Such a beautiful movie with a constant reminder that kids should be nothing more than just that, kids.. All they need is love and support from their parents. Give them a hug or two and also a bit of your time and they'll be strong lovingly people when they grow up <3

Who acts, dresses and looks like a girl. At first I thought this was Christopher's sister. He can't handle fame, want everybody and everything for himself. Selfish, self absorbed and self centered; he's as unpleasant a child as I've seen in a while. Not all his fault though because his parents were exactly the same. He grows up into a whimpy teenager who's even worse. The only one here who resembles a normal person is the nanny who wisely exits this horrid family when it's condidered betrayal when she starts dating a man; as if she shouldn't have a personal life. Dreary pathetic movie. I really question the mental state of the people who gave this dreck high marks.

As one who is fed up of infantile super-hero movies and "who's got the biggest" shoot 'em up films, I look for something a bit more grown up and intelligent. This fit the bill nicely - an exploration of the relationship between A A Milne and his son, for and about whom the Winnie The Pooh books were written. The tragedy is that, despite the lasting appeal of the books, Milne seemed to have been limited as a father. The two reasons the film gives for this is that, first, Milne was damaged by his wartime experiences, and second, that in those days, interaction with one's children seemed frowned upon for all but the poor. Milne's wife fared even worse as a mother, never forgiving her son for the pain of childbirth, leaving the child to be raised in the main by his nanny. The damage done to their relationships was permanent. Even the time Christopher got to spend with his dad seemed to be either in research for his books or on an endless promotional tour of the books. The most poignant illustration of this was when he allowed Christopher to be photographed in the enclosure with the bear from who Winnie The Pooh got his name. It is a poignant and touching film about a dysfunctional family. However accurate it actually is I found it moving and captivating.

I wasn't overly sure what i was going to get when i sat down to watch this film. I'm a little sceptical when it comes to biopics, they can be very hit and miss but this was something else.The film is about the life of A.A Milne. It shows how Winnie the Pooh came to be but it doesn't become solely about that. The film mainly focuses on the changing relationship between Milne and his son Christopher Robin. How the closeness between a father and son helps Milne overcome his PTSD and how what started as an imaginary world built by a father and son to help them bond turns in to one of the biggest selling and most loved children's stories of all time. It gave an idea in to what life of a middle class family may have been like in the early 20th Centaury, how the "stiff upper lip" approach was taken by parents and how children's relationships with their Nannies were so important. As for the creation of Winnie the Pooh, the film shows just how the characters were created and how the idea's for them were developed, not just by Milne, but also by the real Christopher Robin, Mrs Milne and the family Nannie. It shows the price that the creation of Winnie the Pooh had on the family and on the childhood of Christopher Robin and how that followed him in to his young adult life. Another beautiful element of the film is the locations where they film. Especially the locations in Ashdown Forest. The scenes were breath taking. It was also lovely watching Milne and Christopher Robin playing Pooh sticks. The fact that they use replicas of the original toys was also a really nice touch. It was nice to be reminded that Winnie the Pooh wasn't always Disney.The script is fantastic and very well written. There are some very witty one liners and little jokes which make you chuckle. The WWI and WWII scenes are very impactive and make you think about the brutalities of War. The way the relationships between the characters are written keeps you fully in grossed in the film all the way through.The whole cast are brilliant, especially the performances given by Domhnall Gleeson and Will Tilston. Their chemistry on screen is heart-warming and adds to the brilliance of the film. Margot Robbie plays the stern English mother excellently and Kelly Macdonald's performance as the loving caring nanny plays opposite that superbly.Overall i would highly recommend this film to everyone. It is truly heart warming and touching. It will make you laugh, cry and want to read Winnie the Pooh all over again. Brilliant.