An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Margot Robbie, I thought I might as well check it out. Not to be confused with ‘Christopher Robin’ which was released around the same period and which is also available on Disney+. In fact, both movies were actually completely different and it is rather amusing that I ended up watching both them even if I myself not really a huge fan of Winnie the Pooh but, at least, this movie made clear how huge the character became when the first book written by A.A. Milne came out. Still, I’m afraid the damned thing never really worked though. I think the main issue was the whole genesis of this book was actually by and large really tragic but it seems that the makers never really dared to really commit to the darkness of the material. Instead, because the books themselves were quite whimsical, they tried to bring some whimsicality to this real story which might have sounded fine on paper but there was nothing really whimsical about what actually happened back then. Furthermore, it made the whole thing rather unfocused. Indeed, at first, they were focusing on A.A. Milne but, as soon the book came out, the guy more or less vanished in the 2^nd act. I mean, what did he feel about his newfound fame and the impact it had on his life and above all on the life of his kid? Even more problematic was how they handled his wife, Daphne Milne. She was actually a really interesting character who had apparently some mental issues and, in fact, C.R. Milne who didn’t get along very well with his father, didn’t have much contact with his mother after his father passed away. However, in this movie, she was so poorly developed that you are never really sure if she really loved her husband and her kid or if she just wanted to enjoy money and fame. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was not a complete disaster and I guess it might be worth a look if you are really interested in Winnie the Pooh and the guy who invented the famous character.