noises of Pooh's stomach growling. After Christopher Robin rescues Pooh from the pit, the group exits the cave, only to discover that from the outside, it and the other places they have crossed are not nearly as big and scary as they seemed when Christopher Robin was not with them (in reality, they were all just illusions created by their fears and loneliness). That evening after the group returns home, Christopher Robin says he will be returning to school the next day, but Pooh declares that he will always be waiting for him, and the two happily watch the sunset, knowing they will always have each other in the sanctuary of the Hundred Acre Wood. Cast Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh and The Skullasaurus. John Fiedler as Piglet Steve Schatzberg as Piglet's singing voice Peter Cullen as Eeyore Paul Winchell as Tigger. Jim Cummings as Tigger's singing voice Ken Sansom as Rabbit Brady Bluhm as Christopher Robin Frankie J. Galasso as Christopher Robin's singing voice Andre Stojka as Owl David Warner as The Narrator Reception Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes assessed an approval rating of 33% based on 9 reviews and an average score of 4.3/10. George Blooston of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C grade, calling it "treacly" and criticized its lack of "grown up-wit [and] child psychology" from The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews called the film "tedious", and Alex Sandell of Juicy Cerebellum felt that Disney "always sucked with Pooh." Jane Louise Boursaw of Kaboose praised the film's songwriting and animation. Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film "two thumbs up" on their review show as well. Home video The film was released on VHS in the United States on August 5, 1997. It was later issued on VHS in the United Kingdom on October 13, 1997. The 1997 VHS release has the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo, despite being a direct-to-video film. It was released for the first time on "Special Edition" DVD in 2006, with digitally remastered picture and sound quality. It includes a featurette "Pooh's Symphony" and the 1968 film, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. The film, alongside Piglet's Big Movie, was released on Blu-ray for the first time as a Disney Movie Club exclusive on July 17, 2018 to coincide with its belated 20th anniversary and the live-action Christopher Robin film,