A heart warming family story. We are a family of animal lovers and find this film very touching and worthy of studying the lives and habitats of the Canadian black bear. Very gentle and lovely ; the film is well produced and the casting is excellent. We bought a copy of this wonderful film in DVD form and guess it will be viewed by all our family members and many friends over the years to come. It certainly would make a very nice gift for birthdays and/or Christmas.The countryside is green and cool and very relaxing to look at and the locations well sought out. Congratulations to all involved in the making.

I have to say that as the Foley Artist on this film, I didn't spend a day when I wasn't attempting to conceal my tears from my co-workers! I LOVE this story! I'm a great animal lover and so I felt an enormous degree of empathy for the little bear in being "abandoned" by her adopted dad, "Harry". The way the story plays out, I don't know HOW anyone could have left "someone he loves so much" to go to war. But in the end, this is the reality of anyone who is called to war.It really hits me hard in the end when Harry decides to leave Winnie at the zoo, instead of taking her home to Canada, as he promised.If it were "my bear"...I would have brought her home with me...BUT...I'm only in the Sound Department. LOL All in all, I wish I would see more of this type of quality story-telling being produced in Canada. It was a great pleasure to work on Winnie. I loved it. Thanks CBC for a WONDERFUL PRODUCTION! Virginia (who has just left her very first comment out of all the productions she's worked on!)

I know that this is the best movie I've seen this year because it's the only movie that made me sob. And I mean sob out loud!I've never read any of the Winnie the Pooh books and the Disney version came years after I grew up.I think some of the editing "issues" were due to not being able to "cue the bear" so much. After the first couple of times, it really didn't bother me.The costumes and props seemed to be perfect for the World War I era. Even the characters seemed to look like early 20th century inhabitants instead of early 21st century actors.The acting was perfect for this kind of movie -- I didn't quite understand the point of David Suchet's character but, oh well.I'm so glad I live close enough to Canada to get CBC! I just hope it comes out on DVD so I can put it right next to The Bear.

Here's a quote from the CBC website along with my personal comments at the very end:"It is August 1914 and World War I has just begun.Lieutenant Harry Colebourn (Michael Fassbender), a veterinarian with the 34th Fort Garry Horse Division, is traveling by train with other soldiers when he buys a bear cub at a rest stop. He names her Winnie, after his home town of Winnipeg and, in spite of all common sense warnings from his fellow soldiers, takes her with him to the camp in Valcartier, Quebec where the Canadian expeditionary force is gathering.Winnie is a breath of fresh air for the young soldiers faced with the prospect of war, and she travels with them all the way to Salisbury Plain in England.When Harry's regiment is sent to fight in France, the young vet knows Winnie cannot go. He finds a home for her at the London Zoo, promising to return as soon as the war is over and take her back to Canada.While Harry and his friends fight in France, Winnie becomes the star attraction at the zoo. For the children of London, living in the shadow of a frightening war, she becomes a symbol of friendship and hope."What a good way to spend 2 hours. The acting was great, well directed, the sets were appropriate and I did get choked up! (This doesn't happen often, except in Zombie movies).However, there were some VERY annoying slow-motion shots that looked terrible. Lots of flickering during the slow-motion scenes and bad timing. It should have been omitted.Final verdict...A very entertaining and educational story about a beloved bear for the whole family.