Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Brainsbell The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

gfitch-15145 This is a wonderfully beautiful movie. I cannot praise it enough. If you love Fassbender,even more so. Don't? Watch it anyway. He knocks it out of the park in this. It's a heartwarming film, and it will give you a serious case of the feels no doubt. But I would recommend highly to watch it,especially with a family.What's most wonderful about it is definitely the bond Fassy and the bears in this movie have, but I can't say anymore for fear of spoilers. Bottomline is: I would watch it over and over again, so I think you should give it at least one watch.

Molongirl I've just finished watching the DVD of this today and loved it. Have tear trails down the cheeks and feeling like a better person for watching something worthwhile. After being traumatised with Old Yeller as a kid (I cried for days!) I am always wary of animal films but this was a winner. Great actors, great story and especially a great bear. Had no idea of this "back" story to Winnie the Pooh and was so pleased to find out about it. Do yourself a favour and spend the time to get hold of this one. I know its setting is World War 1; but the focus is not there, rather it is on the love of man for animal and animal for man (and other animals).

mejoza My children were very much entertained by this movie. Historical and semi-factual movies are not really their thing at ALL. It was nice to get them to discuss WWI, bears, relationships, zoo history.. you name it. The bear was really charming. I've never been a huge Pooh fan, but I am a bear fan. I love bear movies. This made me set aside a little love in my heart for Winnie the Pooh. It did bring some tears to my eyes when the bear is in the hospital visiting...I think it's better than average as kids' animal movies go. I don't think my husband would want to watch it again, however. I personally think this movie is rated a little high on this site. Perhaps it doesn't have enough votes yet to get a good measurement. It's a good movie, but by no means is it high cinema. It's a made for TV movie, for sure.

Virginia Storey I have to say that as the Foley Artist on this film, I didn't spend a day when I wasn't attempting to conceal my tears from my co-workers! I LOVE this story! I'm a great animal lover and so I felt an enormous degree of empathy for the little bear in being "abandoned" by her adopted dad, "Harry". The way the story plays out, I don't know HOW anyone could have left "someone he loves so much" to go to war. But in the end, this is the reality of anyone who is called to war.It really hits me hard in the end when Harry decides to leave Winnie at the zoo, instead of taking her home to Canada, as he promised.If it were "my bear"...I would have brought her home with me...BUT...I'm only in the Sound Department. LOL All in all, I wish I would see more of this type of quality story-telling being produced in Canada. It was a great pleasure to work on Winnie. I loved it. Thanks CBC for a WONDERFUL PRODUCTION! Virginia (who has just left her very first comment out of all the productions she's worked on!)