My daughter couldn't wait to see Christopher Robin. The trailer, showing a live action film with an adorable computer-generated Pooh Bear and friends, had her comparing it to the friendly Paddington franchise. My son thought it looked bleak.
Christopher Robin is feel-good, merging Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and the gang into the live action seamlessly, often with slapstick and crazy antics.
It's also essentially a moving and uplifting story about a man having a mid-life crisis; my son was on to something, it's an odd combination of a child-like story mixed with complex adult themes.
We first meet A.A. Milne's characters in the Hundred Acre Wood as they gather to say goodbye to Christopher Robin, who's off to boarding school. Not long after, Robin is robbed of his childhood when his father dies, then spends his early adult life fighting in World War II.
Now, with a wife and daughter, Christopher is focused purely on his job and making a future for his family, at the expense of spending time with them - until Pooh Bear shows up and helps him readjust his priorities.
