Clyde encounters a new species of Peruvian bear (anthropomorphized, mind you), Aunt Lucy (Imelda Staunton) and Uncle Pastuzo (Michael Gambon) who save his life. Clyde was tasked with exploring the terrain and bringing back a “sample” (killing whatever he encounters and bringing its corpse back) by the Geographers Guild. The movie’s opening shows footage from the intrepid geographer and explorer Montgomery Clyde’s (Tim Downie) expedition into the deepest jungles of Peru. Its central thesis is “If we are polite and kind, the world will be right.” ![]() Paddington 1 establishes a world imbued with “magical realism.” It’s a world full of charm and admittedly stylized things (talking, bipedal bears) that are grounded in truths. Paddington 1 and 2, directed by Paul King and based on the series of children’s book Paddington Bear by Michael Bond, bear (pun intended) similarities that compliment each other in a symbiotic way. We believe each other into being.” – Jennifer Michael Hecht “We are indebted to one another and the debt is a kind of faith - a beautiful, difficult, strange faith.
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