Pooh is a charming rambler, spouting philosophies that you hear, but then have to go back to actually listen to (“I always get to where I’m going by walking away from where I’ve been,” he tells Christopher with a plainspoken shrug). But of course we all know that Pooh has returned to help Christopher realize What’s Really Important In Life.
Of course, he's been Disney-fied from Shepard's classic drawings (if you haven't visited the High Museum's lovely "Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic" exhibit, add it to your Pooh-centric activity list), but he still exudes warmth and dry humor.Ĭhristopher Robin’s initial wonder at seeing the silly old bear again soon turns to annoyance at his toddler-like disruptions. With wheat-colored fur that often looks like a scraggly beard, a fuzzy red sweater that doesn’t quite fit over his rumbling tummy and doleful, unblinking puppy eyes, this Pooh is a bit like the huggable bear version of Wilford Brimley. Shepard’s classic drawings are brought to life in a cool animation twist – and soon enough he’s a married man with a young daughter and a soul-eviscerating job as an “efficiency manager” at a luggage company.Ĭhristopher is saddled with coming up with a solution to shrinking sales and inevitable layoffs, so instead of spending a blissful weekend in the country with his family, he must continue his life as a joyless, overworked adult at their tony London apartment.Īs is wont to happen in fantasy-family films, a smashed jar of honey – naturally - creates a portal from the Hundred Acre Wood to the courtyard of Christopher’s dwelling and through it toddles Christopher’s beloved friend left behind in boyhood, Winnie-the-Pooh. The film briskly morphs Christopher Robin from boy to man with the turn of a few pages – E.
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