Absolutely - a splendiferously wonderful film packed with charm. There's an idea in film making about showing and not telling and both the Paddington movies are marvellous examples of that.
Perhaps when we encounter new people, often from strange lands, who themselves seem very different from us, our first response is one of seeing with our preconceptions rather than being open to the wonder of how new people in our lives can open our hearts and minds to enrich both.
There are all kinds of statistics available to show how immigrants are less likely to use public services, more likely to be employed, be younger and pay proportionately more for things like hospitals and schools but I suspect an afternoon watching the Paddington movies has a more profound effect that any amount of dry information.
Not just one for the kids but for adults too - After the all the father of the house is less than generous about welcoming Paddington and the journey of the characters in the movies - well you'd have to have a hard heart indeed not to have a lump in your throat at some point watching.
It's also got the most marvellous performance by Hugh Grant - forget doing King Lear at the RHS - Grant's role really is one that actors would happily push their fellow actors out of the way to get (If they could get away with it
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