“The creatures in the story are toys. They’re toys, but the woods are real.”

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The increasingly chameleonic Domhnall Gleeson shines in the solidly made story behind the creation of beloved children’s book character Winnie the Pooh. Looming shadows of war and post-traumatic stress disorder flatter to deceive in lending weight to what is, in reality, a simple exploration of parenthood and childhood, wrapped up in warm, fuzzy wholeheartedness.

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