A little bear will make a big splash!
16 Jan, 2015
1 hrs 35 mins
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SYNOPSIS
After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in Peruvian rainforest, a young bear (Ben Whishaw) makes his way to England in search of a new home. Finding himself lost and alone, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined - until he meets a kind family who read the label around his neck that says `Please look after this bear. Thank you.` The bear, dubbed `Paddington` after the London train station, finds shelter with the Brown family - Henry (Hugh Bonneville) and Mary (Sally Hawkins). Although Paddington's amazement at urban living soon endears him to the Browns, someone else has her eye on him - taxidermist Millicent Clyde (Nicole Kidman), who has designs on the rare bear and his hide.
CAST
Ben Whishaw
Actor
Julie Walters
Actor
Sally Hawkins
Actor
Hugh Bonneville
Actor
Jim Broadbent
Actor
Nicole Kidman
Actor
Madeleine Harris
Actor
BMS Reviewer
Ever so often, comes along a movie that the whole family can watch together, and enjoy together. You probably remember the first time you watched Toy Story or Stuart Little and adored its titular characters and said, ``I wonder if anyone can ever top this?`` Well, that`s exactly what Paddington does. Sweet, innocent and well-executed, ...
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The Telegraph
Concern began to build earlier this week when the British Board of Film Classification announced that Paddington, the new film based on Michael Bonds much-loved series of childrens books, had been rated PG for dangerous behaviour, mild threat, mild sex references and mild bad language.
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The Guardian
What headline-grabbing scandals have attended the return of Paddington Bear! First, there was his conscious uncoupling from Colin Firth (too old, apparently); next came Nicole Kidmans announcement that his new movie was too scary for her kids; then outrage as the censors slapped a PG-rating on scenes of innuendo, dangerous behaviour, and extreme marmalade. Now, perhaps most shockingly, comes the revelation that a 21st-century computer-generated big-screen bear can be every bit as endearingly entertaining as his 70s TV stop-motion counterpart. Paddingtons creator, Michael Bond, says he slept soundly after seeing the new movie, and those in search of a family-friendly festive film treat will doubtless do the same.
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Movie Nation
Paddington brings childrens book hero Paddington Bear to the screen in a movie as sweet as orange marmalade, as sentimental as a stuffed toy from childhood. Its an utterly charming and endlessly inventive way of bringing a talking bear into present day London, a film that uses all of the magic of the medium and our fond memories of Michael Bonds beloved bear to give him life.
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