Paddington was released in the United Kingdom on 28 November 2014 to critical acclaim for Whishaw's vocal performance, humour, screenplay, visual effects and appeal to children and adults. It grossed $268 million worldwide on a €38.5 (~$55) million budget. It received two nominations at the BAFTAs: Best British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay. A sequel, Paddington 2, was released in 2017, with King and much of the cast returning.
Plot
In the deep jungles of Peru, a British explorer discovers an unknown species of bear. He learns that the bears are intelligent, capable of human speech, and have a deep fondness for marmalade. The explorer names them Lucy and Pastuzo and gives them his hat as he leaves, telling them that they are always welcome in London. Forty years later, after Pastuzo is killed by an earthquake, Lucy encourages their orphaned nephew to travel to London while she moves into the Home for Retired Bears.
The young bear arrives in London after stowing away on a cargo ship and reaches Paddington station. He meets the Brown family, who take him home and name him after the station they found him in. Henry Brown, the father, does not believe Paddington's story and initially doesn't want to help him. His cordial wife Mary and their two children, their adventurous son Jonathan and their multilingual but unconfident daughter Judy who also initially shuns Paddington, and their eccentric housekeeper Mrs. Bird come to find Paddington endearing.
Paddington thinks he can find a home with the explorer who met Lucy and Pastuzo, but does not know his name. Mary takes Paddington to Samuel Gruber, an antique shop owner, who discovers that the hat bears the stamp of the Geographers' Guild. After they are initially denied access to the Guild archive, Paddington sneaks in with Mr. Brown helping him by dressing up as a cleaning woman to distract the guard. Paddington learns from the Guild archive that an expedition to Peru was undertaken by an explorer named Montgomery Clyde, but the Guild erased their record of it.
Meanwhile, hateful museum taxidermist Millicent Clyde stuffs exotic animals to house them in the Natural History Museum. When she learns of Paddington's existence, she sets out to hunt him down. Scheming with the Browns' nosy and lonely next-door neighbour Mr. Curry, who instantly falls in love with her, Millicent sneaks in while the Browns are out and attempts to capture Paddington. As he defends himself, he inadvertently starts a fire in the process. Paddington tries to tell the Browns the truth, but due to him not seeing who did it as Millicent was wearing a gas mask, no one believes him.
In shame, Paddington secretly leaves later that night and attempts to track down Montgomery Clyde himself, using the phone book to find the addresses of every "M. Clyde" in London. He finds Millicent's house, and learns that Montgomery was Millicent's father and that he died a long time earlier. Millicent resents her father for losing his Guild membership after he refused to bring a Peruvian bear specimen home and opened a petting zoo. She pretends to be gracious and welcoming to Paddington but at the museum after he learns of her resentment of her father as well as her desire to stuff him, he tries to escape, but Millicent tranquillises him and prepares to have him stuffed. Mr. Curry discovers her true intentions and warns the Brown family, who have been trying to search for him since he left. Upon rescuing him, Millicent is about to tranquillise Paddington on the roof. Paddington throws his marmalade sandwich at her, causing her to be swarmed by pigeons before Mrs. Bird accidentally pushes her off by opening a trapdoor to the roof, leaving her hanging.
In the aftermath, the Browns allow Paddington to stay in their house permanently. Millicent is arrested and sentenced to community service at her father's petting zoo. Paddington writes to Aunt Lucy, saying he is happy and has finally found a home.
The film was first announced in September 2007, with David Heyman producing and Hamish McColl writing the screenplay.[11] Further developments were not made until September 2013, when filming began and Heyman announced the casting of Colin Firth as Paddington.[12] With a budget of €38.5 million ($50–55 million), Paddington is the most expensive film produced by the French production company StudioCanal.[13][14][15]Principal photography and production began on 13 September 2013.[16]
In June 2014, after principal photography had wrapped, Firth voluntarily dropped out of the film, after the studio decided his voice was not suitable for Paddington.[19] The role was recast the following month, with Ben Whishaw signing on to voice the title role.[9] Paddington was created using a combination of motion capture and CGI animation (by the British visual effects company Framestore).[20]
In the Ukrainian dub, Paddington was voiced by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who went on to become the president of Ukraine.[21][22]
Filming locations for Paddington
London Paddington Station
Chalcot Crescent, Primrose Hill (Windsor Gardens)
Maida Vale Tube Station (Westbourne Oak Tube Station)
The Reform Club on Pall Mall (the Geographers' Guild)
Hatfield House, Hertfordshire (the Geographers' Guild)
Nick Urata composed the film's soundtrack.[23]Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams were commissioned to write a song for the film's American release, which turned into "Shine".[24]
Release
Video game
A video game based on the film, titled Paddington: Adventures in London, was released on 11 August 2015 for Nintendo 3DS and is published by Humongous Entertainment through their Kids' Mania label.[25]
In November 2014 the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) gave the film a PG certificate for its UK release and advised parents that the film contained "dangerous behaviour, mild threat, mild sex references [and] mild bad language." Paul King, the film's director, told BBC reporter Tim Muffett: "I'm not surprised about that [the PG certificate] but I don't think it's a PG for sexiness. That I would find very odd." Paddington's creator, Michael Bond, said he was "totally amazed" at the BBFC's advice. After the film's distributor challenged the certification, the BBFC revised the wording of its parental guidance, replacing "mild sex references" with "innuendo." It also further qualified the "mild bad language" as "infrequent", saying it referred to "a single mumbled use of 'bloody'."[27]
Box office
Paddington was released on 28 November 2014 in the United Kingdom,[12] where it took in $8 million (£5.1 million) on its opening weekend, and topped the box office for two weeks. It was StudioCanal's highest opening and the second-highest 2014 family film debut in the country behind The Lego Movie.[28][29][30] For the week ending 9 December 2014 it topped the box office in France.[31] For the week ending 24 December 2014 it topped the box office in Australia.
