History YMMV / WinnieThePooh2011

* WTHCastingAgency: Many were not pleased with Rabbit and Eeyore being recast, especially since Ken Sansom and Peter Cullen were still active and under contract at the time. Cullen especially was very upset about being recast (going as far as to do a small skit at [=BotCon=] 2010 in which Eeyore is comforted by Optimus Prime), and his replacement, Bud Luckey, sounded nothing like Cullen or any of the previous Eeyores (at least Creator/TomKenny is a respected voice actor and at least somewhat sounded like his predecessor). Sansom also passed away the following year, meaning that he didn't get a proper sendoff as Rabbit. [[note]]Although this isn't entirely unheard of for a ''Pooh'' movie, as Creator/PaulWinchell failed to receive a proper sendoff as Tigger in ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie'', and himself passed away five years after said film was released, Creator/SterlingHolloway was also turned down for ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', similarly due to his worn voice.[[/note]] Cullen was later brought back to voice Eeyore for the ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'' {{crossover}} special "Into the Hundred Acre Wood!" To a lesser degree people are also split down the middle with Craig Ferguson as Owl and Kirsten Anderson-Lopez as Kanga (replacing series veterans Andre Stojka and Kath Soucie respectively and similarly having rather different interpretations of them).

* PeripheryDemographic: John Lasseter has said that the target audience "transcends generations."

* BrokenBase: Some thought it captured the spirit of the original shorts well and others thought it changed too much (giving Christopher Robin a British accent while the other characters still sound American, making the characters too 'modern' in their attitudes, etc.). The film's DenserAndWackier tone was also divisive, with some not minding the changes while others preferred the more serious, emotional ''Pooh'' films released in the previous decade.

* ContestedSequel: Not just against ''Many Adventures'' but also the previous ''Pooh'' sequels. Some missed the more earnest storytelling and CharacterDevelopment of the ''New Adventures'' TV series and the Disneytoon films, while others prefer this film for being less syrupy and {{Aesop}}-driven, and instead being a full return to the sillier more oddball style of the original books and film. It contests especially with ''Pooh's Grand Adventure'', which, despite having a very similar plot pivot, [[CerebusSyndrome plays it in almost completely the opposite direction]].
* FanNickname: Because it features Creator/JimCummings and Creator/TomKenny in two leading roles, the movie has sometimes been nicknamed ''A "WesternAnimation/CatDog" Reunion.''

* ItsShortSoItSucks: The only real complaint most people have with the movie. Even for a ''Winnie the Pooh'' feature, which has always been fairly short on plot to begin with, 63 minutes is very short for a theatrically released movie.

** An image of Pooh squinting his eyes at a note has become a popular forum weapon.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** After [[WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh solving mysteries and riding scooters in computer animation]], Pooh Bear and his friends not only return to having simple adventures, but they go back to hand-drawn animation.
** Not to mention it brings Owl and Christopher Robin back in the spotlight, both of whom had been DemotedToExtra or semi-retired during the mid-to-late 2000s.
** And Tigger, who had come to dominate the franchise a little too much for some fans' tastes, is kept to a supporting role this time around -- he's still very much a big part of the movie, even gets his own subplot where he tries to turn Eeyore into another Tigger, but he doesn't hog the spotlight like he's done in some productions.
** Eeyore plays a major role in this movie after being severely OutOfFocus during the 2000s.
** Kanga is finally given some proper characterization and is portrayed just as fun and silly as the rest of the gang without losing her original motherly persona, fitting her perfectly into the formula and allowing her more screentime.
** Tigger is finally added to the theme song.

** After slowly being softened into {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}s in the Disney canon, Kanga and Owl are back to their more gruff and scatterbrained personalities from the original books, and only ''relatively'' having it more together than Pooh and co.

* CharacterRerailment: After slowly being softened into {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}s in the Disney canon, Kanga and Owl are back to their more gruff and scatterbrained personalities from the original books, and only ''relatively'' having it more together than Pooh and co.

* HarsherInHindsight: The use of “Somewhere Only We Know” in the trailer, after this became the last 2D animated film in the Disney canon to date.

* HilariousInHindsight: Hearing Creator/TomKenny's Rabbit serve as the straight man to Creator/JimCummings' Pooh is even funnier when you realize, just two decades prior, the two served [[WesternAnimation/CatDog the exact opposite roles]].

* OlderThanTheyThink: This isn’t the first ''Pooh'' work to depict Christopher Robin with white sclerae instead of SkintoneSclerae. His appearances in ''WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh'' also depict him with white sclerae.

* ContestedSequel: Not just against ''Many Adventures'' but also the previous ''Pooh'' sequels. Some missed the more earnest storytelling and CharacterDevelopment of the ''New Adventures'' TV series and the Disneytoon films, while others prefer this film for being less syrupy and {{Aesop}}-driven, and instead being a full return to the sillier more oddball style of the original books and film.

* WTHCastingAgency: Many were not pleased with Rabbit and Eeyore being recast, especially since Ken Sansom and Peter Cullen were still active and under contract at the time. Cullen especially was very upset about being recast (going as far as to do a small skit at [=BotCon=] 2010 in which Eeyore is comforted by Optimus Prime), and his replacement, Bud Luckey, sounded nothing like Cullen or any of the previous Eeyores (at least Creator/TomKenny is a respected voice actor and at least somewhat sounded like his predecessor). Sansom also passed away the following year, meaning that he didn't get a proper sendoff as Rabbit. [[note]]Although this isn't entirely unheard of for a ''Pooh'' movie, as Creator/PaulWinchell failed to receive a proper sendoff as Tigger in ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie'', and himself passed away five years after said film was released.[[/note]] Cullen was later brought back to voice Eeyore for the ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'' {{crossover}} special "Into the Hundred Acre Wood!" To a lesser degree people are also split down the middle with Craig Ferguson as Owl and Kirsten Anderson-Lopez as Kanga (replacing series veterans Andre Stojka and Kath Soucie respectively and similarly having rather different interpretations of them).

* ItsShortSoItSucks: The only real complaint most people have with the movie, even for a ''Winnie the Pooh'' feature, which has always been fairly short on plot to begin with, 63 minutes is very short for a theatrically released movie.

* OlderThanTheyThink: This isn’t the first Pooh work to depict Christopher Robin with white sclerae instead of SkintoneSclerae. His appearances in WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh also gives him white sclerae.