Paddington 2

 

Paddington 2

• Director: Paul King
• Based on the books by Michael Bond
• Cast: Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, Peter Capaldi
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water, Maudie, The Hollow Crown, Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, Made in Degenham, Never Let Me Go, An Education, Happy-Go-Lucky, Twenty Thousand Streets under the Sky, Vera Drake
• Hugh Bonneville – Downton Abbey, Breathe, The Hollow Crown, Doctor Who, From Time to Time, Glorious 39, Lost in Austen, Bonekickers, Filth, Daniel Deronda, Notting Hill, Frankenstein
• Julie Walters - Secret Garden, Mamma Mia 1&2, Before You Go, The Hollow Crown Henry IV Parts One and Two, Henry V, Harry Potter 1-8, Becoming Jane, Driving Lessons, Wah-Wah, Calendar Girls, Billy Elliot, Titanic Tow, Intimate Relations, Prick Up Your Ears, Educating Rita
• Jim Broadbent - Filth, Cloud Atlas, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Another Year, The Young Victoria, Hot Fuzz, Vera Drake, Gangs of New York, Moulin Rouge, Topsy-Turvy, Little Voice, Smilla’s Sense of Snow, Richard III, The Crying Game, Enchanted April, Life is Sweet, Brazil, Black Adder
• Hugh Grant – The Gentlemen, Cloud Atlas, Music and Lyrics, American Dreamz, Love Actually, About a Boy, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Notting Hill, Sense and Sensibility, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Remains of the Day, Impromptu
• Brendan Gleeson – The Guard, Alone in Berlin, Suffragette, Edge of Tomorrow, Harry Potter, Perrier’s Bounty, In Bruges, Breakfast on Pluto, Kingdom of Heaven, Cold Mountain, Gangs of New York, 28 Days Later, AI, My Life So Far, Braveheart
• Peter Capaldi – David Copperfield, Doctor Who, World War Z, In the Loop, Modigliani, Shooting Fish, Smilla’s Sense of Snow, Neverwhere, Local Hero
• Why? The cast.
• Seen: 27 March 2023      

       Paddington is falsely accused of theft and sent to prison. It’s a sweet story and the many supporting roles are fun. It’s clever, entertaining and loveable. 

4* of 5