As children's entertainment seems to just get louder and more obnoxious, it's a welcome relief that 'Winnie the Pooh' exists in 2011. Adapting more stories from the A.A. Milne classics, 'Pooh' documents the silly old bear along with Piglet, Tigger and their animal friends in the Hundred Acre Woods, as they go on a series of adventures involving pots of honey, Eeyore's tail and Christopher Robin. Simple lessons about kindness are expressed earnestly, and the whole picture is rendered in gentle hand-drawn animation, reminiscent of the Disney classics. Its charm was too subtle to light the box office on fire, but it's easy to see why it's the best reviewed animated film of the year. -- E.L.

As children's entertainment seems to just get louder and more obnoxious, it's a welcome relief that 'Winnie the Pooh' exists in 2011. Adapting more stories from the A.A. Milne classics, 'Pooh' documents the silly old bear along with Piglet, Tigger and their animal friends in the Hundred Acre Woods, as they go on a series of adventures involving pots of honey, Eeyore's tail and Christopher Robin. Simple lessons about kindness are expressed earnestly, and the whole picture is rendered in gentle hand-drawn animation, reminiscent of the Disney classics. Its charm was too subtle to light the box office on fire, but it's easy to see why it's the best reviewed animated film of the year. -- E.L.