The film was released in the United States by TWC-Dimension on 16 January 2015.[32] The film opened to third place in its first weekend, earning $19.0 million, behind American Sniper and The Wedding Ringer, and closed with a total of $76.3 million.[33]
It opened at no.1 at the Japan box office in January 2016 with $1.1 million and went on to gross $5.7 million.[6]
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 164 reviews were positive, with an average rating of 7.90/10. The site states that "Paddington brings a beloved children's character into the 21st century without sacrificing his essential charm, delivering a family-friendly adventure as irresistibly cuddly as its star."[34] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 77 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[35] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[36]
Upon its UK release, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film four out of five stars, saying: "the new CGI-live-action Paddington Bear could easily have been another garish, cheapo Brit-movie. Instead, writer-director Paul King ... and co-writer Hamish McColl have created a charming and sweet-natured family film, full of wit and fun, skewed towards young children but cheekily speckled with sly gags pitched at the older audience."[37] Geoffrey Macnab of The Independent called it a "film of considerable charm but one undermined by a very bitty and flimsy screenplay. Writer-director Paul King has more flair for comic set-pieces than he does for sustained narrative."[38]
IndieWire said critics were "pleasantly surprised" and that the film was "hailed for its warm-heartedness and playful sense of humor ... and Whishaw's charming performance".[39] Guy Lodge of Variety praised it for "honouring the everyday quirks of Bond's stories, while subtly updating their middle-class London milieu".[40] Leslie Felperin of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, saying: "It'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."[41] Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club gave the film a B, saying: "If the film seems head-and-shoulders above the average effects-driven family-matinee flick, it's because it never gives the impression that it's trying to be anything more (or less) than good-natured and fun to watch."[42] Jason Clark of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A−, saying: "A gloriously whimsical big-screen debut that's closer to the madcap spirit of the Muppets and the lovingly rendered style of a Wes Anderson film than to standard multiplex family fodder."[43] Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film three out of four stars, saying: "Paddington's journey from South America to London is just droll enough for adults – qualifying as a gentle parable about xenophobia – and exuberant enough for the youngest viewers."[44] Moira MacDonald of The Seattle Times gave the film three out of five stars, saying: "Paddington is, ultimately, about how a newcomer can become part of a family, and about how good manners and marmalade can get you out of any tricky situation – delightful messages, at any age."[45] Bruce Demara of the Toronto Star gave the film three out of four stars, saying: "It's a relief to say that – as films based on fictional animals go – Paddington is better than merely bearable."[46]
Barbara VanDenburgh of The Arizona Republic gave the film three and a half stars out of five, saying: "Paddington is a mostly smart update loaded with charm, and it preserves enough of the fuzzy feelings for purists to walk away with a smile."[47]Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film four out of five stars, saying: "An irresistible charmbomb. The in-jokes are verbal and visual, managing to reference themes as diverse as immigration and insider trading. It's all very droll and quietly, memorably dazzling."[48] Sandie Angulo Chen of The Washington Post gave the film three out of four stars, saying: "Because of its adorable protagonist, laugh-out-loud gags and touching premise, Paddington succeeds in a way most CGI/live-action hybrids do not."[49] Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review, saying: "Artfully and cleverly, the sweet spirit of that young bear from darkest Peru and his many London misadventures materializes brilliantly on screen in the very good hands of writer-director-conjurer Paul King."[50]
Mary Houlihan of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying: "This is a charming film whose underlying message of tolerance and acceptance strikes a palpable chord in today's world – both for children and adults."[51] Jocelyn Noveck of the Associated Press gave the film a positive review, saying: "For parents looking for a film that'll please them and their kids in equal measure, Paddington is—as Goldilocks would say in that other bear story—just right."[52] Tom Long of The Detroit News gave the film a B+, saying: "Paddington is an absolute delight, visually inventive, thoroughly goofy and goosed by a mix of dry British wit and pratfall shenanigans."[53]
Two years after the film's release, in 2016, Empire magazine ranked Paddington 81st on their list of the 100 best British films, with their entry stating, “A great big hug of a movie, Paddington charmed the public and critics alike in one of the nicest surprises of 2014, adding itself to the canon of beloved Christmas movies.”[54]
A sequel to the film was released on 10 November 2017 in the United Kingdom.[60] David Heyman returned to produce.[61] Paul King returned to direct and co-wrote the sequel with Simon Farnaby.[62] A third film has also been confirmed and will be released on 8 November 2024 in the United Kingdom.[63]
Television series
On 9 October 2017, it was announced that StudioCanal were producing an animated TV series based on the films called The Adventures of Paddington, set to launch in either late 2018 or early 2019. It was announced in February 2019, that the series would launch worldwide in 2020 on Nickelodeon, with Whishaw reprising his voice of Paddington.[64]
References in other media
The film briefly features in the third episode of the second season of His Dark Materials, when Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry escape into a cinema to watch it.[65] The visual effects company Framestore provided the animation for both Paddington and His Dark Materials.
^O’Connor, Joanne (5 December 2014). "On location: Paddington". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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