An optimistic bear returns in transcendentally cheerful 'Paddington 2'
Jan 18, 2018
3 minutes
It is a distinct delight to recommend "Paddington 2," a film for the whole family that, for a change, really is for the whole family. What’s more, there’s no hint of forced manipulation or condescension. I smiled all the way through it.
The Paddington Bear phenomenon began in 1958 with the first of Michael Bond’s many books about the diminutive Peruvian bear who is dispatched to London by his aunt Lucy and taken in by the solidly middle-class
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