37/44

The director of the previous two films, Paul King, decided not to direct this installment

Scenario

Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now lives at the Bear Retirement Home. With the Brown family at the helm, an exciting adventure ensues when a mystery takes them on an unexpected journey. However, he came up with the idea for this third film and served as executive producer.

I love Paddington 1 and 2

Featured in Graham Norton and guests: Billy Crystal/Emily Mortimer/Hugh Bonneville/Pharrell Williams/Michael Kiwanuka (2024). I always knew that with a different director, different setting, plot and whatnot, the third film in the series would be unique. This film had three problems for me.

The first is an inadequate script

I couldn’t connect with the film and the poor script was the reason for that. The charm of the franchise, which was always noticeable and used in the first two, is irrelevant. And because of the wholesome feeling you don’t get, the lack of charm, it kills the movie completely.

The second movie was the best, from Hugh Grant’s excellent acting, to the good foreshadowing and character development, this movie is nowhere near those levels

The third problem is the lack of character development, the way the characters are developed in the first and second movies is brilliant and outstanding and although it’s hard to do with this movie, it was still bad. Sally Hawkins is not in this movie and she is a big loss, although Emily Mortimer does a good job in the role with what she has, she is sorely missed and could have made this movie better. This movie has some superb moments, from the iconic look to the plot twist, I would say it has its good moments, I pick out bad parts of this movie, it is still decent.

There are some beautiful sequences that will take your breath away

If you follow the franchise and have seen the first two, this is different and unique, but nice to watch. 7.9/10 for me.