A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life. Read more …
Everyone’s trying hard, but they can’t quite live up to the particularly gentle, warm tone of Pooh himself. Unlike the bear of very little brain, this is a film pulled in different directions with entirely too many thoughts in its head.
For such beloved characters, the bare necessities of back-to-childhood banalities aren't enough to cut it.
A low-key charmer, this lovingly-crafted, melancholic movie is a big, comforting hug of a film.
Adults may appreciate a film prepared to delve into such dark corners but their children will be bewildered by some of the turns into the woods that Christopher Robin takes.
An overstuffed plot can’t deter from the size of this film’s heart.
For all the expensive honey drizzled over this script, Forster’s film is just unpersuasively weird for an hour, before it tails off in the softest of focuses.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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