Paddington in Peru: a third disappointing (critic) component
The bear runs out of steam. The new cinema adventure of the adorable marmalade lover is struggling to find the irresistible fantasy of the previous films.
Padadington And the Brown family leave in Peru to visit the aunt Lucy, who now lives in the house of retired bear. Panic at the finish: Lucy is missing and Paddington and company will have to go looking for him aboard a rafiot led by a somewhat stamped captain, played by Antonio Banderas … He had to relocate the Paddington bear, and try To see what his proverbial Flegme British would give once propelled in an adventure film Indiana Jones ? Even if the character was already proved to be globetrotter in certain stories published in the sixties, we also know that a large part of his charm is due to his London anchor, and to the folklore that accompanies this one.
In Paddington in PeruThe animation of the bear may always be in the hair, and the very funny Hugh Bonneville Master better than ever his daddy daddy number, the story follows a formula of Amazonian comedy far too marked, without the maestria slapstick and pop of the pop of Two previous parts produced by Paul King (replaced here at the helm by Dougal Wilson). Without anthological performance at the Hugh Grant either-Banderas Cabotine, and the Grande Olivia Colman (as a good guitarist sister) is underemployed. The very fun London post-scriptwit confirms that this attempt to make the character take the character was not such a good idea. We hope that all of this will work out in the fourth episode. Because there is no doubt that, like James Bond, ” Paddington Will Return ».
By Dougal Wilson. With Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer… Duration 1h45. Release on February 5, 2025