Well, Mrs Brown has taken a new direction
Synopsis
Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now lives in a retirement home for bears. With the Brown family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues as a mystery takes them on an unexpected journey. The director of the previous two films, Paul King, has decided not to direct this installment. However, he came up with the idea for this third film and was involved as an executive producer. Starring Graham Norton and Billy Crystal/Emily Mortimer/Hugh Bonneville/Pharrell Williams/Michael Kiwanuka (2024).
For a few minutes I thought no!!
For those who don’t know, previous incumbent Sally Hawkins said it was time to move on. I tried to warm up to her, but Emily Mortimer is just an older product of the London School of Lovely girls to me. The show has moved on, but Emily’s opening moves are irritatingly flat and uninspiring. I tried hard to warm up to her, later in the film she progressed strangely… the least they could have done was give her a meaningful script, she seemed too much like a little wife who doesn’t say much.
Let’s be fair
Sorry Em! Same for Madeleine Harris who plays Judy, maybe more lines next time, a huge success for both. They all ended up doing their part very well. So anyway this nice Peruvian finds himself taking the initiative this time and coming to the aid of the family members. This journey takes him into the art of Lahndan across the world to guess where…
the target audience
And a family member is in trouble and the oldest stupidity and deadly sin is the cause of all the misfortune. The land in a distant place is amazing, simply beautiful, it inspired me to go there, as well as London which is somberly happy. There’s a lot of hilarity, action and tearjerkers in the film, but very young children, not particularly brave, will find the show not as heartwarming, scary in parts, I thought. Visually it’s just as fantastic as the previous films, while the script is flat and a bit predictable at some points, the mysteries unlocked were easy enough for a five year old to figure out… aha..
Forget it if you have healthy phobias of certain creatures (not snakes)
Haha….this doesn’t detract from the film’s CGI impact and one particularly ear-splitting one. Bonneville seems to have had a hair transplant, not sure, but he gives a great performance as always, as do the Walters and some great newcomers to the story. Hey… a charming character from the last film has made an appearance, let’s just say I don’t think this is the end.