• Director(s)

    Paul King

  • Production Year

    2014

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Adventure, Children

  • Approx. running minutes

    91m

  • Cast

    Ben Whishaw (voice), Julie Walters, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Peter Capaldi, Jim Broadbent, Nicole Kidman, Michael Gambon (voice), Imelda Staunton (voice), Matt Lucas

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Paddington

dangerous behaviour, mild threat, innuendo, infrequent mild bad language

The famous bear arrives from Peru in London, where he is taken in by the Brown family. Some mild threat from a taxidermist who wants to stuff Paddington might upset very young children.…

The famous bear arrives from Peru in London, where he is taken in by the Brown family. Some mild threat from a taxidermist who wants to stuff Paddington might upset very young children.

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threat and horror

language

sex

dangerous behaviour

alcohol and smoking

violence

discrimination

rude humour

  • Director(s)

    Paul King

  • Production Year

    2014

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Adventure, Children

  • Approx. running minutes

    91m

  • Cast

    Ben Whishaw (voice), Julie Walters, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Peter Capaldi, Jim Broadbent, Nicole Kidman, Michael Gambon (voice), Imelda Staunton (voice), Matt Lucas

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dangerous behaviour, mild threat, innuendo, infrequent mild bad language
Classified Date:
20/11/2014
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
threat and horror
There are occasional sequences of mild threat when Paddington is chased by the villain who threatens to kill and stuff him, as well as a brief sequence in which Paddington lies unconscious on a table while a taxidermist prepares their tools nearby. There is also a short scene in a jungle when Paddington and his family run for shelter during an earthquake with trees falling around them.
language
There is a single mumbled use of 'bloody'.
sex
There is some mild innuendo, including a comic sequence in which a man disguised as a woman is flirted with by another man.
dangerous behaviour
There are infrequent scenes of dangerous behaviour, including Paddington hiding from a villain inside a refrigerator and riding on a skateboard while holding on to a bus, as well as a brief scene of a boy strapping fireworks to his shoes.
dangerous behaviour, mild threat, innuendo, infrequent mild bad language
Classified Date:
18/11/2014
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
threat and horror
There are occasional sequences of mild threat when Paddington is chased by the villain who threatens to kill and stuff him, as well as a brief sequence in which Paddington lies unconscious on a table while a taxidermist prepares their tools nearby. There is also a short scene in a jungle when Paddington and his family run for shelter during an earthquake with trees falling around them.
language
There is a single mumbled use of 'bloody'.
sex
There is some mild innuendo, including a comic sequence in which a man disguised as a woman is flirted with by another man.
dangerous behaviour
There are infrequent scenes of dangerous behaviour, including Paddington hiding from a villain inside a refrigerator and riding on a skateboard while holding on to a bus, as well as a brief scene of a boy strapping fireworks to his shoes.
dangerous behaviour, mild threat, innuendo, infrequent mild bad language
Classified Date:
11/12/2014
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Studio Canal
threat and horror
There are occasional sequences of mild threat when Paddington is chased by the villain who threatens to kill and stuff him, as well as a brief sequence in which Paddington lies unconscious on a table while the taxidermist prepares their tools nearby. There is also a short scene in a jungle when Paddington and his family run for shelter during an earthquake, with trees falling around them.
language
There is a single mumbled use of 'bloody'.
sex
There is some mild innuendo, including a comic sequence in which a man disguised as a woman is flirted with by another man.
dangerous behaviour
There are infrequent scenes of dangerous behaviour, including Paddington hiding from a villain inside a refrigerator and riding on a skateboard while holding on to a bus, as well as a brief scene of a boy strapping fireworks to his shoes.
alcohol and smoking
A guard is plyed with alcohol to make him pass out, so the heroes can gain access to a building.
Classified Date:
27/06/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Classified Date:
07/11/2014
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Paperwork Remarks:
Gold Spot
Classified Date:
29/10/2014
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Paperwork Remarks:
Main Trailer
Classified Date:
24/10/2014
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Paperwork Remarks:
Empire Cinemas Ident
Classified Date:
24/10/2014
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Paperwork Remarks:
Odeon Premiere Club Cinema Ident
Classified Date:
20/06/2014
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Paperwork Remarks:
Teaser 2
Classified Date:
04/03/2014
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal

  • Classified date

    11/12/2014

  • BBFC reference

    AVF309589

  • Language

    English

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