Christopher Robin (2018)

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

It was ok. A fairly syrupy message about family being more important than work, but that actually work is quite important if you are about to lose your job probably doesn't need to be told to working adults. The teckers are great, as many have already said. I just don't really see who the audience is intended to be. Young children, used to fast paced animations, would surely find it dull. Older kids would be bored by the story. I (parent of teens) dozed off. There were quite a few 70+ people in the small Sunday night audience. Maybe it's aimed at those who know and love the characters already and will put up with a dull plot to see them brought to life again with 21st C tech. Not Disney's finest hour.

If you are looking for more Winnie the Pooh than we ever knew about from AA Milne. Well, sorry. He didn't write any more, and this film doesn't add anything to the canon. Christopher Robin does not grow up, not ever. He may be on the verge of doing so, we may even gets hints of it. But it never happens. AA Milne controlled that, and he never gave it to us. So if you are a Winnie the Pooh purist - and many are - this film is not for you. Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor - inspired casting) comes off as a rather cute jerk, who is saved by bumping into Pooh transported into a London park. Pooh is NOT Paddington so don't expect that to come off as anything other than well-produced silliness. Christopher Robin is caught up in the endeavor of being a responsible adult, whose time for his family is limited. Family doesn't like that. (Surprise, surprise.) Family goes off to sulk at their country property where Christopher Robin used to frolic with Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Ancient history, of course, so mother and daughter know nothing of this. Christopher Robin must see to it that Pooh is returned home. Misadventures ensue. This is decidedly not Winnie the Pooh, although some the characters are quite familiar. If purity is what you want - even given the liberties with the Pooh stories that Disney has already taken - this goes too far afield.However, if you are expecting a delightful tale, suggested by the characters created in AA Milne's Winnie the Pooh adventures, then this film cannot help but entertain you. The plot is rather improbable and Disney-silly, but that won't matter. You'll feel very well satisfied. With that expectation, it is very charming and heart-warming.So, take your choice.

Welcoming back the characters that we all know so well, Christopher Robin gives us a chance to fall in love with them all over again. The messages within the film are strong and very important, but nothing prevents the universal level of humour that our old friends from Hundred Acre Wood bring into the real world. Ewan McGregor delivers a very solid performance, blending a strong, solid business professional with the echoes of his own childhood. Busy working parents will quickly relate to Christopher Robin's difficulties in balancing work and family commitments and Disney underpin the importance of the latter. The adventures ebb and flow and the momentum of the strong storyline deliver us to a finale that leaves a very warm feeling and a refreshed adoration of characters we never really stopped loving.

This movie will cheer you up and you will surely fall in love with most of the characters! Winnie the Pooh represents the love, the friendship and the charm of this film - colourful character, vital role model for all small children. Nowadays, the majority of animated movies are an absolute disaster (The emoji movie; Trolls; Angry birds) and children desperately needed charaters like Pooh, Paddington and Peter Rabbit. "Christopher Robin" gives us joy and comedy, but it also has its darker moments which bring us to reality. It is good to think that the childhood, the love and the innocence are so much stronger than the war and the injustice in the life of the working people. Christopher Robin achieved his goals and experienced his spiritual change. Ewan McGregor did a perfect job and I believe his performance can earn him an Oscar nomination.