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Christopher Robin Review

What I liked: So, the overall premise is the standard Dad prioritizes work over family and needs to learn to have fun again and lay off working so much. Usually, this is clunky and not well executed, but Christopher Robin pulls it off well. I liked the chapters (illustrated like the chapters in Winnie the Pooh) that gave us a montage of Christopher’s life and the events that led him to become so serious, like that he fought in a world war. We also get a compelling reason why Christopher has to work late so much, he’s trying to keep the company from going under and the staff being laid off. You get the sense that his priority is his family but that life is just hard in recovering post-war England. I liked that we got the Winnie the Pooh music, usually as themes in larger songs. I liked the balloon, i t was like the balloon itself "I know I don't need it but it did make me very happy." I was impressed with the stuffed animals, I’m not sure how much was puppe