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Is it too lame to get wrapped up in the messages in a kid’s film? “Paddington 2” has a lot of worthy ones - the importance of kindness, family, and, heck, even saving money to get a thoughtful gift for someone who means something to you. Sally Hawkins also gets a nice spotlight as the eager-to-believe matriarch who is compelling enough to make you really trust that she’s possibly gotten a lead from a newsstand parrot about who framed Paddington. Bird explains that actors are “some of the most evil, devious people on the planet.” And there are some wonderfully fun digs at the egotism of actors throughout, including when Mrs.
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Grant seems to be having the most fun he’s had in years on screen as the overly theatrical villain, who debates his devious plans out loud with a room full of costumed mannequins that he also provides the voices for (Hamlet and Scrooge among them). Thankfully it’s all building to something better, which is not coincidentally related to the arrival of Hugh Grant. In a film that feels so effortless, this is a rare snag that’s a little forced and chaotic. It’s an easy set up for some hijinks as he tries and fails at a few things. But, it’s expensive and he needs to get a job in order to afford it. Paddington gets a mission when he spots a London pop-up book at an antique store that he thinks would be perfect to buy his Aunt Lucy (voiced by Imelda Staunton), who is still in Peru and has always dreamed of going to London (pretty thoughtful for an anthropomorphized bear). Paddington, through his Pollyanna positivity and Emily Post politeness, has turned their little candy-colored neighbourhood, Windsor Gardens, into a friendly paradise. Celebrated actor Hugh Grant, whose career once helped define 1990s era romantic comedies, has revealed that his children hated Paddington 2. Paul King returns as director and co-writer for the sequel which finds Paddington (voiced again by Ben Whishaw) living happily with the Brown family, Mary (Sally Hawkins), Henry (Hugh Bonneville), Jonathan (Samuel Joslin), Judy (Madeleine Harris) and Mrs. Famed comedic actor Hugh Grant was praised for his role in Paddington 2, but unfortunately for him, his own kids didn't think much of the film.
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Maybe it’s the addition of Hugh Grant as a lunatic faded star desperate for some cash to get his one man show going, Brendan Gleeson as a moody prison chef named Knuckles McGinty, a totally random dance routine during the credits, or just the sheer earnestness of it all but “Paddington 2” is a total delight.