Paddington 2
Paddington 2 is a 2017 live-action animated comedy film directed by Paul King and written by King and Simon Farnaby. Based on the stories of Paddington Bear, created by Michael Bond (to whom the film is also dedicated, Bond having died that year), it is the sequel to Paddington (2014), and is produced by Heyday Films and StudioCanal UK. The film, a British-French-Luxembourgish co-production, stars Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington, with Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, and Hugh Grant in live-action roles. In the film, after Paddington is framed and imprisoned for a burglary that he did not commit, he and his family have to find the real culprit and prove his innocence. The film was confirmed to be in development in April 2015. Principal photography began in October 2016 and ended in June 2017. The film was theatrically released on 10 November 2017 in the United Kingdom and 6 December 2017 in France, and grossed $227 million worldwide. The film received widespread critical acclaim on Metacritic and gained an approval rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, becoming the highest-rated film on the site until a single negative review was registered in 2021. It appeared on numerous lists of best films of the year and of the 2010s. It received three nominations at the 71st British Academy Film Awards: Outstanding British Film, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for Grant. A third film, Paddington in Peru, is in production.
- Oh! Hello? - Paddington? Yes. Yes, it's Paddington! I'm so sorry I escaped, Mrs Brown, but I thought you'd forgotten me. Oh, we'd never forget you, Paddington. - Paddington? - You're family! We know who the thief was. - It's Phoenix Buchanan. - Mr Buchanan? But he's disappeared into thin air. We've been looking for him at every landmark in that book. Every last page. "Where all your dreams come true."
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Why do you say that? Oh, it was written on the last page of the pop-up book. - Always made me think of Aunt Lucy. - That's very bizarre. Is it? I found that exact same phrase on a scrap of paper in Phoenix's house. - Really? - I'm sure I've seen that before. Look. - "Where all your dreams come true." - The organ? That must be where Madame Kozlova hid her fortune. - Let's get to the fair. - It's too late. They're leaving today. - From Paddington Station. - At 6:35.
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Fellow citizens, I've just received intelligence. The bear has escaped and may be heading this way. I have raised the neighbourhood panic level to "wild hysteria". Get out of the way, Mr Curry! Paddington's not coming this way! He's gonna clear his name. - And we're gonna bring him home! - We don't want him here. No, of course you don't. You never have. As soon as you set eyes on that bear, you made up your mind about him. Well, Paddington's not like that. He looks for the good in all of us and somehow, he finds it. It's why he makes friends wherever he goes. And it's why Windsor Gardens is a happier place whenever he's around. He wouldn't hesitate if any of us needed help. So stand aside, Mr Curry, cos we're coming through!
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Nice try, Brown. Your plan seems to have stalled. Like your vehicle. Try the choke. Go on, try the choke. You're flooding it. - Clutch down, second gear, Mr Brown. - What? - What you doing? - After three. - What's going on? - Three. You're illegally perambulating on a public highway. Put your backs into it. Do not push that vehicle! Bring Paddington home. - Thank you. - Go, go, go! Oh!
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