77
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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100EmpireChris Hewitt (1)EmpireChris Hewitt (1)Marmaladen with gloriously silly jokes, pitch-perfect performances and incidental detail, this is a warm, witty and wondrously inventive great big bear-hug of a movie.
- 91The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonPaddington is totally delightful.
- 80The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinSerious as Paddington is about meaning something, it’s even more serious about the business of having fun.
- 80Time Out LondonDave CalhounTime Out LondonDave CalhounIt’s charmingly simple. But it also offers a sharp modern spin on Michael Bond’s London-set stories without being cynical.
- Where family films so often falter, choking on their own contrived sentimentality and/or cool, Paddington is sweet and silly and, at times, edge-of-the-seat stuff.
- 80CineVueJoe WalshCineVueJoe WalshDevoid of cash-in cynicism, and full of belly-shaking humour, Paddington proves to be not just a wonderful contemporary rendition of the bear, but a polite hat-tip to the man who created him, paying homage in the best way possible: by bringing a gentle, slightly reserved, smile to audience faces.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinIt’s a relief to report that the final film is actually quite charming, thoughtful and as cuddly as a plush toy, albeit one with a few modern gizmos thrown in.
- 70The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneThe writer and director, Paul King, scatters the tale with handfuls of eccentric charm, first in the forest and then in the home of the Browns. At one point, borrowing freely from Wes Anderson, he frames it as a living doll’s house, with each member of the family hard at work or play in a different room.
- 60The GuardianXan BrooksThe GuardianXan BrooksFull credit to the film-makers, who manage to map their digital bear against his human co-stars and marry Bond’s antique conceit to a high-concept story.