Cast: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Antonio Banderas, Olivia Colman, Julie Walters, Samuel Joslin, Madeleine Harris
Rating: 3/5
Director: Dougal Wilson
Runtime: 106 min.

The sweet, furry hero of “Paddington in Peru” who carries marmalade sandwiches under his red stained bucket hat, is in  for a third adventure, this time with music video director Dougal Wilson helming it in his feature debut. The first two films in this series, “Paddington” and “Paddington 2,” were directed by Paul King.

As in King’s earlier two entries, the template for Paddington’s adventures remain largely unchanged - just a few added individualistic tweaks manage to lend this experience a rather pleasing personality. The animation remains supple and Ben Whishaw’s vocal work is competent enough to see to the rest. The script was written by Mark Burton, Jon Foster, James Lamont, based on a screen story by Paul King, Simon Farnaby, Mark Burton, and the book ‘Paddington Bear’ by Michael Bond.