'Paddington 2' is a 'bearly' cute family adventure movie beautifully done that will melt your heart. Erik Wilson the cinematographer and Paul King, the director did a fantastic job creating this whimsical world where a talking bear seems as real as any other human around him. The pawrfectly executed slapstick sequences, the swirling of the camera, the difficulty of making the movement of every strand of the bear's hair as real as possible was just short of amazing. But what was really charming was the sequence where Paddington daydreams on parading his beloved aunt through all of London's landmarks rendered on little paper pop-up vignettes through the pages of a book where the two bears dance through all of London; it was just magical.

The film begins with a fly through into the Peruvian jungle where Paddington originally came from, giving us some more context on his pre-London backstory and how he came into being raised by Aunt Lucy (Imelda Staunton). The super adorable and unintentionally clumsy bear wants to commemorate his Aunt's 100th birthday so he sets foot on a mission to find the perfect gift for her. He spots a beautiful and enchanting unique book in an antique shop that he believes will take his Aunt through the city of London, in an imaginary journey, fulfilling her lifelong dream of seeing London, a dream that she abandoned in order to raise him. Paddington can't possibly afford the rare and extravagant book so he embarks on a series of odd jobs that lead him to a lot of very troublesome situations that end up sending him to jail. His adoptive family, headed by Mary Brown (Sally Hawkins) and Henry Brown (Hugh Bonneville), believe that he's innocent and set through a puzzling journey to unmask the real thief and save Paddington.

At a recent press conference we spoke with actor Hugh Grant about his scene-stealing turn as the film's villain, Phoenix Buchanan.

Grant when asked about his role and the movie, "It was fun, I have almost bottomless reservoirs of what Phoenix has: self-regard, paranoia, loathing. All these things! So it was lovely to just wade around in them. If I actually tried to be a little subtle or find psychological motivation for what I said or did, Paul (King, director and co-writer) soon pooh-poohed that. He wasn't interested in that. Just cheap laughs, really."

And then when Grant was praised for the different disguises Phoenix employs, including a nun, a knight, a homeless and Shakespearean ham he made us laugh while keeping a straight face saying, "Very nice of you to say I've played lots of roles when we really know I've only played one."

Grant definitely gave us an amusing time at the junket when talking about his role as Phoenix saying, "I've not enjoyed any of them. I hate my job. Is there something I'd like to play? I say no. My hope is that the phone will not ring."

Then we asked him about what was the children's reaction in Britain as he has seen since the film debuted in the UK and he said, "Most nights my house is staked out by children carrying flares. But luckily I'm quite well armed and have dealt with the situation. "On the whole," Grant continued, "children quite like it. The only child who hasn't loved the film and me, frankly, is my son, 5-year-old John."

He added, "I took him to see the film at a preview with 100 of his friends and he sat stone-faced, wondering, 'Why are you in it so much?' So that was very sad."

Grant told us that luckily there was a better familial reaction at the London premiere. "I took my 89-year-old father. Halfway through the film, he asked me, 'Is that a real bear?'"

And if anybody was wondering as for any parallels with Phoenix and himself he joked, "I haven't done a dog food commercial yet. Although I feel after this film it's only a matter of time."

Paddington 2 is a beautiful family movie, that is fun, charming and serves a great storyline about always finding the good in everybody which will certainly make a better world around us. Go see it but just be sure to stay seated for the credits, there might be a little hidden treasure.

Paddington 2 is in theaters now.