Paddington in Peru
2024
**½
Director: Dougal Wilson
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Carla Tous, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Hugh Grant (cameo), Dario Marianelli
Paddington Bear and the Brown family travel to Peru to visit Aunt Lucy, only to discover that she has disappeared in the jungle. As they search for her, they learn about the lost city of El Dorado. Paddington and Paddington 2 were thoroughly charming and funny family films. The second sequel does not feature London, Paul King behind the camera, or Sally Hawkins in front of it, and the drop in quality is massive. The characters remain likeable, but the film around them delivers 100-odd minutes of buffoonery in the jungle, and I don't recall really laughing once.
