Review: Padington

The DrsC saw the kids' film Padington yesterday. It is an entirely charming way to spend an afternoon. I'm curious how they have the little bear talking and acting like a hyperactive but cute little boy. The method used doesn't look at all like animation, the humans are all live as are the sets. The bear looks real too, but cannot be, obviously.

There are two "name" actors, most notably the evil villain played by Nicole Kidman, looking very fetching and more than a little kinky. The father of the family that takes in Padington is played by the same British actor - Hugh Bonneville - who plays the Earl on Downton Abby. 

The bear steals the show. You discover you can stretch your imagination to cover a native of "darkest Peru" being at heart the quintesential Brit: polite, mannerly, soft-spoken, and addicted to orange marmalade. And entirely without a Spanish or Quechuan accent.