The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Christopher Robin
Adventure · Comedy · Family · 2018
Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.
Movie details
Christopher Robin
“Sooner or later, your past catches up to you.”
2018 Adventure · Comedy · Family 1h 44m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
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TMDB
7.3 / 10
Community rating
Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Christopher Robin?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Marc Forster
Written by
Greg Brooker · Mark Steven Johnson · Alex Ross Perry · Tom McCarthy
Ewan McGregor
Christopher Robin
Hayley Atwell
Evelyn Robin
Bronte Carmichael
Madeline Robin
Jim Cummings
Winnie the Pooh / Tigger (voice)
Brad Garrett
Eeyore (voice)
Nick Mohammed
Piglet (voice)
Peter Capaldi
Rabbit (voice)
Court is in session
Put Christopher Robin on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.