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Paddington (2014)

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A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 4 nominations. See more awards »

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Aunt Lucy (voice)
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Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
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Paddington (voice)
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Storyline

A young Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined - until he meets the kind Brown family, who read the label around his neck ('Please look after this bear. Thank you.') and offer him a temporary haven. It looks as though his luck has changed until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist. Written by Marmalade Films

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Rated PG for mild action and rude humor | See all certifications »

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16 January 2015 (USA)  »

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Paddington Bear  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$55,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$25,205,000 (USA) (16 January 2015)

Gross:

$76,137,505 (USA) (5 June 2015)
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Trivia

Costume designer Lindy Hemming decided to have the characters of Mary Brown and Jonathan Brown wear red pieces of clothes, in order to show their warm nature and to represent their connection to Paddington, who wears a red hat. Meanwhile, the other two characters of the family wear blue and gray colors, which represents their distance towards the bear. See more »

Goofs

When Paddington is a stowaway in the lifeboat, his only suitcase opens to show 15 jars of marmalade. After the second cut of the discard pile, there are considerably more than 15 empty jars. See more »

Quotes

Master Gruber: My body aged quickly but for my heart it took more time
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Crazy Credits

The credits feature the assurance "No bears were harmed in the making of this film." See more »

Connections

References Mission: Impossible (1996) See more »

Soundtracks

Born to Be Wild
Performed by Steppenwolf
Written by Mars Bonfire
Published by Universal / MCA Ltd
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under Licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd
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An Instant Classic
28 November 2014 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

I loved it. It didn't matter to me that myself and my husband were watching it without the cover of escorting children, family movies are probably one of the most satisfying things out there to watch when done as well as this one was.

Cute is an understatement to describe Paddington Bear: he is simply warm and cuddly and I fell for him wholeheartedly. I may even add PB to my Christmas list of wants, even at my great old age.

Adult comedies can engender one or two laughs, if you're lucky, but this family fun trip had me and the audience laughing throughout (apart from the odd serious moments where it wouldn't have been right to do so).

Everything was right: the colours, the cast (except I'm not a fan of Nicole Kidman: her pert nose, pert bum or whispered speech), and again...I was entranced by the great warmth of the entire piece.

Folks, go see this one, whatever your age, with kids or without. You'll all love it, I'm sure.

My hubby hadn't wanted to see it, but he thoroughly enjoyed it. Highly recommended. I'm sure it will grace many TV screens at many Christmases for many years to come.


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