Disney’s latest endeavor, “Christopher Robin,” is a mixed bag.

It’s a late-summer film aimed for the family audience, but for the most part it’s anything but a family film. There are moments that work, but those are fleeting as the film struggles to find the right tone.

The premise is interesting enough. Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) is now a working-class family man in London who barely has time for his wife, Evelyn (Hayley Atwell), and daughter Madeline (Bronte Carmichael).

Christopher is supposed to go back to his childhood home for a weekend getaway, but when he is asked to spend the weekend working, he opts for his job instead – much to the disappointment of his family.

But Christopher’s work gets sidetracked when his childhood friend Winnie the Pooh shows up (in a way that feels really contrived and random).

Pooh needs Christopher to return to Hundred Acre Wood and help him find Eeyore, Tigger, Piglet, Owl and the rest of the gang. Christopher at first is reluctant, but he relents and rediscovers his lost childhood – and the value of family – as he helps Pooh.

Director Marc Forster covered similar ground in “Finding Neverland,” so he brings a nice eye to “Christopher Robin” – especially in the sequences that blend the CGI characters seamlessly with live action.

The problem is that the story, which is credited to five people, starts in such a dark place that it had me questioning how much of a family film this really was. It’s not that it can’t work – the recent live action remake of “Pete’s Dragon” is a perfect example – but most of the first half of the film is basically watching the title character go through a midlife crisis.

The film finally finds its stride only when the characters from Hundred Acre Wood come in contact with Robin’s family, but that comes way too late to save the movie.

If only the story could have found a way to incorporate those interactions more, “Christopher Robin” may have worked. As it is, “Christopher Robin” is a film where the tone is too much like Eeyore and not enough like Tigger.

Also opening this week

There is something pretty wonderful about “Eighth Grade” (A), writer/director Bo Burnham’s coming-of-age film that understands the struggles of today’s youth trying to navigate through a world where social media dominates.

Anchored by a star-making performance from 15-year-old Elsie Fisher, this is a film for the awkward teen in all of us with a story that is both in the moment and universal.

Fisher plays Kayla, who is trying to navigate through the final week of eighth grade. Kayla appears confident on her YouTube channel where she likes to dish out self-help advice, but that confidence is clearly a facade for an introverted girl who has trouble making friends and dreams of the lives of the people she follows on Instagram and Snapchat.

As Kayla struggles to find happiness, her single dad, Mark (Josh Hamilton), tries to provide encouragement – even when it seems like his advice is the last thing Kayla wants.

What Burnham has done here is nothing short of miraculous, creating a film for teens that feels as in touch with the age group as any film of recent memory – perhaps ever. There is an honesty and rawness to the material that really resonates throughout. “Eighth Grade” effectively captures the highs and lows of these teen years with scenes that are uplifting one moment and uncomfortable the next.

It doesn’t feel like a film so much as Burnham has found a way to allow the audience to peer into the life of this girl and really get to know what it is like to be her.

The material’s authenticity is enhanced by Fisher, who gives a performance that deserves awards consideration. She captures Kayla’s uncertainty perfectly, creating a character so rich and detailed the parent in me wanted to reach through the screen and give her a big hug and tell her everything is going to be all right.

And that is what makes “Eighth Grade” so special. You don’t have to be the same age as the title character to become emotionally invested in her journey.

Burnham has made a film that is both specific and universal, a movie that has stuck with me for the two months since I have seen it and holds up as well as any movie in recent memory on a second viewing.

It’s one of 2018’s best films, a movie that everyone should experience.

“Eighth Grade” is rated R for language and some sexual material and opens Friday at Regal Bowling Green Stadium 12.

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell

Directed by: Marc Forster

Rating: PG for some action

Playing at: Regal Bowling Green Stadium 12, Highland Cinemas (Glasgow)

Grade: C