Like soccer and Kylie Minogue, the children's character Paddington Bear is one of those things more popular in Europe than in America — but the genially daft "Paddington" should go toward changing that. The movie introduces a young bear (voiced by
Not having read Michael Bond's series of books as a child, I have no real allegiance to the character, though I guess I'd be vaguely disappointed if Paddington were a travesty. But I was just glad to have a movie to take my kids to on a frigid Saturday
What headline-grabbing scandals have attended the return of Paddington Bear! First, there was his conscious uncoupling from Colin Firth (too old, apparently); next came Nicole Kidman's announcement that his new movie
Like soccer and Kylie Minogue, the children's character Paddington Bear is one of those things more popular in Europe than in America — but the genially daft "Paddington" should go toward changing that. The movie introduces a young bear (voiced by
unfailingly polite, marmalade-munching English teddy from Darkest Peru—gets 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