past 15 years of Disney animation, I was cautiously optimistic about "Winnie the Pooh" for many reasons, not the least of which is that I am the sort of person who finds himself singing "The Tigger Song" to himself at random.

Well, it turns out I had no reason to be cautious and every reason to be optimistic.

"Winnie the Pooh" is a magnificent return to the hand-drawn watercolor animation of yore. Full of whimsy, wry humor and emotion, it's the perfect summer antidote to 3-D "Smurfs" and all other manner of mindless (and loud) kids' films that the little ones might be drawn to and is not at all a disappointment to us adult Pooh fans from 40 years ago.

Inspired by several unadapted A.A. Milne stories, this new adventure of everyone's favorite "silly old bear" Winnie the Pooh takes place in the course of a single day and finds Pooh and all of his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood engaged in a noble endeavor: finding a new tail for Eeyore, who seems to have misplaced the original.

The prize is a new pot of honey, and Pooh, finding himself all out of the sticky stuff (Pooh's grumbling tummy is an uncredited character in the tale), is determined to win the prize and help out his friend.

Of course, he's constantly within reach of the honey he needs to slake his hunger, only to see it fall out of reach at the last moment.

Pooh is, in his own words, "of very little brain," and when you get right down to it, the rest of the gang spring from the imagination of a little boy and thus are wont to think like one, as well.

As a result, some of their imaginative, if less-than-practical, ideas for Eeyore's tail include a cuckoo clock, the famous red balloon (a character in its own right) and a chalkboard with "tael" written on it.

Shortly after that contest has begun, word comes that Christopher Robin has been kidnapped by the fearsome Backson, and the search for Eeyore's tail is abandoned in favor of dashing to the rescue of their dear friend.

Winnie the Pooh Movie Trailer Official (HD)

Facebook.com – Become a Fan! Twitter.com – Follow Us! Winnie the Pooh hits theaters on July 15th, 2011. Cast: Jim Cummings, Craig Ferguson, Tom Kenny, Travis Oates, Bud Luckey Walt Disney Animation Studios returns to the Hundred Acre Wood with “Winnie the Pooh,” the first big-screen Pooh adventure from Disney animation in more than 35 years. With the charm, wit and whimsy of the original featurettes, this all-new movie reunites audiences with the philosophical “bear of very little brain” and friends Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Kanga, Roo—and last, but certainly not least, Eeyore, who has lost his tail. “Well a tail is either there or it isn’t there,” said Pooh. “And yours isn’t… there.” Owl sends the whole gang on a wild quest to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit. It turns out to be a very busy day for a bear who simply set out to find some hunny. Inspired by five stories from AA Milne’s books in Disney’s classic, hand-drawn art style, “Winnie the Pooh” hits theaters July 15, 2011. Winnie the Pooh trailer courtesy Walt Disney Pictures.

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