To start off with, I have made no secret of loving Winnie the Pooh. It just seems so innocent and pure. Given that Pooh already has Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Valentine's Day, so an Easter special is a logical next step. In fact, I wanted to post this review on Easter but didn't have enough time. My one criticism is that the story feels a little rushed. It starts off very nicely with Roo excited about Easter and very nicely depicts his disappointment (and that of the others) when Rabbit declares it to be Spring Cleaning Day instead. Determined to get Rabbit to repent, the gang decides to clean up and decorate his house and we later see a flashback of how Rabbit acquired his dislike of Easter, which came from his experience of the previous Easter. My one criticism is that the story, which starts out very sweet, seems mostly to jump between the "Rabbit plot" (Rabbit's views on Easter and his redemption) and the "Roo plot" (Roo's excitement for the holiday), especially considering that I was expecting the plot to be focused around Roo given how he's featured so prominently on the box art and is named in the title. But that's a minor criticism. All in all, this is a sweet Easter story worthy of the Winnie the Pooh name.
Review of Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo
