How sad is this?

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This review contains spoilers.Paddington is a movie that blends the Paddington station bear with a live action cast. The movie follows an animated bear as he finds a new home after a catastrophe. Along the way, he encounters a family that takes him in until Paddington can find information about an explorer. Meanwhile a villainess wishes to capture Paddington.Paddington is an enjoyable movie. Although aimed at children, the movie can be enjoyed by adults. It touches themes such as abandonment and family. The movie starts by pulling at these themes to drive both audience involvement and Paddington's motivation. The movie is also quick to be light-hearted so as to not drive children away. One of the ways the movie does this is by Paddington's love of marmalade. Paddington, the Brown family, and the villainess are well-realized characters that have their own motivations of helping or hurting Paddington. Mr. Brown, the father of the house, becomes more endearing as the movie continues. Nicole Kidman as the taxidermist that wants to kidnap Paddingotn is incredibly charming in the role. When her motivation is revealed, the audience could understand her goal. Paddington is of course a well-likable character that is animated well.I highly recommend Paddington for being a great movie for any audience.I watched this movie on Amazon Prime and the video quality could be better. The video suffered from artifacts that appear randomly. There was some skipping, but none of this hurts the enjoy-ability of the movie.

PaddingtonPaddington sweeps off its runtime like a charm with the help off amazing writing, witty lines, few semi-comic scenes (especially Paddington's first visit in the bathroom) and familiar characters.

In no way is this 'true to the original'. In fact, I have had to walk away and start again, how apoplectic am I!.. I own a complete set of the original works (including that late addition in 2007), and cannot believe this travesty is being marketed as 'original'-it's simply awful... Paddington bear was reared in an unpretentious North London suburb in post-war London-in thoise days, going 'up West' to see the Christmas lights was a treat. Why should elevenses with Mr Gruber feature in a modern world-why should Paddington's gentle jousting with Mr Curry figure at all?.. Why was this whole scenario not set in 1950's post-austerity London?.. The whole thing is a mess, and best avoided... I shall now make myself a flask of cocoa, some marmalade sandwiches, retire to the log burner with a collection of Paddington's best, and laugh myself silly... I know Michael Bond was involved with this production, but he should have run away-much better, for younger viewers, is the BBC series with Michael Horden... They captured the whole ethos of the original stories... This is just a mess.

Paddington plays like a modern British fairytale, and boy does this film brim with gorgeous colours, great actors and some truly great and charming CG-animation bringing the world's favourite Maramalade-eating bear to the big screen.Paddington is 'jolly-good-stuff' that is as British as British family films and comedy gets: full of down to earth yet relatable and sometimes self-mockery. Paddington you could swear was at least partially funded or meddled by American hands, but that is not the case here. One of the UK's most famous literary icons gets transformed into a believable and modern animal that feels like he's in a story custom-made as creative yet cinema-referential; it has great charm and feelings reminiscent to the Harry Potter films in its giddiness, like The Jungle Book in the opening sequence, and the benefits of gorgeous London-based scenery that drives the story complimented by the occasional homage to the Mission Impossible movies.Paddington: I expected a kid's movie that would be enjoyable and harmless; it's charm may just about make those rough-gutted moviegoers out there real sick. Overall it's an absolute joy and feel-good movie where you can be absolutely sedated by its stress-free story and characters. It's happy cinema done right.