Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

kitellis-98121 While not entirely perfect, this film is one that I will definitely watch again.It had strange resonances for me personally, as my grandmother was a famous and celebrated author, who used me as inspiration for several of her children's books, and also as a subject for one of her academic books for adults.During my early childhood, I spent many happy days playing imaginative games with my grandmother - always followed around by a photographer - and those games became the basis for her stories, with the photographs of me used to illustrate them. At the time I was quite happy about this, as it made me feel special, but I am now very well aware that I was being exploited.Like Christopher Robin, I was never asked permission to be in her books, nor was I ever paid (although I inherited a modest amount of money when she died, so I suppose that could be considered payment of sorts).Unlike Christopher Robin, I never resented the books I was in, and I never felt that my childhood memories had been stolen or commercialised. But my situation was never as drastic as his, and my grandmother's celebrity didn't even come close to that of A.A. Milne. However, there are enough parallels to have given me a few shivers while watching this movie.Others have commented on its excellence, so I won't belabour that point, except to say that I agree. As a film it is beautifully crafted and (for me anyway) endlessly re-watchable.I disagree with the negative comments about the stilted acting. If anything I felt they needed to be more stilted to be properly true to the period. I do agree that Margo Robbie's accent was uneven, but performance-wise I felt she did very well in what was perhaps the hardest role to perform convincingly.As others have mentioned, the best performances came from the two boys playing Christopher Robin, although I also particularly liked Stephen Campbell Moore's understated warmth, and - for the first time in her career- I actually found myself liking Kelly Macdonald, an actress who has irritated me in every other film in which I've seen her. Here she exudes warmth and tenderness, and in a well-pitched and technically difficult performance manages to display undercurrents of disapproval and sympathy to the audience without over-egging the pudding.The cinematography by Ben Smithard also bears special mention, bringing to the screen a subtle yet richly evocative atmosphere of nostalgia and childhood innocence without sacrificing realism or becoming overly stylised.In fact, one of this film's many technical merits is the fine balance it achieves between all its various flavours and ingredients; each one subtle and understated, yet combining to create a rich and satisfying whole.As an overall viewing experience it has much to recommend it, and very little about which to complain.

ellenirishellen-62962 Didn't know much about the background of Christopher Robin,think he was ungrateful.So,his father made a boatload of money for writing about his childhood.With a disabled daughter,and the opportunity to live well,I have no sympathy for Chrissie.His father endured shell shock from WWI,no mention if CR did from WWII.I just think if he thought things had to be so ideal,he should've shown a little gratitude.That he was well provided for and that CR was a whinny unappreciative so-and-so,and that I'd think when he became a father he would've appreciated what his father accomplished,set out an enduring children's classic literature piece should mean something.No sympathy for ingrates!

Neil Welch Writer Alan Milne returns from World War I suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. He and wife Daphne have a child, Christopher Robin but known as Billy Moon, and move to the country where the child is largely brought up by his nanny Nou. When she takes a leave of absence to look after her mother, Billy grows close to his father, and the seeds for the Winnie the Pooh books begin to grow. Their success takes the family by surprise and Billy's childhood is sacrificed on the altar of Pooh Bear's commercialism. The legacy of being the actual Christopher Robin never leaves Billy, ruining his adolescence, although he later comes to terms with the importance of his father's books and their characters to the wider world.This biographical film dramatises the three intertwined stories of AA Milne, Christopher Robin Milne, and Winnie the Pooh. We see all the elements of the Pooh story as they occur and, thankfully, they are shown gracefully rather than being shoehorned into the story with clumsy ugliness.But although the familiarity with Winnie the Pooh gives a warm glow to some aspects of the film, this is not a happy tale. Milne is a damaged man who does his best, fighting against the burden of his war experiences. His wife is not a sympathetic character: when she does the right thing, you get the feeling that this is because she knows she ought to rather than because she genuinely wants to. And both of them are clearly emotional people trapped behind a belief that emotions should be kept tightly under control. A sequence towards the end is telling, when Nou is the only person to show the adult Christopher physical affection.Domnhall Gleeson and Margot Robbie are both excellent as the Milnes, with Kelly Macdonald superb as Nou. Will Tilston is good as 8-year old Billy, although I found him a little too cutesy to sympathise with as much as I should have. Alex Lawther is very good as the older Christopher.And there is a sad footnote: Christopher Milne never took a penny from the immense amount of money earned by his father's Winnie-the-Pooh books, so bitter was he about the extent to which they blighted his life.

Sameir Ali December 8, 2017. Gala Screening, 14th Dubai International Film Festival.The movie won the People's choice award at the 14th edition of Dubai International Film Festival. Though cannot agree completely with this winning, the movie is a nice film to watch.Based on the real story of the creator of Winnie the Pooh. After the First World War, the world was looking for a relaxation from the aftereffect. Children's author Alan Milne strikes an idea of a character from his son, Christopher Robin's stuffed toys. It was a huge success, gained money and fame. But, the movie says how it affected the life of the boy. It really turned things upside down.It's a narration of a beautiful, lovely story. Film lovers will like it, try to watch it in a completely relaxed mood. Ready to accept a feel good movie. #KiduMovie.