Paddington [DVD] [2015]

Such a lovely film

Love this film. Will watch again and again,Gail x

Whats not to love

very good and at a very good price

good item for the money.

Very well done, Paddington arrives in modern London and has a very big adventure.The original Paddington had short charming stories like buying a silver marmalade stand for sixpence at auction, or bungling some DIY, and the children were perfectly behaved. Of course, things have been polished up to move with the times. This movie is a lot more interesting because the children are more realistic (slightly bored with life and parents), and the plot is movie-length. Paddington manages to do a lot more damage, like an ursine Mister Bean.Peter Capaldi is wonderful as meddlesome neighbour Mr. Curry. Nicole Kidman is a glamorous baddie Miss Millicent, planning to make sure Paddington comes to a sticky end - and not involving marmalade. There are some good jokes such as Mr. Curry's misunderstanding with Millicent in the phone box, and his horror when Millicent closes the door on her van.As a 51-year old, part of me is outraged by this Peruvian illegal immigrant. They come over here, they take our breakfast conserves, scrounging food and lodging off Londoners. He could at least get some Pan pipes and go busking. I shall write to the times about the failure of Britain's border controls...Fortunately I have a silly sense of humour, ditto my girlfriend, so we enjoyed it immensely.

Excellent film, sympathetic updated but still with the feel of the books and the animated series. Paddington is a bear out of his comfort zone, ending up in London following an Earthquake in his home "Darkest Peru."Lots of films of much loved books and shows have been disastrous, step forward Thunderbirds and Magic Roundabout. This is different, while some of the set pieces are a bit more extreme and a villain has been introduced to spice things the story telling and atmosphere of a slightly naive bear and a kindly family who take him in remain and the script and characters bring back memories of reading the books.Testament to this is that I watched it with a teenage boy who is into action films and a wife who hates most animated films and both loved it. The cast are excellent, who else but Julie Walters could play Mrs Bird while Nicole Kidman has a great time camping it up as the evil Taxidermist with a massive grudge.If your worried it may spoil your memories then fear not while if the you are not familiar with Paddington and the premise of a Marmalade eating bear that talks sounds a bit preposterous then give it a whirl. It may just be the best film you will see this year.

Now let's get one thing straight from the start; the animation in this film is out of this world. There's a scene in the early part of the film. when Paddington is still in Darkest Peru, where he and his Great Aunt float down the river in a canoe. You won't believe it isn't really happening. Just watch the oars in the water.Not long after that you forget that this is an animated film at all. Paddington's character, voiced beautifully by Ben Wishaw, soon becomes part of the great cast of human characters, headed up by Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins and the evil Nicole Kidman.This is a great treat for all the family. It does get a little scary at times but don't all good stories? I would like to have seen more of Paddington's interaction with the real world but I'm sure there'll be a sequel to cover all that. And it deserves one.It's set, of course, in a London that hasn't existed since Mary Poppins, but who cares? A whole family could happily sit down to watch this, and how many films can that be said of these days? It's a throwback, to be sure, but its characters carry it off.Excellent.

Fun to watch movie with kid

Works perfectly.

Good good stuff

Great family movie 🎬, highly recommend this movie for family, children just loves it ! Highly recommend this to everyone!

It's a well done movie and I was thankful to find Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital Copy.