Goodbye Christopher Robin

Before Winnie the Pooh became a Disney favourite, there was A. A. Milne. Inspired by the relationship with his own son, the author created the beloved children’s books series, Winnie the Pooh, whilst dealing with PTSD from World War I.

In this adaptation of Milne’s life, Director Simon Curtis combines contrasting themes about war, family and childhood fame together, and it all sounds reasonably interesting. However, the disjointed points of view show that the film clearly has a difficult time meshing these elements together into the same narrative flow. The characters’ demeanors and moods shift so abruptly, it’s as if we’re introduced to an entirely different being each turn. When it comes to moments of excessive sentimentality, it’s intentions are more obvious than anything else but the overall indecisiveness of the film makes even those moments seem forced and artificial.

There may be a good story somewhere on the page but the end product is unremarkable at best, it makes you wonder why they bothered with this in the first place. It’s just one of those movies that i will gladly forget.

(Originally posted on 25 Mar 2018 @projectunwrapped)