Review of Paddington (2014) by Romanvartanov — 28 Jan 2015

I went to see this cartoon with my girlfriend, because we thought that it was from the creators of Ted and that hence it would be hilarious. But the cartoon turned out to be just a kid story.

The story begins in South American jungle, where a British adventurer meets a couple of talking bears. At once they become friends.

Many years later the bears' nephew launches upon a journey to London (because his uncle dies and his aunt is going to home of elderly bears) in a quest to find the adventurer. The little bear gets lost on the Paddington station (That is why later he was given the name Paddington), but a nice-looking family picks him up and helps him in his mission. Turns out, that the adventurer had been expelled from the geographical community when he returned from the jungle because he did not bring any trofeys from his journey (like stuffed bears) and that his daughter is now on a quest to correct her father's mistake by killing the little bear. Of course, the good prevails in the end.

I personally enjoyed the plot though. It is thought-through and is suprisingly original for such cartoons.

I would really recommend you to watch it with your kid, for all the kids around us were amazed. They were laughing and yelling etc. Beautifully-drawn, this cartoon is only of interest to kids of age 12 and younger.