Miles of Movies

                                                                                                      Paddington is about Paddington (voiced by Ben                                                                                                  Whishaw), a marmalade-loving bear who moves to                                                                                                  London in search of a home. A British family                                                                                                              consisting of a loving mother (Sally Hawkins), an                                                                                                      inventive son, a bored daughter, and an uptight                                                                                                        father (Hugh Bonneville) decide to adopt him for the                                                                                                night. If you can get over the fact that everyone                                                                                                        seems to react incredibly well to a talking bear, this                                                                                                  movie turns into a lot of really zany fun as                                                                                                                  Paddington gets into all sorts of trouble while                                                                                                            searching for the explorer who introduced his family in Peru to humans, speech, and marmalade.

          From the description, you might imagine that this film is not to be taken too seriously. Thankfully, it knows what it is and has a lot of fun with it. Seriously, this movie was a lot of fun as Paddington gets into the most creative of situations. His chemistry with the family and, in particular, the uptight father, make for excellent fun. And that’s all there really is to this film; it’s fast-paced, enjoyable, often hilarious fun. The characters in the film all work really well together.

         If there is one thing that just didn’t work too well in the film, it was the villain. A film like this doesn’t need a villain; there is enough conflict with Paddington trying to fit into his new family. Nonetheless, there is a villain in the form of Nicole Kidman. She was just as over-the-top as you’d expect, but she really didn’t need to be in the film.

         Apart from that, this film is very entertaining. Paddington and his family made for a great comedic bunch.