A fun and entertaining movie not just for people who grew up with Winnie the Pooh, but also for the people who are just starting to learn about these iconic characters. This movie is can be watched by parents and children, and both will enjoy it.
Awwww this heart-melting and I loveeee that they got the characters so spot on (except maybe Tigger needing more orange) :heart:
“Christopher Robin”, a.k.a. “Hook” set in the Hundred Acre Wood, is a warm and tender adventure that can entertain families and children without pretense. The plot is simplistic and naive, but there are many heartwarming lines and episodes to heal your heart with. The tear-jerking hug scene in the middle just made me lose it, that alone makes up for everything. You start as cynical and disillusioned as Christopher Robin is, but as his character evolves, you also start to loosen up, feel the magic, and genuinely have fun. After all, it’s a film about nothing, from a character that celebrates doing nothing. The only thing that bothered me is that despite the “grown-up” premise, there is no real life lesson for adults here. Christopher Robin is simply depicted as the textbook definition of the busy middle-class worker that ends up overlooking the real important things in life due to the pressure from work and career aspirations. The real conflicts and afflictions of adulthood are not even mentioned, but I guess there is enough material for a child to reflect upon.
Like many people, I grew up with Winnie The Pooh. The 100 Acre Wood adventures are those sort of childhood stories that it's impossible not to have had them read to you when you were a kid. Christopher Robin, as a result, is a film I have been interested to watch ever since its release. And so it came to today, Easter Sunday, when myself and my parents decided to finally stick it on the television.
Christopher Robin is simply a charming little family flick. Its plot concerns a grown-up Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) trying to find his childhood sense of fun once again, with the help of Winnie The Pooh (Jim Cummings) and friends. It's not by any means a masterpiece or a film that is likely to be held in such high esteem alongside the likes of The Godfather or The Wizard of Oz, but it doesn't need to be. It's not that kind of film. It's just a small and lovely narrative about a man who has lost his way, and forgotten how to have fun.
It's great to see such a stellar cast of British acting talent also. In this one film, we have Peter Capaldi as Rabbit, Toby Jones as Owl, Sophie Okonedo as Kanga and, of course, the excellent Hayley Atwell as the wife of Christopher Robin, Evelyn.
The problem with such a large ensemble is that certain characters tend to disappear. For instance, out of the stuffed residents of 100 Acre Wood, the film largely focuses on Winnie The Pooh, Tigger (Jim Cummings), Eeyore (Brad Garrett) and Piglet (Nick Mohammed), which means the others are sidelined, particularly in the third act of the movie. It would have been nice to have seen Kanga, Roo (Sara Sheen), Owl and Rabbit make it to London, as it would have felt like the characters had more to do, beyond simply existing within the world of the story.
The plot does, also, take a while to get going. It takes around thirty/thirty five minutes for the inciting incident to kick in, and another ten/fifteen on top of that until the grown-up Christopher Robin meets the rest of the guest cast. The narrative is quite uneven, with the focus of the story changing completely in the third act, where it moves from a story concerning Christopher Robin rediscovering his inner child to Pooh and friends trying to return his important paperwork to their mate.
Despite that, however, it never gets boring. There's some really great humour throughout, my favourites concerning Christopher reading the wrong book to his child at bedtime, and the stuffed animals surprising the taxi driver when Tigger becomes convinced his reflection in the window is another Tigger.
Mark Gatiss also features in this film as Christopher's boss Giles Winslow, and he is utterly brilliant in the role. He does a really good job at playing the mean boss who lounges around whilst his employees do all the work, and his reaction to the discovery of what Tigger had put in Christopher Robin's briefcase (where the important paperwork should be) is priceless. He is arguably the closest this film has to an antagonist, and Mark Gatiss is on fine form in that sort of narrative role.
Overall, Christopher Robin is a sweet family movie, with oodles of charm and a poignant message about unleashing your inner child. It's light, fun and a hugely enjoyable way to spend an hour and forty minutes, displaying a great sense of humour and an impressive all-British cast. It's just a shame it didn't do better at the Box Office, as it deserved better than the lukewarm reception it received, from critics and viewers alike.
Not a film I'd usually put on for myself but my mom is visiting from Holland and she loves Winnie the Pooh so why not. And I ended up really loving this movie. The animation is amazing, story a little weak, but Ewan Mcgreggor's performance is great as always.
