Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey | Film Review

I was irrationally excited to see this film. It looked like a cheesy, bad-on-purpose horror movie that would have been fun to love and hate in equal measure, and I love films like that, especially horror.

After being abandoned by Christopher Robin (Nikolai Leon), Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet terrorise a grown-up Christopher Robin, as well as anyone else they come across.

This was a trip.

The opening scene was 10 minutes long and felt like it was at least 30.

I couldn't tell if the film was supposed to be serious, funny or stupid, and honestly the overall tone is a mix of the three, none of which really worked well.

It is obvious right away that these are not characters the audience is supposed to care about, so why is time wasted giving them half-hearted backstories? Particularly the group of girls who have nothing to do with Christopher Robin or the villians.

Speaking of the group of girls, the weirdest thing the film did was not allow the audience to follow Christopher Robin. He should have been the main character and should have been given a story that we could follow. We should have been able to get to know him and root for him. Instead we never really know him.

The acting and script aren't great, but the worst thing is that the story is pretty much non-existent. Which is crazy because I actually think the idea of the film is a good one. Why not make this a slasher with interesting characters and a good story?

Honestly I thought I'd either love it or hate it more, but it's just... there. I'm more disappointed than anything else.

Overall, this has a 3% score on Rotten Tomatoes, so make of that what you will. I didn't hate it - and if someone wants to take this plot and do it well, I'd definitely watch another similarly-themed movie.

3/10