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Paddington In Peru review: Our favourite bear's third adventure is a whisker behind its predecessor but it still pushes the boat out... all the way down the Amazon, says BRIAN VINER


Although a whisker less entertaining than 2017's sublime Paddington 2, this eagerly-awaited third adventure certainly pushes the boat out.

Although a whisker-less entertaining than 2017’s sublime Paddington 2, this eagerly-awaited third adventure certainly pushes the boat out – and indeed down the Amazon, where I suspect the hand of co-writer Mark Burton in playfully referencing The African Queen, the Indiana Jones films, The Sound of Music and 2001: A Space Odyssey. At 32 Windsor Gardens, Paddington (splendidly voiced once more by Ben Whishaw) receives a letter telling him that his beloved Aunt Lucy, resident at a Home for Retired Bears in his native Peru, is ailing and wants him to visit. At 32 Windsor Gardens, Paddington (splendidly voiced once more by Ben Whishaw ) receives a letter telling him that his beloved Aunt Lucy, resident at a Home for Retired Bears in his native Peru, is ailing and wants him to visit

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