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Paddington 2

Film · 2017 · Dir. Paul King; written by Paul King and Simon Farnaby. Starring Ben Whishaw (voice), Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Pet

"If we're kind and polite, the world will be right." A bear, a prison kitchen and a marmalade sandwich prove it. 🐻

Who it's for

Paddington is a newcomer who keeps choosing kindness, and the film shows that kindness spreading outward to a whole neighbourhood and even a prison, which gently counters cynicism on hard days.

Sad→Comforted

Feelings it meets

What it is

Paddington, living with the Brown family in London, works odd jobs to save for an antique pop-up book of London as a birthday gift for his Aunt Lucy. When the book is stolen from the shop, Paddington is framed for the theft and sent to prison, where he befriends the gruff cook Knuckles McGinty.

Where to find it

Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.

Before you start

Heads up: Near drowning and mild peril.

Age: PG

You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 42

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