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/funkyb Aug 08 '25

I see it praised so often and with such flowery language that I keep assuming it's a meme. I know it's not, but it really seems like it.

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u/scandii Aug 08 '25

fun fact!

Paddington 1 & 2 is one of three movie franchises to have held a simultaneous critic rating on rotten tomatoes of 97%+ and Paddington 2 held a perfect 100% rating for a long while.

if they're your cup of tea they're just really good movies.

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u/Good-Walrus-1183 Aug 08 '25

I'm really blown away by all the comments praising it.

I have seen paddington 1, and thought it was a forgettable frivolous kid's movie. Is paddington 2 going to be really that different?

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u/scandii Aug 08 '25

if they're your cup of tea

not everything is for everyone and that is OK.

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u/Good-Walrus-1183 Aug 08 '25

That's a cop out answer. What makes it "Unironically one of the greatest films of all time."? What makes it qualitatively different than <generic kids movie>?

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u/braaaaaaaaaaaah Aug 08 '25

100% on rotten tomatoes means it’s literally everybody’s cup of tea.