Paddington Bear has his greatest adventure that takes his family, the Browns, to his former home Peru! Paddington in Peru is the third movie in the Paddington films. There is also a television show, The Adventures of Paddington, that started in 2019. It is based on the long running book series that started with A Bear Called Paddington (1958) by Thomas Bond. It is the first film directed by Dougal Wilson who has previously directed music videos and videos on the boxer, John Lewis. The story is by Paul King who co-wrote and directed the first two Paddington movies. He had also directed Wonka (2023). The other writer is Simon Farnaby who co-wrote Paddington 2 (2017).
Mark Burton also contributed to the story and is also the co-screenwriter. The other screenwriters, Jon Foster and James Lamont, created The Adventures of Paddington show. Brief re:cap - Paddington had a British geographer who finds the bears in Peru. He gives his hat to the one he calls Pastuzo and invites them to London. Pastuzo gives his red hat to his nephew, young Paddington loses his parents and Uncle Pastuzo in an earthquake, and Aunt Lucy goes to the Home for Retired Bears. She sends her nephew to London with a note, “Please look after this bear. Thank you.” Mary Brown takes interest of the bear and the family takes him in naming him after the station. Mrs. Bird, the housekeeper, also likes Paddington.
He tries to find the explorer that found the bears in Peru. Mary takes Paddington to the owner of an antique shop, Samuel Gruber, who leads them to teh Geographers’ Guild. He lost his membership for refusing to bring back one of the bears. Paddington finds a family with the Browns. In Paddington 2 (2017), he is set up for stealing a rare pop-up book of London, his present to Aunt Lucy, at Gruber’s shop. The actual thief is a neighbor of the Browns, would be actor, Phoenix Buchanan. Paddington is sent to prison, accidentally turning the prison uniforms pink!, and makes an ally with the chef, Knuckles McGinty. Paddington is freed and Buchanan sentenced to prison. This story doesn’t require knowledge of the other movies or books, but there are nice touches to them in it.
The film begins “A few bear years ago…” with a blue sky and below it is a jungle with red flowers like his hat. The lil’ bear that is Paddington (Ben Whishaw who also narrates the tale) sees an orange hanging from a branch and crawls out to it. Whishaw has voiced the part for all of the movies and television series. Paddington falls into a river and swept away. A paw reaches down and pulls Paddington up. It is Aunt Lucyk (Imelda Staunton). She tells him, “If you ever get lost just roar.” At the Paddington railway staton, he is in a photo booth, Paddington has to struggle to get a coin into the machine. He takes awkward photos and spills out the coins! We find the other family members, Mary Brown (Emily Mortimer) is painting the family on a couch. Mortimer played Jane Banks in Mary Poppins Returns (2018). Sally Hawkins played the part in the previous two movies.
Mrs. Brown is kind, but is not ready to have anyone leave the nest. One of which is her daughter, Judy (Madeleine Harris), who is ready to leave for college. Harris reprises the part and has also starred in the Man Down comedy show. Her role is to record her experiences for journalism classes. Her brother, Jonathan (Samuel Joslin) is more comfortable at home, gaming in his room using his inventions to stay in his chair. Joslin also returns as Jonathan and had starred as Thomas in the real life dramatic film, The Impossible (2012). Henry Brown (Hugh Bonneville) is comfortable working in insurance. Bonneville is back as the father and he is also known as Robert Grantham in Downton Abbey. The new boss, Madison (Hayley Atwell) has arrived and she shakes Henry with her daredevil motto, “Embrace the risk! Atwell played Evelyn Robin in the film about another bear in Christopher Robin (2018). I noticed out of the theaters that I had a smile ear to ear, the film left me with a feeling of joy, and realized we need more films like Paddington in Peru.
Five Marmalade Sandwiches out of Five!
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