Proving that you can teach an old Pooh new tricks, A.A. Milne's enduring characters make room for a fresh arrival to the Hundred Acre Wood in the irresistible form of a young purple pachyderm. On the heels of 1999's "The Tigger Movie" and 2003's "Piglet's Big Movie," "Pooh's Heffalump Movie" is by far the best of the DisneyToon Studios bunch. With Lumpy destined to become one of Disney's bigger non-Pixar merchandising successes, the film should emerge as a tidy family hit for the studio, carrying a very manageable 63-minute running time that's perfect for young (and not-so-young) attention spans.

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