“You Were Never Really Here” – Dark. “Fruitvale Station” – Harrowing. By Wednesday, my week was rather downbeat. I’d watched two rather morbid films. Both were great, however, I decided to change my pace and give Paddington 2 a second viewing. Previously, I alluded to how much I enjoyed this film, and this time, I enjoyed it just as much.
The sequel picks up with Paddington living in a peaceful state with the Browns (I haven’t seen the first film). Each one has slightly changed as they grow up and need a little bit of fixing. Nothing major, a bit of heartbreak, trying to be cool and ambition unrecognised feel natural and don’t darken the storyline. Paddington (Ben Wishaw), however, has a big issue of trying to find Aunt Lucy a perfect birthday give. He finds a pop-up book in an antiques shop and tries to earn the money for this valuable item. However, at the circus, he tells Pheonix Buchanan (Hugh Grant) about this book, and ‘coincidentally’, Paddington see’s someone try and steal the book from the shop. He chases them down and when they disappear in a puff of smoke, he gets falsely arrested and jailed. Will Paddington, the Browns and his new criminal friends be able to track down the real thief? You’ll just have to wait and see.
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