This heart-warming and rather nostalgic Disney movie is an enchanted reunion between
the now grown-up Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) and Pooh Bear and his friends
of 100 acre wood.
Winnie the Pooh and friends embark on a new adventure to help remind Christopher Robin
how to laugh again, for “sometimes doing nothing leads to the very best something.”
Christopher Robin has become very serious with life. Work is stressful and with his young
daughter, he focused that she should succeed and this means not having fun. However,
along comes Pooh Bear and Christopher Robin is forced to re-discover his inner child.
We enjoyed this family film, especially the lovely ‘poohisms: “people say nothing is
impossible, I do nothing everyday”.
“Christopher Robin, what day is it?
“It’s today Pooh Bear”
“My favourite day”
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Based on characters created by A. A. Milne & E. H. Shepard. The story of the adult Christopher Robin who had forgotten how to have fun. He needed to be reminded for the sake of his family life. A sweet and gentle smackerel.
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Everyone needs this film in their life. I cried. No, really, I did. I can't believe it myself. Disney's put out both one of the worst films in their catalogue, and now one of the best in the same year. Three years ago, I was chastising Disney for even conceptualizing a live action Winnie The Pooh, screaming lack of a creative vision and banking off the tired nostalgia of a once great little franchise. I haven't held Disney in the highest regard at all in recent years, criticizing many of their decisions and downright refusing to visit their theme parks or stores. Now, I'm not going to come at you with some bullshit Stuckmann comment, "I grew up with Winnie The Pooh," even though I did, Christopher Robin succeeds entirely on it's own and can be loved by people of all ages. I rack on movies for their structural problems, sometimes ignoring the feeling I'm supposed to be having from the viewing experience, but films like this remind me how emotion can overcome any kind of little technical problem, if it's done well. This is the Disney I miss. I'm so tired of the corporate sell out manipulating monster that is the nu-Disney machine, but it seems every couple of years, Disney puts out a film that reminds me why I loved old Disney, the one Walt Disney created. Meet The Robinsons, Up, Saving Mr. Banks, Tomorrowland, and now Christopher Robin all have something in common. There's messages about growing up, remembering to keep moving forward, not letting such menial things get in the way of what's really important, and so on. What I really love what Marc Foster did was put some class and taste into this. This treats the original Hundred Acre Woods story with real respect, not just the original animated film, but the books and illustrations. This has one of the most perfect openings to any movie, implementing the book drawings into the new live action material. Showing Christopher leave, in a scene replicated from the original movie, and then show his life growing up, and even going off to war and leaving his wife behind, started to get to me. It's very tastefully done and doesn't come across as cheesy or childish. One bit of the montage that stuck out, was I think Pooh blows out a candle on a cake, and it cuts to an explosion in a battle Christopher's in. The whole thing was excellently done. Ewan McGregor makes for a fantastic character, we really don't deserve him. His character means so well for the world, but because of the burdens of reality and his job, unfortunately has to put on hold the things that he holds so dear, even going so far as to snap at Pooh in frustration. The dark and gloomy look of the woods built on the heavy tone of the scene, it was nearly heartbreaking to watch. When the two reconciled, at their thinking place, I had tears on my face. Such an innocent little bear, with no clue of the harshness of the outside world, nearly getting hit in the face with it, while simultaneously reminding Christopher of the carelessness of being a child, was both so endearing and so sad at the same time. The movie gradually turns into a silly adventure movie at the second half, but it doesn't lose it's emotional grip, in fact, it carries it proudly on it's shoulders. I don't want to spoil anything more, but any scene with McGregor talking one on one with either his family or Pooh, will put you on the edge of tears. I love the setting of war-era London, and you very quickly get accustomed to the realistic look of the Hundred Acre Woods. Disney, I know I hate you and I know I rag on you, but let me just say thank you for putting this movie out. It makes me ashamed of my fellow movie fans this movie isn't doing well at the box office or even that fantastic critically, but this is the best movie you have released in a while. It doesn't even feel like a nu-Disney movie, this is a true return to form and boy, man, I really wish they would stick with this. It's so pure and full of genuine heart. I hope people look back on this with a fondness and as a classic. Just great shit, silly old bear...
I'm not a big fan of kid-type movies, but this was fantastic. I wanted to dislike it - watched it cause the wife wanted to... but I smiled almost the entire movie and there are a couple of lol moments. The animation is incredibly life-like.
