<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/paddington-moviedec14.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2242" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/paddington-moviedec14-202x300.jpg" alt="paddington-movie(dec14)" width="202" height="300" /></a>After such serious films as Mr Turner and the Imitation Game it was a dramatic difference to go and see something light, witty and childish.

Firstly the animation is brilliant with every bear hair moving as his expression changes, the detail on the face is heart-warming. Never mind the story because it isn't really relevant to the overall feel-good factor of the film. Here we have an immigrant bear (if only all immigrants were welcomed in this way) arriving in London, alone, without a home and taken in by a family that has the usual problems but Paddington brings them together. Nicole Kidman plays the evil predator and is a similar role to the one she played in <a title="The Golden Compass" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385752/" target="_blank">The Golden Compass</a>.

This is a delightful film and will appeal to the child lurking in every adult.