
Nicole Kidman brought a delightful, completely invested villainy to Paddington as a rogue taxidermist filling her stiletto boots this time is Hugh Grant. The primary examples that spring to mind are James Cromwell in Babe, and many of the actors who have passed through the Muppets film universe. There is a great, but perhaps too rare tradition of this. But as with the first film, Paddington 2 never feels like it’s speaking above the level of it intended primary audience, and thus the performances by the adult actors feel less like larks and more like tremendous acts of generosity. The sequel, again directed by Paul King with just as much love and detail as the first, feels first and foremost like it must have been a blast to make for its cast never are you going to see the likes of Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, and Hugh Grant having this much earnest fun. It’s about as close to a “for the adults in the room” line as the film gets, if only because no films right now manage to cast their respected thespians in a more unilaterally cuddly and adorable light as the live-action adaptations of the iconic, extremely British Paddington Bear books. Bird (Julie Walters) around the time that the dastardly villain of Paddington 2 is revealed.



I wondered if this was some sort of meme.“Actors are some of the most despicable, devious people on the planet,” says the cantankerous housekeeper Mrs. I just recently watched the two Paddington movies and before that i always heard people talking about how good they were If there’s one thing we all agree on, it’s that we love Paddington Bear. But I have been cooking up a model just in case.”Īs for a sequel to the greatest film ever made, StudioCanal confirmed earlier this year that Paddington 3 is in the works, with King telling THR that the script is “well developed and coming on nicely.” Following up the best reviewed film of all time is surely a daunting task, but film Twitter has already thrown King its support. “I won’t let it go too much to my head and immediately build my Xanadu.

“It’s extremely lovely to be on on any list, which includes Citizen Kane, but it is obviously quite an eccentric list that goes from Citizen Kane to Paddington 2, so I’ll try not to take it too seriously,” King told THR. In response to the news that his film now sits atop the throne, Paddington 2 cowriter and director Paul King expressed his gratitude.
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According to THR, there are other films that have a 100% rating, “but Paddington 2 has considerably more reviews.” Film Twitter has taken the news and run with it, prompting memes and jokes in praise of the newly crowned “best movie of all time.” Paddington 2 starred Hugh Grant, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, and Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Citizen Kane, Orson Welles’s classic 1941 film widely considered to be the greatest movie ever made, has been knocked off its perch atop the Rotten Tomatoes throne by the friendly, animated bear with a penchant for wearing blue coats and red bucket hats.ĭue to the discovery of an 80-year-old negative review of Citizen Kane from the Chicago Tribune, Kane has been bumped all the way down from 100% to 99% on Rotten Tomatoes. Break open that jar of marmalade, because Paddington 2 just became the best reviewed movie per Rotten Tomatoes.
