‘Christopher Robin’ may be a movie for kids, but the story aims for the parents

Posted on August 10, 2018

By MARK VIOLA

Let’s face it, we live in a pretty cynical and jaded time, so it’s rare to get a movie these days that is truly genuine and sweet — in a totally non-ironic way. But, that’s exactly what we get in Disney’s “Christopher Robin,” a live-action adaptation of Winnie-the-Pooh and rest of the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood.

With a story reminiscent of “Hook,” the film imagines a world in which Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor, “Fargo”) is all grown up with a wife, Evelyn (Hayley Atwell, “Captain American: The First Avenger”), and daughter, Madeline (Bronte Carmichael, “Darkest Hour”). Unfortunately, Christopher’s job keeps him quite busy, and he is forced to cancel a planned trip to the countryside when his boss Giles (Mark Gatiss, “Sherlock”) says he needs to work through the weekend. Christopher sends Evelyn and Madeline off on their trip while he struggles to find a way to cut costs in order to save his fellow employees and maybe save the company as a whole.

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