Paddington in Peru (2024)
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Paddington and the Brown family travel to Peru to find his missing aunt.
The story
Following the events of the previous film, Paddington Bear receives a letter from the Home for Retired Bears in Peru. The letter informs him that his Aunt Lucy is acting strangely and misses him dearly. Consequently, Paddington and the Brown family decide to travel to Peru to visit her. Upon their arrival, they learn from the Reverend Mother that Lucy has gone missing in the Amazon rainforest, leaving behind only her glasses and her bracelet. Paddington finds a map in Lucy's cabin highlighting a location named Rumi Rock and decides to travel there to begin his search, taking Lucy's bracelet with him.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After the events of the previous film, the Brown family is struggling with internal distance until they receive a letter from the Home for Retired Bears in Peru regarding Aunt Lucy. The family travels to Peru, where they learn Lucy has vanished in the Amazon. Paddington finds a map to Rumi Rock and sets off with a map and Lucy's bracelet. They encounter riverboat captain Hunter Cabot, who is obsessed with finding the mythical city of El Dorado. During a chaotic sequence involving a shipwreck, Paddington is separated from the family and ends up with Hunter. Meanwhile, the family is joined by Hunter's daughter, Gina, to find Paddington. The Reverend Mother eventually reveals she is Clarissa Cabot, who staged Lucy's disappearance to find El Dorado. After a confrontation where Hunter stops Clarissa, the family uses the bracelet to enter El Dorado, where they find Lucy in an orangery. She reveals the bracelet belonged to the bears of El Dorado. Paddington chooses to return to London with the family. In the aftermath, Hunter reconciles with Gina, and Clarissa is sent to the North Pole. The film ends with several bears from El Dorado visiting Paddington in London.
- First release year
- 2024
- Runtime (minutes)
- 106
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Dougal Wilson
- Writers
- Mark Burton · screenplay; Jon Foster · screenplay; James Lamont · screenplay; Paul King · story; Simon Farnaby · story; Mark Burton · story
- Cast and characters
- Hugh Bonneville · not specified; Emily Mortimer · not specified; Julie Walters · not specified; Jim Broadbent · not specified; Carla Tous · Gina Cabot; Olivia Colman · not specified; Antonio Banderas · not specified; Ben Whishaw · Paddington; Hugh Grant · Phoenix Buchanan
- Genres
- adventure; comedy
- Themes
- Family; Adventure
- Tone and mood
- Whimsical; Adventurous
- Setting
- Peru, including the Amazon rainforest and El Dorado.
- Premise and plot tags
- Sequel; Live-action; Animation
- Source material / true-story basis
- Paddington stories by Michael Bond
- Franchise connections
- Paddington
- Reception
- The film received positive reviews from critics and a high audience rating.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 65 · scale: 100 · review count: 46; CinemaScore · score: A · scale: A+ to F; PostTrak · score: 4 · scale: 5
- Production trivia
- A fourth film is in development.
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