We all know most of the stories about young Christopher Robin(McGregor) and his friends in the 100 Acre Wood Rabbit, Owl, Kanga and her son Roo, Piglet, Eeyore,Tigger and of course Winnie The Pooh! Many times young Christopher Robin always helped his friends with their troubles and played with them. But Christopher Robin is saying goodbye to his friends and is going away to boarding school. Before he leaves he promises Pooh that he will never forget about him. As time goes by and Christopher Robin is forced to grow up fast when his father dies. He meets a girl named Evelyn(Atwell), they fall in love,get married and have a daughter named Madeline who is born while Christopher is away fighting in WW2. Christopher comes home and gets a job working in the Winslow luggage company as one of their executives. For a little while back in the 100 Acre Wood, Pooh stands by the door which Christopher Robin is known to come through and waits for him to return. But after a while he gives up and does not wait anymore! In Christopher Robins life he has become a workaholic putting his job before his family, his daughter Madeline to please her father concentrates on her school work and not so much on play much to the disappointment of her mother. Christopher Robin has become serious,not so much about fun and play. When his boss wants him to stay and work on the weekend to cut 20% from the company budget, Christopher must break the promise to his family to go to the family cottage in Sussex. As his family leaves for the cottage yet again disappointed by Christopher breaking plans to spend time with them, in the 100 Acre Wood Pooh wakes up to go and find his friends on an unusually gloomy day in the wood. He searches and searches but cannot find them. His search takes them to the door which Christopher Robin is known to come through. The door mysteriously opens a bit, thinking it is his long lost friend Christopher Robin, Pooh goes through the door and is transported to a park in London near the Robin home. And after a while of waiting Pooh finds his grown up friend Christopher who is hiding in the park from a neighbour. Pooh explains to him that he has lost his friends and needs Christopher's help to find them! Christopher agrees to help him to get him out of the real world so people in London do not see a talking teddy bear. The friends go back to the tree in the woods behind the cottage that Christopher Robins family is at. Pooh and Christopher go through the door and into the 100 Acre Wood. After a little while there Christopher forgets his adult worries and finds his inner child along with all his lost friends. But after losing track of time he remembers he must get back to his job before he gets fired with the solution for the 20% company cutbacks. With Christopher on his way back to London his childhood friends discover that Tigger had removed the important work papers and replaced them with stuff from the 100 Acre Wood. So Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Eeyore decide that this time they will save Christopher Robin for once and take him his work papers to London. Out in the real world they run into Christopher's daughter Madeline who they befriend and joins in the quest to help her dad. The new friends are on there way to London and no far behind is Christopher's wife Evelyn who informs Christopher of what has happened and he must decide what is more important, hi job or those he loves.
Now I know I told you little bit of what the movie is about. But there is so much more to tell, which I won't tell because if I did than it would ruin it for you! As is I told you a little too much. But that being said I have to say that from when I first saw the trailer for this movie it brought back childhood memories and was excited to see it. Last night when I went and saw it I was not disappointed at all by this movie! It had a touching and really great story about what happened to Christopher Robin when he grew up. It is a story about friendship, about how your true friends will always be there for you. It was also about finding that inner child again and not concentrating so much about work all the time. To have the time for the fun things in life and play. This movie strikes an emotional chord about the value of family and friends. It was well written, acted and directed. Visually it was great with the famous characters coming to life on the big screen in their first live action movie. All in all a great movie for all ages whether you are looking for something to take your kids to, your significant other or just by yourself. This movie is a must see!!! In a summer of superheroes, spies and dinosaurs it was nice change of pace. Well worth the price of admission, you won't be disappointed!! That being said I am giving Christopher Robin a 8.1 on The Justin Scale Of Movies and putting it on my Pick-It List of movies to see at the theatre. It is now that time to call it a wrap here on my latest review! As always I must ask you to please go out and enjoy the theatre experience and support the hard working people who are behind the scenes putting together these great movies. On a personal level it is an experience that should never go out of style in a world of streaming and downloading. So save me a good seat and keep that popcorn freshly popped because I will see you again at the movies!
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