I know very little about the Winnie the Pooh story - don't ever remember reading or seeing anything a kid, but I knew enough about the characters to understand what was going on.
Solid 9/10 - you WON'T be wasting your time watching this!
Disney live-actions yet another one of their animated properties with Christopher Robin, an entertaining, lighthearted family comedy. When his Hundred Acre Wood friends go missing Winnie the Pooh goes looking for Christopher Robin to help him and finds that Christopher has grown up and has a family of his own now. Ewan McGregor and Hayley Atwell lead the cast, and Jim Cummings reprises his Winnie the Pooh characters that he voiced for the animated features. However, the plot is rather mundane (an overworked father learns to appreciate his family) and is full of tropes. Yet there are some touching moments and the comedy is pretty fun (though a little broad at times). Christopher Robin is an interesting take on this beloved franchise, but Winnie the Pooh works best in the Hundred Acre Wood in 2D animation.
A really nice movie that took me back to my childhood. We never forget our childhood friends as this movie demonstrates... and it is better to retain some of our childlike qualities and hero’s as we age and grow...
Warmfull movie with good messages and great directing.Reccomend this for a relaxing evening 7.4/10
My partner nagged and nagged to me watch this, and I gotta say... it sucked my gr*wn b*tt in right away. Very enjoyable. Hopefully it keeps Pooh and friends popular with the youngins'
made me cry... 3 times.... in one viewing!
I WANNA HUG POOH FOREVER.
"I've been a father of very little brain." A nice little family-friendly outing (i.e. not racy and not challenging in the plot department) that hits on some familiar themes and does them well, with workaholic Christopher Robin learning the error of his ways and things ending happily. I have no idea what earned the film a PG rating instead of a G, other than the fact that Disney itself might have sought it, thinking that a PG rating would help its box office.
Ewan McGregor is great as always, Pooh, Eeyore, and Tigger are all fantastic. This is a very cute and heartwarming movie that tells us family and happiness are more important than success.
Maybe I grew up, maybe I'm not a fan of A.A. Milne stories… but for me it was little boring as for a family movie.
A wonderful movie on how attached people are to their daily routine, social obligations and other things manufactured and of no true value at all. It shows the importance of having fun and living in the now without worrying about the past or the future.
such a cute movie I almost died of cuteness definitely a favorite
Cute even if it’s Hook with a lot less adventure. Where it’s important to never forget what it’s like to be a child.
You need to be under influence, or may be just English (?) to enjoy it. And this Pooh will better fit in horror movie.
Got me tearing up the first 5 minutes and left a lingering solomness within me throughout the movie (sure, it's been a bad day but still...). Towards the end of the movie things brighten up a bit if only for the cynical... let's say... "Foks" within me that joins this superb cast.
Cause let's face it... Woozles are everywhere and most only see reason in the money & life they can squeeze from those below them.
Regardless: great movie and this is from a person who never really liked Pooh for some strange and unknown reason. As of now.... I do.
Good acting, nice directing, good voice acting, but WHY is this movie so f**king depressing?!
Pooh talks like a melancholic, old suicide suspect.
Christopher Robin acts like a schizophrenic.
Even the funny scenes are tragic. This movie is so dark, it's darker than The Exorcist with Linda Blair.
I don't mean the makeups and acting, I'm talking about the MOOD of the movie.
The childish kindness of the original book and cartoon TV-show nowhere can be found in this movie. I think, they seriously messed this one up.
Like everyone else, I was raised on the Winnie the Pooh stories, so I was both excited and apprehensive at the idea of a film like this. I think what works is that the film doesn't try too hard, it's genuinely funny on its own. The acting is superb here, Ewan McGregor is excellent as an adult Ewan McGregor, who's lost is imagination and heart. The voice actors of all of the characters are great as well, they give them a great human depth to them, so you believe that they are real.
As an adult it was a treat to watch this film, and take a trip down memory lane. Although it is rated PG, I don't know if children would be all that interested in it though - there might be too many real-life adult scenes for them to follow along.
Nostalgia in a Disney movie, what else.
I like it, dont know how today kids going to react, but it keep the smile on my face almost all movie.
This is the kind of movie Disney is good at.
