I expected to take a 90-minute nap as I do for a lot of kids’ movies. But Paddington 2 was different. The movie was so damn positive and warm. It’s just a bear and a family and a community that loves him. It’s rare to feel that fulfilled in a movie theater. Parents, watch it with your kids. You’ll all feel better about life.
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the criminal justice system. I know this sounds like a stretch, but hear me out.
Paddington 2’s second act revolves around the titular bear being framed for a burglary. As a result, he ends up in jail. What follows is a story about how prisons don’t actually provide any rehabilitation and how treating people with humanity is transformative and rehabilitating.
The escape is successful and the next time we see the four escaped prisoners, they are helping save Paddington’s life before setting off to contribute to society. (Bonus: the closing credits feature the entire prison population performing a Broadway musical number.)
The surface-level lesson is one that we teach all kids about love forming unlikely friendships and all that. But there’s a more subtle lesson about the nature of prisons that you can use to introduce to your kids to have a more nuanced discussion about criminal justice.Now, of course, this all sounds more like an introduction to prison reform more than one about prison
abolition, which it is. But there’s a commentary here on the criminal justice system as a whole and its usefulness as currently constructed — starting with the fact that Paddington was imprisoned for a crime he didn’t even commit. At its heart, the storyline is telling us that prisons, as currently constructed,
The movie is telling us which is something children aren’t often told in their world of cops and robbers, Batmans and Jokers. Humanizing the oft-
dehumanized is essential to understanding people’s inherent right to be free.
Besides being one of the most feel-good movies ever made, Paddington 2 is a perfect way to begin the discussions with your kids that far too few of us had in our formative years. Also, if you watch the movie once you’ll watch it 47 times, so you there’ll be plenty of chances to revisit the conversation.
