This is the third film in the Paddington series. Can it be considered the
final part in a trilogy? Yes and No. It doesn't round off any open threads
from the previous films, which is a No. But it goes back to Paddington's
origins, which is a Yes. So make your mind up.
Paddington has settled into his new home in London. He even has a British
passport, although he has no reason to leave the country. One day he receives
a letter from the Home For Retired Bears in Peru, telling him his Aunt Lucy
wants to see him. I don't remember her being mentioned in the previous films,
but a flashback tells him that she's the bear who rescued him when he fell
into a stream as a child. He was separated from his parents, so she brought
him up as her own child.
Paddington sets off to visit her with the Brown family. If you don't know who
they are, go back and watch the first two films! On arriving in Peru, he's
told that Lucy has gone on a journey. This is suspicious, because she's left
her glasses behind. Foul play is suspected.
Together with the Reverend Mother who leads the Retirement Home, Paddington
and his friends head into the jungle after hiring a boat from a devious
sailor.
Olivia Colman looks like the role as Reverend Mother was written for her. I've
tagged the film as a musical because she occasionally breaks into song,
leading the other nuns to dance around her.
I had difficulty rating the film. The scenery is spectacular. It was filmed in
Colombia, not Peru itself, but it looks realistic enough. I can't tell the
difference. Can you? Despite frequent slapstick sequences, I didn't find it
particularly funny. I glanced sideways and saw that Oliver also didn't laugh
much, although he told me later that he'd enjoyed the film.
This was my first visit to the Metropol cinema since it changed owners. It
used to belong to the Innenstadt cinemas, but it closed in December 2020 due
to the Corona pandemic. It reopened in October 2024 as part of the Traumpalast
group. When the cinema closed it wasn't expected to reopen as a cinema, so the
building's owner demanded that the seats be removed. This was unfortunate,
because it delayed the reopening while new seats were installed. The
Traumpalast made the most of it by installing luxurious seats, better than the
old seats.
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