Christopher Robin (aka new Winnie the Pooh movie)

[MAN O STEEL]

Seen the movie and loved it. Had no complaints. If I had to nitpick I'd say that I wish the adventure was bigger in scope. Felt kinda small scale for a film. Otherwise it was great imo. 8/10

 

[DACrowe]

I think it took a while to get going and that Forster shouldn't have shied so much away from lightness. Like it was literally too gray in the Hundred Acre Wood during the happy, "sunny" moments.

Even so, it is a charming, heartwarming movie overall, and has a gentle sweetness that felt true and endearing. It's not a great movie, but Pooh was affectionally realized and Eeyore was hilarious. I think it is about a hundred times better than Beauty and the Beast or Maleficent. Alas it did not make a lot of money, so Disney will ignore that this one had an underlying warmth and just go for more cold remakes.

 

[TheVileOne]

I think it took a while to get going and that Forster shouldn't have shied so much away from lightness. Like it was literally too gray in the Hundred Acre Wood during the happy, "sunny" moments.

Even so, it is a charming, heartwarming movie overall, and has a gentle sweetness that felt true and endearing. It's not a great movie, but Pooh was affectionally realized and Eeyore was hilarious. I think it is about a hundred times better than Beauty and the Beast or Maleficent. Alas it did not make a lot of money, so Disney will ignore that this one had an underlying warmth and just go for more cold remakes.

I didn't care for the way it was shot either.

 

[Rjones1325]

One of my biggest issues with the previous Pooh movie was how short it was. In actuality, “Winnie the Pooh” (2011) had a running time of one hour, yet it was damn near perfect. The movie was well-paced and told a delightful tale, but it would have benefited from being longer. After watching this, I think it's safe to say I’m glad all the other Pooh movies clocked in barely past an hour long because a little bit of Pooh and his friends goes a looooong way. When the stuffed animals all get to the real world and infiltrate the city of London, the movie goes from being silly and wacky to loud and manic, WHICH IS NOT WINNIE THE POOH!

Right after the 15 minute mark, there is a drastic shift of tone from dark and mature to comical and goofy. There is a scene of war in the movie, and then you have Christopher Robin at work where his boss is bumbling as he knocks over briefcases and then his coworkers hide as they eavesdrop on their meeting.

Did an executive from the studio say, “We’re Disney. We can’t let this be smart and dignified. We’ll be as silly as ALL OF OUR CURRENT MOVIES ARE!” If this was released in 2013 or a decade ago, that tone would have been consistent. Ever since,“The Last Jedi” I’ve been seeing a trend of Disney movies only consisting of comedy. With the exception of “Infinity War”, ALL of Disney’s features have been either inconsistent in tone or just going straight up comical. I really like “Incredibles 2” but I only see it as more of a comedy than a Pixar movie with emotional depth and substance. The inconsistency is present there, and it’s present here and I’m really tired of it. Disney following the comical slapstick route goes against the true nature of these characters. As a matter of fact, they’re doing a disservice to these characters.

FULL REVIEW HERE: https://rendyreviews.com/movies//christopher-robin-review

 

[DACrowe]

I mean, this is a Winnie the Pooh movie for children. I am very fine with it having comedy and for adults to act, at least partially, more as how children see them than how they are.

 

[Web-Head]

My biggest complaint with this was how slow it was, especially at the beginning, it took a while to get going and I wasn't a huge fan of the story. I could see kids finding the Christopher Robin work stuff boring.

It had heart and charm though and was a fairly fun time at the movies.

 

[Darkness Falls]

definitely pulled on the old heart strings <3 i loved it

 

[DarkKnight88]

I mean, this is a Winnie the Pooh movie for children.

Is there any other kind?

 

[Spider-Fan]

I liked the movie quite a bit. I do think the movie looked sort of ugly and was very predictable, but I still had fun.

 

[The Big G]

 

[Marvel united]

Why didnt they just do a straight adaptation of the show? The Christopher Robin stuff was very boring

 

[LucDisfilm19]

Apparently, Deadline is calling a 25-30% drop for Christopher Robin, so, we could see it end with a domestic cume between $85M and $90M.

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

I thought it was a very heartwarming movie.

 

[psylockolussus]

Though I wish Christopher was a kid and I wish the film was a remake of the animated film (not the 2009 one), this was a good film though not exactly memorable. Pooh and the rest looked really good. I really liked the cinematography as well.