Christopher Robin Review

Christopher Robin

Release Date: 13th September 2018 - Australia

Production Companies 

Walt Disney Pictures (presents)

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Distribution

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Australia

Genre: Family

Rating: G

Runtime: 104 minutes

Budget: $75,000,000

Box Office Gross: $197,744,377 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

Christopher Robin was once the young boy who shared adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood with Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Roo, Kanga and the others, but now he is an adult with a wife and daughter. He works long hours at the office, where he feels he's lost his way, especially when it's taking a lot of time from his family.

When Winnie-the-Pooh appears out of nowhere, Christopher Robin wonders at first if he's going mad. However, his childhood friends try to help Christopher Robin find his way back to the happy, playful boy he used to be.

Cast

Ewan McGregor - Christopher 

Robin

Hayley Atwell - Evelyn Robin

Bronte Carmichael - Madeline 

Robin

Mark Gatiss - Giles Winslow

Jim Cummings - Pooh/Tigger (Voices)

Nick Mohammed - Piglet (Voice)

Brad Garrett - Eeyore (Voice)

Sophie Okonedo - Kanga (Voice)

Sara Sheen - Roo (Voice)

Peter Capaldi - Rabbit (Voice)

Toby Jones - Owl (Voice)

Oliver Ford Davies - Old Man Winslow

Ronke Adekoluejo - Katherine Dane

Adrian Scarborough - Hal
Gallsworthy 

Roger Ashton-Griffiths - 

Ralph Butterworth

Ken Nwosu - Paul Hastings

John Dagleish - Matthew Leadbetter

Amanda Lawrence - Joan MacMillan

Orton O’Brien - Young Christopher Robin

Katy Carmichael - Christopher's Mother

Tristan Sturrock - Christopher's Father

Paul Chahadi - Cecil Hungerford

Elsa Minell Solak - Madeline (3 Years Old)

Crew

Director - Marc Forster

Based on Characters - A.A. Milne

and Ernest Shepard

Story - Greg Brooker and Mark Steven Johnson

Screenplay - Alex Ross Perry, Tom McCarthy
and Allison Schroeder

Script Supervisor - Jo Beckett
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Jeremy Johns

Executive Producer - Renée Wolfe

Co-Producer - Steve Gaub

Producer - Kristin Burr

Casting Director - Lucy Bevan

Production Designer - Jennifer Williams

Supervising Art Director - Stuart Kearns

Senior Art Director - Nick Dent

Art Directors - Guy Bradley,

Stephen Dobric, Dominic Hyman

and Paul Laugier

Set Decorator - Caroline Smith

Costume Designer - Jenny Beaven

Makeup and Hair Designer - Alessandro Bertolazzi

Director of Photography - Matthias Koeningswieser

Supervising Location Manager - Emma Pill
Second Unit Director/Special Effects Supervisor -
Chris Corbould

Stunt Coordinator - Mark Mottram

Action Vehicles Coordinator - Neil Layton

Special Effects Floor Supervisor - John Van der Pool

Special Effects Buyer/Coordinator - Lynne Corbould

HOD: Creature Effects - Nik Williams

Visual Effects Supervisor - Chris Lawrence

Visual Effects Supervisors: Framestore -

Theo Jones, Carlos Monzon and Michael Ralla

Visual Effects Supervisor: Iloura - Glenn Melenhorst
Animation Supervisor - Michael Eames
Animation Supervisor: Iloura - Nicolas Tripodi

Film Editor - Matt Chessé

Supervising Sound Editors: E2 - Ethan Van der Ryan

and Erik Aadahl

Sound Designer: E2 - Malte Bieler

Production Sound Mixer - John Midgley

Re-Recording Mixers - Lora Hirschberg

and Will Files

Additional Mixers - Onnalee Blank,

Joel Dougherty and Jeremy Peirson

Music - Jon Brion and Geoff Zanelli

Songs - Richard M. Sherman

Review

Years ago, I was very young. I fell in love with the Winnie the Pooh series, which features the titular character named after the author's young son. I have seen only two movies and an animated TV show. I was delighted by the characters in the stories that appeal to younger kids in their preschool and early school years. Unfortunately, as I got older, I've outgrown the franchise and spent the past years ignoring the franchise until now. Since 2011, the Disney iteration of the series has been without a film. It is now retracing its footsteps into live-action with the new release of CHRISTOPHER ROBIN. I was sceptical because I believed this movie would not bring anyone's hopes back into the Winnie the Pooh franchise, probably because of Peter Rabbit, another live adaptation of a children's classic. Thankfully, I didn't see Peter Rabbit due to its senselessness.

Marc Forster has been through past accomplishments in the last several years as a filmmaker with the lacklustre Bond movie Quantum of Solace, Monster Ball, Finding Neverland and World War Z. Now the director has found a new way of devising CHRISTOPHER ROBIN for the old school and brought a new young generation into the Pooh franchise. Warm, funny and melancholy are how the film describes itself when diminishing the cynical portrayal of the main protagonist who meets his long-forgotten friends and rediscovers the bundle of joy from within his childhood memories.

Ewan McGregor is a fine, outstanding English actor who carried on with a terrific impression of an adult Christopher Robin as he is fittingly perfect for the role. Joining McGregor is Mark Gatiss, who plays the unethical boss Winslow. Returning to do the voices for Pooh and Tigger is the great Jim Cummings, who is still warm and energetic. The character visuals are impressive, which creates a realistic look for all the characters from the Hundred Acre Wood previously animated in their 2D form.

It has proved to be a great family movie. I'm sure that many people still remember the Pooh series. They may bring their little tykes and preschoolers into seeing CHRISTOPHER ROBIN before they miss out. I recommend this to all Winnie the Pooh fans.

Star rating: (8/10) Very Good Movie

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