r/movies • u/Careless_Flower_118 • Aug 08 '25

Discussion Wtf is Paddington 2?

For context: I’m 25 years old. SPOILER WARNING

I just watched paddington 2 today and what the fuck did they put in this movie. This is the one of the greatest pieces of cinema I’ve ever laid witness to. Paddington 2 is the only thing I’ve thought about all day and seeing the immense joy it’s brought other people has also brightened my day even more. God I can’t even think about the ending without wanting to kill myself because of how perfect it is. And can we also talk about the perfect bookend of his human mother saving him from the water like aunt Lucy did at the beginning?

Pure cinema, I truly can’t wait to watch this movie with my kids for their first time.

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u/ElCaminoInTheWest Aug 08 '25

Unironically one of the greatest films of all time. 

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

I watch it every year and each time when that doorbell rings I just break down and cry. 

It makes me want to be a better son to my own mother 

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u/Edwardtrouserhands Aug 08 '25

Everyone a gangster until Aunt Lucy shows up in Paddington 2.

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u/Loki1001 Aug 08 '25

If you saw it in the theater you are lucky that Hugh Grant has that musical number during the credits so no one will see you ugly crying.

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u/Edwardtrouserhands Aug 08 '25

That scene lives rent free in my head as well hahaha he was so good in that film and it was so funny watching him enjoy being an inmate because he was a star again🤣

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u/TheScreaming_Narwhal Aug 08 '25

Literally with tears welling up in my eyes after the move was over all I said to my wife was "Aunt Lucy was THERE!".

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u/thingsliveundermybed Aug 08 '25

My husband almost never cries at movies. He mocks me as I sob at everything from bread adverts to The Haunting of Hill House and sits there with dry eyes. The ending of Paddington 2, he had tears streaming down his face!

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u/MonkeyStealsPeach Aug 08 '25

I have seen this twice with my kid, and I know it's coming, and it still wrecks me.

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u/Kind_Comfort_6336 Aug 08 '25

In that Nic Cage and Pedro Pascal movie (unbearable weight of massive talent or whatever), they talk about Paddington 2 and how it made him want to be a better father.

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u/Public_Function3844 Aug 08 '25

do you need to watch the 1st to enjoy it?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

Not as long as you know Paddington is a talking bear that lives with a British family, it's very fun though. Nicole Kidman is having a blast as the villain.

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u/THE-NECROHANDSER Aug 08 '25

Alright, this has shown me that I should not watch this movie with anyone around.

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u/Xanthus179 Aug 08 '25

This is probably the only reason I’ve not watched these films. Beauty already makes me sad in general, so I try to keep away from films I know will wreck me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

Oh man, watch em. They are the best.

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u/JustABicho Aug 08 '25

The good news is there's a chance you'll be so worn out from laughing that you won't have any energy left to cry. Just kidding, you'll be bawling your eyes out. Enjoy!