I haven’t seen this since I was 15. Wild to come back to it as an adult now. You could probably make conservative’s heads explode from the Dylan Baker storyline.

Shit. The cat.

Wes Anderson is my desert island filmmaker. I’d make him draw stories in the sand for me. Wear coconuts and so on.

Time + Pressure = Magic

I am aware that these are woodland critters living in burrows beneath the English countryside but this is also Thanksgiving

We better be getting three more of these...

Even more stuffy and tedious than I ed. Well-produced sure, but Mike Leigh's Oscar bait moment just isn't for me. I liked the bits from the Cape Feare episode of The Simpsons which is of course my main reference point for Gilbert & Sullivan. That may explain my reaction.

Happy birthday Hortense! (they say it's July 23rd in the movie, I love it when that happens by accident)

I maintain my assertion that Johnny from Naked is the exact opposite of Paddington the bear.

I used to quote this movie to my friends in high school in a kind of jokey way ("I am not an animal! I am a human being!") but actually I sorta meant it. They loved it and thought it was hilarious. 🥲

This is one of the few purely perfect films in existence. In fact, it's why we invented the super secret staff-only sixth star. I assure you, it's there.