43/13
The director of the previous two films, Paul King, decided not to direct this installment
Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now lives at the home for retired bears. With the Brown family in tow, a thrilling adventure begins when a secret plunges them into an unexpected journey. However, he came up with the idea for this third film and was involved as an executive producer.
This is just another jungle adventure film
To be seen in Graham Norton i gosti: Billy Crystal/Emily Mortimer/Hugh Bonneville/Pharrell Williams/Michael Kiwanuka (2024). If, like me, you think the first two Paddington films are among the best films of all time, this film will be both entertaining and disappointing. Since it’s not about how Paddington adjusts to life with a family in London, or how a normal family adjusts to life with a bear, the film loses its original charm and certainly its humor.
but with a bear
It has a different feel – more sentimental and noticeably not as funny. While the first two were hilarious for a decrepit Marx Brothers fan like me, this one is definitely more of a family film, clearly aimed at children. I could say we need more of the Brown family and their neighbours…
I could also say we need Sally Hawkins, but what’s the point?
We had all that in the first two and since they were… dare I say perfect, there would be no point in trying to copy them. So yes, this one is different, it is horribly over-sentimental at times and nowhere near as funny, but it’s still Paddington.