Review of Christopher Robin

I went to see Christopher Robin on Wednesday night, and I enjoyed the film.

I've heard that the film had a slow start introducing Christopher Robin and telling his story as he get up, but I didn't notice or think of that.  I liked when Pooh and his friends talking in the "real" world to people in London, and causing them to be surprised or (in a policeman's case) in denial.  When Christopher's wife, Evelyn, first meets them, she is surprised with a "I don't believe my eyes" look on her face.

When I was a kid, I watched The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh, and when Pooh did his morning exercises and Tigger sang his signature song, I liked the references to the animated film.  The moment in the film when Christopher returns to the Hundred Acre Wood, and tells Pooh that he's grown up and gets annoyed at Pooh before losing him in the fog was sad moments it shows how much Christopher had changed as he grew up before saying sorry to his friend at their favourite spot later after finding everyone one else.

The introduction of Madeline is a good way of helping Christopher realise what matters most to him, his family.  At the start, he's more focused on work and he tries to read history books to her at bedtime, while she worries that she might be going to boarding school.  When Pooh and his friends meet Madeline and go to London to return her father's papers, he leaves an important meeting to go and look for her, and promise to become a better father for her.

All in all, I think that film is a good for family entertainment and to introduce Winnie-the-Pooh and all his friends to a whole new generation of audience.

I now look forward to getting the film when it comes out on DVD.

I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court Theatre and Cinema.