★★★★★

If you had told me that I would be weeping happy and sad tears in a live action film about a talking bear (who is CGI) that lives in London I would have thought that you were quiet mad. But that is indeed what happened.

 

Paddington 2 is one of those rare films that is perfect in everyway. The story is fairly simple: Paddington wants to get the perfect present for his Aunts birthday. It might be simple but it is masterfully told filled with hilarious slapstick and heart wrenching moments. The main characters are not left as they are from the first film but are slowly developed as Paddington helps to bring out the very best in them.

 

Again the animation of Paddington is utterly faultless which, along with the wonderfully written story, has you completely emotionally attached to this little CGI bear. Hugh Grant is an absolute standout as the pompous, former star actor moving superbly between the different characters he uses as disguises.  

 

I always find that the best measure of a childrens film is whether the children and adults are either on their phones or running around the aisles screaming (take your pick on what one is the adult or child in that scenario). But in Paddington 2 the audience were completely glued to the screen with the only sound a thirty something year old man trying to quietly happy sad cry into his sleeve.

 

A perfect film filled with hilarity and heart, Paddington 2 is the kind of movie that everyone needs to see and that makes the world a much better place.

★★★★★