![]() ![]() While welcoming the “lovely” news, King called the ranking “eccentric” – but is he giving himself enough credit? After all, Hugh Grant, who plays the superbly self-skewering villain Phoenix Buchanan (King sent him the script on spec, along with a note: “The baddie is a washed-up, narcissistic actor and we thought of you”) has frequently declared – with uncharacteristic sincerity – that it’s a work of genius. Random and bizarre as the demotion of Orson Welles’ cinematic watershed is, it comes with a fur-trimmed silver lining: Paul King’s 2018 family adventure, inspired by Michael Bond’s beloved children’s books, is now the highest-rated film on the site. Last month, Citizen Kane lost its 100 per cent fresh rating on the review aggregator monolith Rotten Tomatoes, following an archival project’s rediscovery of a 1942 Chicago Tribune review which could find in it neither “distinction general entertainment value.” Put down the popcorn and crack open the marmalade: Paddington 2 has been officially recognised for the movie masterpiece it is. ![]()
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