I probably would not have watched this movie had it not been for Ewan McGregor. I never read the books but I thoroughly enjoyed this movie from start to finish. Like someone already said: I had a smile on my face throughout the movie. It is a story I can easily relate to and it doesn't try to be anything else but a funny and entertaining movie with a little bit of a serious undertone. Of course it has a happy ending but it feels genuine and there is no massage overly stuffed down your throat.
The animal characters are so adorable and the voice acting is great, too. Alltogether a great movie, not only for families.
They say you can't go back and, if they were talking about the Hundred Acre Wood, apparently they were right.
Winnie the Pooh (the original, illustrated texts and then the 1977 Disney animated film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh) were not an important part of my childhood, they were an essential aspect of it. While I hope that today's children might find the same magic in Christopher Robin that I found in the original Pooh, all I found here were empty clichés, a predictable story and a hollow imitation of the complex simplicity that is Winnie the Pooh and his friends.
Rather than taking me on a trip back to the Hundred Acre Wood, Christopher Robin made me miss my childhood a great deal, and Winnie the Pooh even more.
If I had to summarize how I felt after watching this film using only one word, that word would be "underwhelmed".
Maybe I went in with inflated expectations, but this live-action addition to the "Winnie-the-Pooh" film franchise carried over little of the cartoons' charm. It honestly failed to convince me that the stakes were really that important.
Pooh and his friends were not… quite… real. Yes, I know they're really stuffed animals (or most of them are), but I'm referring to the production's technical side. I haven't been able to decide whether they fell into the infamous "uncanny valley" by being too realistic, or just weren't designed well as character models. Pooh in particular never seems to look like he's properly talking, which is a problem when he has the most lines of all the Hundred Acre Wood residents. Actually, I found most of their lip-sync distracting because it was "off".
How the animals looked and moved definitely pulled my attention away from the good parts. There are a number of genuinely funny lines in this movie.¹ Eeyore gets most of them, which meshes with what I remember of the animated installments. (He's got to have something to make up for that dark cloud he lives under, right?) Christopher's heffalump fight and pretty much everything involving Pooh in London did have me grinning, despite the aforementioned animation issues.
As for structure, I thought the use of chapters (complete with "In Which…" titles) in the beginning was great. It was frustrating that most of the film seemed to be one chapter, after burning through something like eight of them in the first few minutes (showing how Christopher Robin goes from childhood to working father). More of those line-drawn animation inserts would have been really nice. Perhaps they could have helped connect the story a bit better; as it was, the plot felt a bit disjointed at times.
I have my own theories on why this is, starting with the fact that there are two "Story by" credits and three "Screenplay by" credits, all separated by "and". That indicates a possible dilution of vision, since so many people touched the script.² It's the opposite of "Written and Directed by", which is akin to publishing a book without an editor's help. A second set of eyes can really help tighten a story, but too many pairs of eyes can melt it into a puddle of conflicting creative visions. It doesn't usually result in an awful script (though it can). Rather, having too many writers involved more often limits how great a script can become.³
I'd actually love to ask the writers if they considered devoting a little more time to explaining how Pooh ends up in London. The Hundred Acre Wood's connection to the real world is kind of just… there, but I think it would have been interesting to explore how the tree tunnel works a bit more. (Fantasy elements are much more fun when we question them and push their limits!)
Christopher Robin was definitely not as great as it could have been. It was enjoyable enough, but it didn't earn a spot in my "Rewatch Over and Over" collection next to The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh (1977).
it is amazing movie.. for adult.
it will be confusing movie for kids
Too many of us let adult concerns rule our life, but let's face it, how many of us would rather return to those childlike days of wonder of yesteryear? With wisdom and cheer, this film is a reminder to all of us; don't let adulthood grind you down. If life has taken its toll, and you're forever dealing with stress, change direction and step into the world of Pooh!
Everything about it hit home. Anything Pooh said just touched me and made my heart leak. It's just a feel good movie and it'll take you on a nostalgic ride. Must watch!
The new Winnie-the-Pooh film is just superb! I absolutely love it. When I first heard it was coming out, I was very apprehensive as a Pooh fan. Especially when the title "Christopher Robin" is too similar to the title of the biopic about A.A. Milne that came out last year, "Goodbye Christopher Robin".... I had a feeling that Disney might have just been jumping on the bandwagon, following the success of that film.
