LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

henry8-3 Touching, witty drama looking at the creation of Winnie the Pooh, by WW1 traumatised AA Milne. What is particularly impressive is the deftly handed balancing between the living relationship between father and son and the frank acknowledgement of the dreadful parenting by the leads as they exploit their 6 year old titular child to earn more money / fame.Good performances all around, but particularly by the young Will Tilston

ellenirishellen-62962 Didn't know much about the background of Christopher Robin,think he was ungrateful.So,his father made a boatload of money for writing about his childhood.With a disabled daughter,and the opportunity to live well,I have no sympathy for Chrissie.His father endured shell shock from WWI,no mention if CR did from WWII.I just think if he thought things had to be so ideal,he should've shown a little gratitude.That he was well provided for and that CR was a whinny unappreciative so-and-so,and that I'd think when he became a father he would've appreciated what his father accomplished,set out an enduring children's classic literature piece should mean something.No sympathy for ingrates!

gradyharp The true story of A.A. Milne's writing of the infamous WINNIE THE POOH stories has been successfully adapted for the screen by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Simon Vaughan. Simon Curtis directs a capable cast in a film that is both nostalgic and reflectively disturbing - as much a psychodrama as a biography. Interestingly enough, one of the primary memories the film touches is the devastatng effect war has on both soldiers and the general populace.First published in 1926, Winnie-the-Pooh brought hope and comfort to England after the First World War and became one of the best-loved children's books of all time. The film version of the life of A.A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson), his son Christopher Robin (Will Tilston then Alex Lawther), his wife Daphne (Margot Robbie) and the nanny Olive (Kelly Macdonald) is a rare glimpse into the relationship between father and son and the impact of Milne's experience as a soldier in WW I. After a series of PTSD episodes Milne convinces his shrewish wife to move to the country for solace. Daphne becomes pregnant, detests ,the agony of childbirth, and enters her own shallow world of luxury while the recovering Milne ultimately writes children's stories based on his son Christopher Robin and his toys. Along with his mother Daphne and his nanny Olive, Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin the instant celebrity erodes Christopher's relationship to his parents, distances Milne, and feeds the need for society acceptance of Daphne. The cast is strong, the flashbacks of the war are gruesome making Christopher's decision to join the military when WW II comes round painful to watch and the film about the most popular children's stories ever written ends with a twinge of sadness. Still

daithiwalker Film is great. Can't help but feel a little but of animosity towards the mother and father after it all. The pretty much ruined their kids life. Also, seems that he never did forgive his parents for what they did to him in real life. Warning though. If you love winnie the pooh, this may just ruin the stories for you though. It's not the most romantic story ever told.