OK Mrs Brown has taken a new direction
Tale
Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now lives at the Home for Retired Bears. The Brown family is on an exciting adventure as a mystery takes them on an unexpected journey. Paul King, the director of the previous two films, 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. Appeared in Graham Norton and guests: Billy Crystal/Emily Mortimer/Hugh Bonneville/Pharrell Williams/Michael Kiwanuka (2024). For those who don’t know, previous incumbent Sally Hawkins said it was time to move on.
London School of Lovely girls
I tried to warm up to her, but to me Emily Mortimer is just an older product. I know the show has progressed, but Emily’s opening moves are annoyingly flat and uninspired. For a few minutes I thought oh no!! I tried really hard to warm up to her, she moved on strangely later in the film…the least they could have done is give her a meaningful script, she seemed like too little of a wife who doesn’t say much. Sorry Em! Same to Madeleine Harris who plays Judy, great lines next time, maybe both.
Let’s be fair
She may have tried to be Sally Hawkins at some point, I’m not sure, but she had big boots to fill and Sally was a smashing success. They all played their roles very well in the end. So anyway, the dear Peruvian finds himself taking the initiative this time and coming to help the family members. This journey takes him through the world of Lahndan art to guess where… A family member is in trouble and the oldest madness and deadly sin is the cause of all evil. The scenery in the faraway place is stunning, simply stunning, it inspires me to go there, as does London which is darkly happy.
Forget it if you have healthy phobias of certain creatures (not snakes)
there’s a lot of hilarity, action and tears in the film too, but very young children who aren’t very brave won’t find the show as warm-hearted, scary, I thought. so sometimes. Visually it’s just as stunning as the previous films, although the script is flat and a bit predictable at times, the mysteries revealed were simple enough for a five year old to figure out… aha. .target audience. Haha ….that doesn’t take away from the film’s CGI impact and one particularly ear-splitting scene.
Let’s just say I don’t think it’s the end
Bonneville seems to have had a hair transplant, I’m not sure, but he’s always given a great performance, as have the Walters and some of the wonderful newcomers to the story. Hey…the enchanting character from the last film makes an appearance.