But even if they WERE jumping on the bandwagon, I'm pleased to say they have jumped on it beautifully. They have captured the characters exactly how they should be. The film is genuinely hilarious in parts, and certain moments had me laughing to the point where I didn't think I'd stop. They also had little touches of Milne's type of subtle, whimsical humour. There were emotional moments, and beautiful storytelling with deep meaning and messages throughout, just like the books.
It's difficult to predict how much the kids would enjoy it compared to the cartoons we’re so familiar with. I wonder if there were too many scenes of being an adult, and not enough scenes of playing in the forest. But I'm certain that there's a huge audience out there of grown up Winnie-the-Pooh fans, who aren’t really grown up at heart. (I can’t be the only one!) And for us, this film is perfect. I hope the kids enjoy it too.
I would absolutely love it if they do a live action version of the original Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Disney has already covered these books in the original cartoon series of features back in the ‘60s. However, I genuinely believe that if they find the right actor to play Christopher Robin as a young boy, then it would be brilliant. They would have to work really hard on capturing essence of the characters and the stories, and so there would be a lot of pressure. But this film proves that it can be done.
This film’s opening scene is based on the last story from “The House At Pooh Corner”. My only small criticism is that I don’t think they chose the right actor to play Christopher Robin as a boy. He was good, but he looked like he was acting. For me, he just didn’t play it realistic enough. I’m probably being too picky!
The boy who played Christopher Robin in last year’s film, Will Tilston, has set the standard high. But if someone could play him as well as he did, then a live action based on the original books would be perfect. I may well get in touch with Disney myself and suggest it.
That Pooh is friggin HILARIOUS
The most adorable film I think I have EVER seen!!! From start to finish it was unbelievably cute an totally hilarious, and had such a heart to it. Always remember how important friends and family are!
Well it sure brought back childhood memories. The film was a heart warming bouncing of joy with plenty of humour, specially from (Eeyore) and it was sweet as honey with a great message.
Lovely movie for the whole family. Reminded me quite a bit of Finding Neverland. :)
I'm not a huge Winnie the Pooh fan so I have no nostalgia for it. This movie doesn't quite know what it is. It is a little too dark at times to be a kids movie and too boring to fully be an adult movie. The animals look weird at first but you get use to them. Eeyore was by far the best and had all the funny lines. Ewan McGregor was charming. Overall the movie is okay, if you are a fan then you will like it more but if you aren't then you can probably skip it.
An enjoyable trip into nostalgia. It started strong but then lagged a bit in the gloom in the Hundred Acre Wood (I was beginning to worry) then Eeyore arrived and the real rescue of Christopher Robin began. It was all adventure after that. Cast was strong. Great voice work. I'm absolutely fascinated with the mix of live action, animation and puppetry. I give this a 7.9 (strong show) out of 10. [Fantasy Adventure]
This movie is fulled with charm and is downright touching. Having watched The New Adventures of Winnie-The-Pooh in my early years, my heart melted every time Pooh was on the screen. This bear if simple brain looked delightfully adorable as did his other friends from the Hundred Acre Wood. In many ways, at this stage of my life, I can probably better related to Christopher Robin's struggles in the film and so there are things adults can take away from this movie beyond the joy kids will get from seeing the animals of the Hundred Acre Wood. Jim Cummings knocks it out of the park as the voice of both Pooh and Tigger and Brad Garrett is a good Eeyore. Ewan McGregor turns in a charming, and at times touching, performance as Christopher Robin.
Between Paddington and now Pooh, bring us more charming and stuffed bears to the bring screen.
World Premiere Review:
Surprisingly good. I had a smile on my face throughout most of the movie and it's genuinely funny. The whole cast is spot on with Ewan hitting it out of the park. Having grown up with Winnie the Pooh, I definitely had an enhanced experience. Discounting for nostalgia, it goes from a 9 to an 8, only because the opening third is quite slow, but it's a very well made film. You believe the stuffed animals are living, breathing things...and you want to believe!
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I don't have any deep nostalgia for Winnie the Pooh, but this film made me feel like I do. I guess there's a reason these characters are so well loved - they're cute, hilarious, and wholesome. And of course there's the voice acting. I think the dialogue was strong, but honestly Jim Cummings could probably say any line with Winnie the Pooh's signature voice/cadence and I'd probably love it. The story isn't revolutionary, but its compelling enough to serve as an effective nostalgic vehicle. There aren't many live action films for younger audiences that win me over, so it was a pleasant surprise to find another favorite here.