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Feature movie review: PADDINGTON IN PERU
When Paddington 2 made its U.S. theatrical premiere in January 2018, we were a year into a presidency characterized by chaos, cruelty and stupidity.
Paddington in Peru When Paddington 2 made its U.S. theatrical premiere in January 2018, we were a year into a presidency characterized by chaos, cruelty and stupidity. We already knew this incarnation of author Michael Bond's domesticated bear from 2014's Paddington , but Paddington 2 took things to another level in terms of wit, charm and energy.
It was the kind of movie parents always claim they want for their children, but too rarely support—a story about a protagonist who changed others through his simple, honest goodness, and embraced seeing people as flawed but redeemable.
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