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Paddington Bear has delighted generations through his books and bedtime stories, and his big-screen outing brought the loveable bear – red hat, blue duffel coat and all – to life in a way that’s become a genuine family favourite. If you haven’t watched it with your kids yet, here’s why Paddington Bear the Movie deserves a place on your family watch list.
About the Movie
Paddington, the marmalade-loving bear, has grown up deep in the Peruvian jungle with his Aunt Lucy who, inspired by a chance encounter with an English explorer, has raised her nephew to dream of an exciting life in London. When an earthquake destroys their home, Aunt Lucy decides to smuggle her young nephew on board a boat bound for England, in search of a better life.
Arriving alone at Paddington Station, Paddington soon finds that city life is not all he had imagined – until he meets the kindly Brown family, who find him with a label tied around his neck which reads “Please look after this bear. Thank you.” They offer him a temporary home while he searches for the explorer who impressed Aunt Lucy all those years before.
But when Paddington catches the eye of a sinister, seductive taxidermist, it isn’t long before his home – and very existence – is under threat…
Why You Have Got to Go See Paddington Bear
1. Once you hear David Heyman is the producer – also famed for producing the Harry Potter series and Gravity – you know this will be a beautiful production. And beautiful it is indeed!
2. The animation of Paddington is spectacular, and feels so real and life-like.
3. This is a heart-warming story of a bear who finds a home, and a family who change for the better because they give him one.
4. There’s the perfect amount of poignancy in the story, handled just right for a young audience. There are a few quiet tears to be had at one or two moments in the movie.
5. There are numerous hilariously funny scenes and antics, peppered with plenty of inadvertent house-wrecking by Paddington – we defy you not to laugh out loud!
6. You and your children will genuinely want a real-life version of this Paddington bear to move into your house – he’s adorable, and so polite.
7. As a family movie to watch together, this one stands out as an absolute favourite.
8. Paddington Bear the Movie has firmly earned its place as a classic children’s movie.
“Please look after this bear. Thank you.”
Written by Jennifer & her movie-buff almost-9-year-old son!
Of course, this is just our opinion! Have you watched Paddington with your family? What did you think?
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