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Paul King, the director of the previous two films, decided not to direct this installment
Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now lives in a retirement home for bears. Join the Brown family on an exciting adventure as a mystery takes them on an unexpected journey.
However, he came up with the idea for this third film and is involved as an executive producer
They appear in Graham Norton and among them: Billy Crystal/Emily Mortimer/Hugh Bonneville/Pharrell Williams/Michael Kiwanuka (2024). If you agree, like me, that the first two Paddington films are among the best of all time, this is a nice foundation and a disappointment at the same time.
but with a bear
Since it is not about Paddington adjusting to life with his family in London, or how an ordinary family adjusts to living with a bear, it loses its original charm and certainly its humor. This is just another jungle adventure film…
It has a different vibe – more sentimental and noticeably less funny
The first two were fun for old Marx Brothers fans like me, but it’s definitely more of a family film, clearly aimed at kids. I could say we need more of the Brown family and their neighbours… you could also say we need Sally Hawkins, but what’s the point?
More routine family entertainment than fun quirky cuteness
We had all that in the first two and since they were… dare I say, perfect, there’s no point in trying to duplicate them. So yes, this is different, it’s terribly sentimental at times and not funny at all, but it’s still Paddington.