Movie #1419 "Goodbye, Christopher Robin" was surprisingly a very sad movie. I thought it was going to be inspiring and delve into the creativity of the famous books, but it's very different from that. Yes, there is a kid and his teddy bear at the center of the story, but this is a very adult story that deals with adult subject matters. For example, how to deal with being famous, how to deal with writer's block, some parents aren't necessarily effective because they can't show love or never really wanted children, war causes lasting scars even if you aren't hurt physically, how much effect your parents have on the rest of your life, growing pains and how difficult it is to grow up when no one wants you to.........so it isn't a kids' movie at all. It is a beautiful film, esp. the walks through the forest ("100 acre wood) and the drawing of the character Christopher Robin dissolving into the real little boy. There were so many times while I watched the film where my eyes were filled with tears because of watching the mistreatment of this little kid just in the way they talked of him, to him, behind closed doors about him, etc, along with the treatment of this little kid by fans --- wow! I wanted to shake the parents, but thank god there is a nanny very well portrayed by Kelly MacDonald that saves the day with this kid, so there is some balance (thank God!) I really loved the film --- it isn't perfect in every way, but enough in it is worthy of seeing --- I have never read any of the books, not sure why, but the first thing I did when I got home was to find the books in the Mickey Mouse room and put them in the queue to be read next by me! that makes the film worthy to me -- 5 stars out of 5! Why isn't it being seen by more people and in more theatre????? Big question.
"GOODBYE, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN" 2017 PG (? effects of war pervade this film) 1 hr 47 mins
The world of Winnie the Pooh creator A.A. Milne comes to life in this illuminating biopic that focuses on his relationship with his son (and inspiration), Christopher Robin, and how the books' phenomenal success affected the family
A behind-the-scenes look at the life of author
A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son
C.R. Milne.
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