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Paddington

2014 Directed by Paul King

Please look after this bear. Thank you

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a new home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family.

Ben Whishaw Hugh Bonneville Sally Hawkins Samuel Joslin Madeleine Harris Julie Walters Nicole Kidman Jim Broadbent Peter Capaldi Imelda Staunton Michael Gambon Madeleine Worrall Tim Downie Matt King Simon Farnaby Kayvan Novak Matt Lucas Jonathan Derbyshire Mary Roscoe Jude Wright Lottie Steer Alice Lowe Will Smith Toby Williams Catherine Shepherd Sean Bridgeman Cleo Sylvestre Geoffrey Palmer Gus Brown Show All…

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Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 4

PADDINGTON is better than 5 of the 8 movies currently nominated for Best Picture.

also, while we're playing that game, i'll add that it's a better (and more nuanced) immigrant story than THE IMMIGRANT. and it would be even better if sprinkled with Werner Herzog's narration from GRIZZLY MAN.
Review by issy 🥝 ★★★★ 30

Paddington is sad?
SADDINGTON.
Paddington floods the house?
BADDINGTON.
Paddington loses his mind?
MADDINGTON.
Paddington starts a family?
DADDINGTON.
Paddington offers to buy the next round?
ABSOLUTE LADDINGTON.
Paddington but only a bit?
JUST A TADDINGTON.
Paddington replaces the current actor to play Olaf in a Frozen sequel?
JOSH GADDINGTON.
Paddington accidentally headbutts Emma Stone?
SUPERBADDINGTON.
Paddington does a flip on his pastel blue penny board in downtown Cali with the sound of the ocean breeze filling his ears as the palm trees sway in the wind and trace his yin yang wrist tattoo?
RADDINGTON.
Do I regret starting this because I can't find a good place to stop?
YOU BET YOUR ASSINGTON. ok that didn't work. my baddington.
Review by andrea🌹 ★★★★ 1

we love the shthaaaaltudpdcu (sally hawkins takes home an anthropomorphic animal and loves them unconditionally despite public dissent cinematic universe)
Review by brat pitt ★★★★

... so are we sure that wes anderson wasn’t like ... the main creative consultant for this production design
Review by Griffin Newman 2

What a nice bear.
Review by Adam Cook ★★★½ 36

Paddington, both in the form of Michael Bond’s original stories and Ivor Wood’s captivating animated series, was always a childhood favourite which was why I was so opposed to the news of a cinematic adaptation. The terrible marketing and soulless trailers only reinforced my original opinion that a film based on the marmalade obsessed bear from darkest Peru was a mistake. How wrong I was.

Ignore everything you’ve seen and forget about other recent CG/live-action hybrid adaptations of much-loved childhood characters, Paddington is a warm, charming and beautifully detailed movie for the whole family. Paddington is as sweet, well-mannered and inquisitive as he was in the pages of Bond’s cherished books whilst the filmmakers expand the world to appeal to…

Recent reviews

Review by TimeGentleman ★★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

A funny, clever, wonderfully pro-multiculturism family film. It overtly tackles immigration themes, is very imaginative and has loads of stuff for adults to enjoy without just sticking some rude jokes in. Everyone I know who's seen it has said it's surprisingly good.

Only minor negative is Nicole Kidman doing her usual icey villain, which isn't as inventive or interesting a choice as the rest of the film.
Review by jovan djurasic ★★★★★

Most beautiful thing I ever watched

July 2018 ranked</a
Review by Doctormark68 ★★★★½

A lovely film that manages to update the story while still keeping its original spirit! Marmalade anyone?
Review by openupyourskull ★★★★

this fucking bear got me crying in the club rn
Review by raulvaderrdz ★★★★

I can’t believe i never heard of this movie before, I felt in love with this character and the subjects that the character represents; Also i love Nicole Kidman as the villain 😍
Review by mariana ★★★★

this movie is everything
Review by Dave ★★★★★

Just... Delightful. The characters are warm and gleefully invested in the world of the story, but Nicole Kidman is actual perfection. She could play Count Olaf and make it Oscar-worthy.
Review by Logan ★★★★½

On rewatch, after knowing about what makes films good, I had a very different experience watching Paddington as opposed to seeing it in cinemas at age 14. When I saw it in cinemas, I liked it, it was lovely, but I didn't think much of it. When I first made my Letterboxd account and was logging + rating films I'd seen in the past, I gave this a 6/10.
But after Paddington 2 opened my eyes to just HOW good these movies are, my opinion on this has changed MASSIVELY.

I love this movie. I still think the sequel is better directed, looks better, is more fun and is a tad more emotional. But this one has the stronger message…
Review by Trey Marez ★★★★

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