{"id":30629,"date":"2025-02-13T00:40:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T08:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=30629"},"modified":"2025-02-13T00:40:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T08:40:43","slug":"paddington-in-peru-offers-up-a-genial-family-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=30629","title":{"rendered":"PADDINGTON IN PERU Offers Up a Genial Family Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Running Time: 106 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This feature from Sony Pictures opens exclusively in\ntheaters on February 14th<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paddington Bear is an iconic character in children\u2019s\nliterature, read by millions around the world. While there were animated series\nbased on the mammal, it took until 2014 for a film adaptation to be produced.\nThis feature and its equally impressive 2017 sequel stand as two of the best\nfamily movies of this millennium, perfectly encapsulating the themes and\nmessages of the story while adding wry humor that even adults can appreciate.\nAt what they were trying to accomplish, these pictures are pretty much perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a seven-year hiatus, a new film has arrived. Paddington in Peru<\/em> includes most of the main cast from the first two movies (with one major exception), but is written and directed by different individuals than the previous entries. As such, it seemed natural to feel trepidation about this follow-up. Indeed, this feature is certainly not in the same league as Paddington<\/em> and Paddington 2<\/em>, but the good news is that it is a fun kid\u2019s movie that is still stronger than most family-friendly offerings out there.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This tale sees Paddington Bear (Ben Whishaw) still living in\nLondon, England with humans Henry Brown (Hugh Bonneville), Mary Brown (Emily\nMortimer, replacing Sally Hawkins), their children Judy (Madeleine Harris) and\nJonathan (Samuel Joslin), as well as Mrs. Bird (Julie Walters). When the\nprotagonist receives word that his Aunt Lucy (Imelda Staunton) has vanished\nfrom her bear retirement home in Peru, he immediately makes plans to help find\nher. With the rest of the Browns, the group arrive in South America and\nencounter The Reverend Mother (Olivia Colman), who appears to be harboring\nsecrets about the disappearance. After learning that Lucy may have been seeking\n\u201cLost City of Gold\u201d El Dorado, the family hire riverboat captain Hunter Cabot\n(Antonio Banderas) and his daughter Gina (Carla Tous) to take them across the\nAmazon. However, Paddington and the Brown family quickly learn that some among\nthem have ulterior motives for assisting them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like any sequel, the audience\u2019s familiarity with the\ncharacters can be both a blessing and a curse. Henry Brown\u2019s risk averse\nbehavior is amusing, but doesn\u2019t result in much in the way of surprises or\nunexpected turns for the figure. At least there are some very funny moments\ninvolving the uncomfortable character in the jungle that are humorously played\nto maximum effect, including a couple of very close encounters with exotic\nanimals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additionally, this effort feels gentler. While nothing\novertly disturbing occurred in the first two movies, the protagonist did find\nhimself in grave danger from the vicious villains (one wanted to use Paddington\nfor a coat, while the other framed him and had him locked up in prison). This\nfollow-up does have antagonists, but the threats are more subtle and played\nalmost exclusively for laughs. There isn\u2019t quite as much bite to these\ncharacters and, as a result, not as much excitement at being lost in the Amazon\nas one might hope for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thankfully, the supporting cast are very good and elevate\nthe softer material. Colman is hilarious as the nun, performing an unexpected\nmusical number, casting amusing glances and unintentionally drawing attention\nto herself with \u201csuspicious\u201d comments and mannerisms. Banderas is enjoyable as\nwell as the cursed riverboat captain. As he becomes more unglued during the\njourney, he begins having conversations with various ancestors, who all passed\naway in comically exaggerated ways searching for El Dorado. The two guest stars\ngive it their all and manage to keep viewers smiling. And there is a brief cameo after the\ncredits begin that will also bring a smile to fans of the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s also impressive on a technical level, with the exotic\nSouth American backdrops standing out and adding one element of uniqueness to\nthis tale. And while the final twist doesn\u2019t come as a big shock, it is a very\nsweet resolution to the story and effectively reestablishes the theme of family\nbeing the greatest treasure of all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When the first two Paddington<\/em> films arrived, they\nranked among my favorite pictures of the year. Paddington in Peru<\/em> isn\u2019t\nin that stratosphere, but it is an effective and enjoyable effort that will\nstill satisfy and, at times, delight the entire family, even if it can\u2019t quite\nmatch its predecessors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Running Time: 106 minutes This feature from Sony Pictures opens exclusively in theaters on February 14th. Paddington Bear is an iconic character in children\u2019s literature, read by millions around the world. While there were animated series based on the mammal, it took until 2014 for a film adaptation to be produced. This feature and its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":30634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[216,1627,2540,4660,6779,6924,7283,9460,11160,12887,15336,15624,15626,15628,15629,15630,15631,15940,17595,18035],"class_list":["post-30629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-216","tag-antonio-banderas","tag-ben-whishaw","tag-comedy","tag-el-dorado","tag-emily-mortimer","tag-family","tag-hugh-bonneville","tag-julie-walters","tag-madeleine-harris","tag-olivia-colman","tag-paddington","tag-paddington-bear","tag-paddington-in-peru","tag-paddington-in-peru-film-review","tag-paddington-in-peru-review","tag-paddington-in-preu-movie-review","tag-peru","tag-samuel-joslin","tag-sequel"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}