Paddington

Name: Paddington
Genre: Comedy, Family
Released: January 16, 2015
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Nicole Kidman, Sally Hawkins

2015

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TWC-Dimension | Release Date: January 16, 2015 | PG

Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Nicole Kidman, Sally Hawkins

Summary: From the beloved novels by Michael Bond, Paddington tells the story of the comic misadventures of a young Peruvian bear who travels to the city in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined – until he meets the kindly Brown family who read the label around his neck thatFrom the beloved novels by Michael Bond, Paddington tells the story of the comic misadventures of a young Peruvian bear who travels to the city in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined – until he meets the kindly Brown family who read the label around his neck that says “Please look after this bear. Thank you,” and offer him a temporary haven. It looks as though his luck has changed until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist. [TWC]… Expand

Director: Paul King

Genre(s): Comedy, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 95 min

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Empire Chris Hewitt (1)

Nov 24, 2014

Marmaladen with gloriously silly jokes, pitch-perfect performances and incidental detail, this is a warm, witty and wondrously inventive great big bear-hug of a movie. Read full review

Dan Kois

Feb 1, 2015

Paddington is a wonder: warm, gentle, well-acted, funny without being stupid. Read full review

Tirdad Derakhshani

Feb 2, 2015

Paddington is perfect for today's audiences, so long overfed on comic-book fodder. The bear's impeccable manners, perfect diction, and earnestness make him the ultimate anti-Bart Simpson. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jan 14, 2015

Bonneville, who did mostly comedy, pre-“Downton,” rediscovers his funny bone. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Jan 15, 2015

How English is this movie? As English as a cold, rainy day at the beach. As English as the politeness that masks hostility, as English as a pie that contains meat, as English as secretly wishing you lived in some other country. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Jan 15, 2015

Whishaw, Hawkins and Downton Abbey's Bonneville strike just the right notes. Imaginative production design, which occasionally brings to mind Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," adds to the story's appeal. Read full review

The Guardian Xan Brooks

Nov 19, 2014

Full credit to the film-makers, who manage to map their digital bear against his human co-stars and marry Bond’s antique conceit to a high-concept story. Read full review

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manofthemoon

Feb 15, 2015

Even if you've never read the books or seen the TV series (I haven't), this is still a lot of fun. Silly jokes in a highly enjoyable, nicely played film that contains many laugh out loud funny moments. A surprising treat.

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robertoiglesias

Jan 13, 2018

Oh, Paddington. An amazing, funny, well-acted, film made by the same producer as Harry Potter! I was having fun watching this the whole time!

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

mschoa

Jan 20, 2015

Loved it. Very clever and very English. Good for children too. Teaches about compassion. There are many episodes that are laugh-out-loud funny. To see Lord Grantham of Downton Abbey in one particular episode is just too much.

5 of 5 users found this helpful50

wornoutspines

Feb 16, 2015

Some movies are easy to talk about but Paddington is not one of them. There's not much to say about this movie. As surprising as this may sound the Michael Bond books adaptation is a hard one to grasp. I want to say what my experience of the movie was like but it's hard for me to do so butSome movies are easy to talk about but Paddington is not one of them. There's not much to say about this movie. As surprising as this may sound the Michael Bond books adaptation is a hard one to grasp. I want to say what my experience of the movie was like but it's hard for me to do so but I'll try.

I am probably not the target audience for Paddington but the three foot six bear has something extremely appealing about him. Paddington is charming, respectful and funny. I couldn't help but have a smile on my face when he was on screen. The little C.G.I Bear is so lovable that he feels very much alive. Thanks to the seamless special effects, the good live acting from the cast, and the great job Ben Whishaw did voice acting that character - as if I needed another reason to admire this actor.

The movie is endearing and warms your heart, it has this classical witty British humour that adults will responds to and children will enjoy. It's also a smart movie with a positive message, acceptance. Watching Paddington feels very much like reading book, I mean each sequences has a beginning and an end, it feels a like turning the page of a book each page a little more amazing than the next.

Paddington will surprise you and put a smile on your face, it embodies the family film genre very well.

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MattBrady99

Mar 10, 2015

Do you just hate it when a trailer or a movie poster can false advertise a movie like: Edge of tomorrow, Dredd 3-D, Warm Bodies and now this movie.

The story to Paddington is about a Peruvian bear who loves all things British, travels to London only to find himself overwhelmed atDo you just hate it when a trailer or a movie poster can false advertise a movie like: Edge of tomorrow, Dredd 3-D, Warm Bodies and now this movie.

The story to Paddington is about a Peruvian bear who loves all things British, travels to London only to find himself overwhelmed at Paddington station. Lucky for him, the Brown family discovers him and offers a temporary haven. But he also catches the eye of a museum taxidermist, who is determined to add the rare bear to his collection.

The first teaser trailer for this movie was in my opinion god-awful, you know when he's in the bathroom and he puts the two tooth brushes in his ears and gives it a little bit of a twist and turn, then he pulls it out and you can clearly see a giant peace of ear wax and then he licks it; that right they is just stupid kids humor and I wasn't looking forward to film at all.

But when I look at some of the reviews for the film it actually got good feed back from critics. Empire give the film a five out of five star's and IGN give the film a 7.9/10, I couldn't believe it, I had to check twice to make sure that what I'm seeing is true, but I still wasn't hooked until I got a chance to see the film and to my surprise the movie isn't as bad as I thought it was and I actually found the movie to be funny.

Ben Whishaw did the voice for the marmalade loving bear himself Paddington, and Ben Whishaw did a outstanding job of playing Paddington. He had that voice of a young, friendly and kind person (or bear if you must). Now originally Colin Firth was suppose to play this role but at the last minute he turned the role down by saying, "The voice didn't match the character ", and to be honest I think he did the right thing, because I don't Firth's voice will match the character at all he just sound like Colin Firth.

The movie has beautiful cinematography with some breathtaking shots of London, and the film had the Christmas feeling to it and it actually got the tone right.

Now the visual effect's for the bear I have to be honest was the most realistic thing I've seen since this years movie Dawn Of the planet of the Apes. His fur looks like real fur that I can just go up to the screen a feel it, then I get kicked out the cinema for being a weirdo, but as I said realistic.

If I had to pick a thing that I didn't like about the film I would say the character's and some of the jokes sometimes hit and sometimes miss. The character's in the movie are not all that interesting and they pretty dull to watch, Paddington, Nicole Kidman and Peter Capaldi are the only character's that I actually liked, and yes even the villain I enjoyed watching more then the family. Some of the jokes at times mash really well and didn't but when I think that's a small complain.

Overall Paddinton was the biggest surprise of the year for me with it's cute bear, nice story and overall a good family film.… Expand

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CineAutoctono

Jan 19, 2018

"Paddington" was a very good and funny movie. The performances and the special effects were great, and the story is endearing and captivating that surely enchanted the whole family.

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Tyranian

Apr 12, 2019

Cute and charming in some ways but sickly sweet in others and the story is a bit tedious.

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

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