"Vinni-Pukh i den zabot" or "Winnie the Pooh and a Busy Day" or "Winnie the Pooh and a Day of Concerns" is the third and final installment from Fyodor Khitruk's Soviet Pooh films. After Piglet was introduced in the first and Rabbit in the second, it's time for the donkey to enter the picture. In contrast to the two previous films, the focus shifts a lot more from Pooh Bear to the new protagonist, who also gets the very first shot of the film, and it does not exactly help in this scenario here. The little donkey, who always sees the glass half-empty, makes a nice addition, but as whole I thought this film was slightly weaker than the two other ones. It runs for 20 minutes and the previous installments had 10-11 minutes each, which seemed the perfect running time.
Nonetheless, it's a decent effort again with good childlike animation, an okay story as innocent as the last first two, Soviet Pooh's unique singing, a funny moment here and there and a happy ending. Roughly 10 years later, the US remake came out and I wish anybody who watched the American Pooh films would take a look at the Soviet original trilogy too. It's not even remotely as known as it should be.
Nonetheless, it's a decent effort again with good childlike animation, an okay story as innocent as the last first two, Soviet Pooh's unique singing, a funny moment here and there and a happy ending. Roughly 10 years later, the US remake came out and I wish anybody who watched the American Pooh films would take a look at the Soviet original trilogy too. It's not even remotely as known as it should be.