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Goodbye Christopher Robin

Play trailer 2:31 Poster for Goodbye Christopher Robin PG 2017 1h 47m Biography History Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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64% Tomatometer 177 Reviews 71% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
After leaving London for the English countryside, writer A.A. Milne starts to spin fanciful yarns about his son's growing collection of stuffed animals. These stories form the basis for Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, published respectively in 1926 and 1928. Milne and his family soon become swept up in the instant success of the books, while the enchanting tales bring hope and comfort to the rest of postwar England.
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Critics Consensus

Goodbye Christopher Robin struggles to balance wartime tension and childlike wonder, but offers valuable insight into the darkness shadowing the creation of a classic children's tale.

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Wenlei Ma News.com.au Nov 23, 2017
3/5
The solid Goodbye Christopher Robin is a perfectly amiable and beautifully filmed semi-biopic. That it has Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Macdonald and Margot Robbie as the adult leads is to its credit. Go to Full Review
Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald Nov 22, 2017
3/5
Whatever truth the film holds is in the darkness between these parents and their offspring - but even that is not quite faithful enough. Go to Full Review
Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader Nov 2, 2017
The movie's focus on the caustic effects of celebrity make this narrative set in the first half of the 20th century particularly relevant for the media-frenzied 21st. Go to Full Review
Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Oct 14, 2024
4/5
The experience of snuggling up with the Goodbye Christopher Robin blanket of testimony and memories is as affectingly dramatic as it is comfortably warm. Go to Full Review
Hosea Rupprecht Pauline Media Studies Aug 25, 2021
While Goodbye, Christopher Robin is a bit of a sad story, I think it can be a great inspiration for parents to encourage their children's imaginations. Go to Full Review
Michael J. Casey Michael J. Cinema Apr 21, 2021
3.5/5
Curtis separates 'Goodbye Christopher Robin' from the usual ham-fisted, dry-as-dust bio-pic. Go to Full Review
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Robert P @Superbad 4 days ago Goodbye Christopher Robin = a *3.5* star Movie! See more diogo13 T @Tua_mera Jul 13, 2026 Um drama biográfico melancólico que revela o lado sombrio e os traumas de guerra por trás da criação do Winnie the Pooh. O filme capta bem a beleza estética da época e o peso da exploração infantil na fama, mas falha ao perder-se num tom excessivamente sentimentalista no terço final. O argumento hesita entre a crueza psicológica e o melodrama familiar previsível. See more Jack G @Gump.jack Feb 3, 2026 Childhood is the sweetest love letter See more Jim P @RT08384096 Nov 19, 2025 If you like the WTP stories you will love this back story. I did, it's enchanting. But watch out for the sad bits... See more Dani G @RT81139271 Jun 17, 2024 Kind of sad story behind the beloved characters... I didn't knew it See more Eduardo C @RT37813669 Feb 27, 2024 A really good movie, at first, the photografy and the music are a totally acuarate complemet to every single scene. The story is treated in a very sad perspective, and several awfull events, such as; the consecuence of the war, the difficulties at the childhood, the failed attemp of the father. Are seen in a so coherent and interesting way, in fact, maybe the only mistake of the movie, is close the plot so fast, and let it a bit unclear at the begining, because the main idea is awesome. Finally, I've to say that the acting of all the characters, (speccialy Margot Robbie and the kid), gives you a suitable touch that add a lot to this fantastic story. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis After leaving London for the English countryside, writer A.A. Milne starts to spin fanciful yarns about his son's growing collection of stuffed animals. These stories form the basis for Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, published respectively in 1926 and 1928. Milne and his family soon become swept up in the instant success of the books, while the enchanting tales bring hope and comfort to the rest of postwar England.
Director
Simon Curtis
Producer
Damian Jones, Steve Christian
Screenwriter
Frank Cottrell Boyce, Simon Vaughan
Distributor
Fox Searchlight
Production Co
DJ Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Gasworks Media
Rating
PG (Some Bullying|Brief Language|Thematic Elements|War Images)
Genre
Biography, History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 13, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 23, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.7M
Runtime
1h 47m
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