Paddington 2

2018 "It takes a bear to catch a thief"
7.8| 1h44m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 12 January 2018 Released
Producted By: Canal+
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: https://www.paddington.com/
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Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.

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jadepietro GRADE: B THIS FILM IS RECOMMENDED.IN BRIEF: Beary charming.JIM'S REVIEW: Paddington 2 is wonderful family fare. This sequel, solidly directed again by Paul King, still loses its way a bit in its contemporary updating, but it has enough visuals to continually delight. Spirited sight gags and slapstick moments are aplenty. The CGI is consistently strong and the voiceover work by Ben Whishaw is superb in its childlike wondrous vocal tones as our furry idealist. The animation, a mix of stop motion, computer generated, and hand-drawn renderings, is impressive. (Perhaps the film's highlight involved Paddington's imaginative journey in a pop-up book world that is stunningly conceived and executed. The cinematography by Erik Wilson flows with its aerial views and kinetic lensing. Gary Williamson's production direction, very reminiscent of Wes Anderson's The Great Budapest Hotel with its pink and teal palette, is cleverly detailed and its surreal dollhouse settings hide its rather standard plot-driven screenplay by Simon Farnaby and the director. Dario Marianelli's jaunty score adds a perfect touch of whimsy.The story involves Paddington's goal to buy an antique book for his aunt's 100th birthday. He decides to take various jobs to earn money with madcap antics in tow. However, he is not the only who wants this tome. Enter Hugh Grant as Phoenix Buchanan, a has-been actor and master of disguises, who plans to steal the valuable text and has Paddington framed for the crime. Villainy is foremost to make Paddington's travails remotely entertaining and Mr. Grant as the hammy thespian is a joy. His comic performance adds a certain vaudeville flavor and cartoonish conflict that works beautifully.The perfectly British cast is a gathering of today's film royalty with the likes of Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, and Tom Conti. Their roles are subservient to our animated hero and their characters lack any real sense of interest; they are only props in the plot mechanism that runs this machine. In fact, the Brown family and their neighbors somewhat slow down the action. One major exception in the human cast, beside the aforementioned Mr. Grant: Brendan Gleeson creates an extremely memorable character as hardened criminal, Knuckles McGinty, who develops a soft spot for Mr. Bear. Paddington 2 is deliciously charming. Simply said, it is as sweet and smooth as orange marmalade.
kaiserstudios Paddington 2 is a fantastic film with an adorable character, a tremendous cast, and a happy story. It is a film the entire family will enjoy.
westsideschl First, it's a bland formula storyline. Lost treasure to be found in old book found in, of course, an antique store. Second, blandly bad were the characterizations especially Hugh Grant putting in a weak effort to semi play himself as a self-centered washed up actor which judging from his acting here isn't that far off. Third, lots of stereotyped characters in stereotyped roles e.g. prisoners as Paddington foils. Fourth, the worst part was the unimaginative unwillingness to spend time & money to upgrade the CGI animation quality i.e. compared to, let's say, Peter Rabbit. Fifth, also unlike PR, the song & dance, a mainstay of such animations, was a weak half-hearted effort. Overall, not original at all.
awesomealien Too Much Happiness, It Made Me MAD!IMBD told me that my review is too short so I'm just gonna add this.-Well technically this is just a comment y'know.