Paddington 2

Directed By: Paul King
Written By: Paul King and Simon Farnaby (based on Paddington Bear created by Michael Bond)
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Hugh Grant

Rare is the film that has viewers genuinely leave the cinema a better, happier person than they were going in. Rarer still is the sequel that achieves those same giddy, jump-for-joy heights. All things considered, Paddington 2 must be one of the best sequels of this millennium, and perhaps one of the best of the family genre in all, giving even Pixar’s instant classic Toy Story 2 a run for its money.

Writer/director Paul King’s second encounter with Michael Bond’s long cherished Peruvian-turned-British anthropomorphic bear is every part the rousing, surprising success of the first, with King once again blending kinetic, whip-crack comedy with an irresistible goodwill