Review of Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017) by Dane M — 13 Jan 2018

I cried a little at the end. (Brit accent) Stiff upper lip and all that. I purposely did not look at his biography until the celluloid had flipped off the reel.

The period is done so perfectly, richly, you'll be drawn into the picture. I grew up with a Brit mum and she read Winnie the Pooh to me. Oh how much I wanted to be a part of their lives, but I wasn't. They are typically British and I felt I was watching like an audience member.

Perhaps that's a good thing. We should feel the distance they felt and not get all touchy touchy (ever since Princess Diana's death, a thing of the past).

A really lovely film. Interesting, sad, happy and downright necessary - you'll go through all the emotions. I found myself with clenched fists and saying the requisite 'no no no' at the end but it is necessary in order to know these people. The director is right.

Life is not perfect. Deal with it and us. I came away with that.