watch later

Not interested / seen

Paddington 2 (2017)Paddington 2 (2017)

Paddington 2 (2017)

Touching, hilarious, visually inventive, and one of the greatest family films of the 2010s

Adventure, Comedy, Family, Kids

best
THE VERY BEST

9.0

movie

France, United Kingdom
English
Easy, Feel-Good, Funny
2017
Paul King
Aaron Neil, Ben Miller, Ben Whishaw
104 min

Synopsis

rotten tomatoes
imdb
wikipedia
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.

Our Take

9.0
The Staff

Proving that children’s entertainment can be legitimate art like any other kind of cinema, the sequel to 2014’s Paddington displays a stronger love for community and storytelling than many other adult-oriented productions. It may be cutesy and innocent, but Paddington 2 also uses its stunning visual effects and intricate production design to prop up a sophisticated story about discrimination, staying true to one’s self, and (most surprisingly) the prison-industrial complex. It’s a proper throwback to another era of family movies that offers something far more substantial to young children and genuinely moving moments for the parents and children at heart.

Comments

What did you think? Who should watch it?

Next up

Aimée & Jaguar (1999)

best

8.2

Passion and resistance collide in this gripping tale of forbidden love set against the backdrop of World War II Berlin

Saving Face (2004)

best

8.0

A landmark feel-good lesbian rom-com turned Asian American family drama, all from first-time feature filmmakers

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

7.0

Some of England’s best actors welcome you to this sweet and genuine meditation on old age

R.M.N. (2022)

best

8.0

A scarily incisive look at xenophobia in small-town Europe

Tekkonkinkreet (2006)

best

8.0

Tekkonkinkreet is a twisted and breathtaking world where frenetic animation manages to pull a touching story together

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (2017)

best

8.2

A whimsical journey through a single night in Kyoto, where love, laughter, and surreal adventures await

Pom Poko (1994)

7.4

An underrated Ghibli film with a hard-hitting environmentalist message

The Painting (2011)

7.0

A charming French animated film inspired by modernist art

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)

best

8.2

Affectionate and contemplative, Tsai Ming-liang welcomes us to an old cinema in Taipei

Miracle Mile (1988)

best

8.1

An apocalyptic film that is first and foremost a romance

Curated by humans, not algorithms.

agmtw

© 2023 agoodmovietowatch. Altona Studio, LLC, all rights reserved.