This week at the cinema - August 15, 2018
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Christopher Robin (2018)Genre: AdventureDirector: Marc FosterStarring and voices of: Ewan McGregor, Jim Cummings, Hayley Atwell, Toby Jones, Brad Garrett, Peter Capaldi Duration: 104 minutesClass: UKRS Releasing Ltd Christopher Robin, a fictionalised imagininThis week at the cinema - August 15, 2018
Christopher Robin (2018)Genre: AdventureDirector: Marc FosterStarring and voices of: Ewan McGregor, Jim Cummings, Hayley Atwell, Toby Jones, Brad Garrett, Peter Capaldi Duration: 104 minutesClass: UKRS Releasing Ltd Christopher Robin, a fictionalised imagining of the titular characters from A.A. Milne’s classic Winnie the Pooh children’s stories, is taking audiences back to the Hundred Acre Wood. However, Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) is now no longer the imaginative and whimsy child he once was, and as he matured, lost touch with Pooh, Tigger and all of his forest friends. Now a mature and reserved family man, the pressure is on to keep up with a demanding boss. Abandoning a family holiday to deal with an office crisis, hijinks ensue when Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh are unexpectedly reunited and Christopher Robin must take Pooh bear back to the Hundred Acre Wood, the fantasy land of his childhood. The film received average to good reviews, with audiences being more favourable than critics. Helen O’Hara of Empire Online found the film to be falling “just short of magic”, with the film failing to deal meaningfully with the themes of family and friendship, and... Read more