Prior to the release of the 2014 film Paddington, I had no feelings toward Paddington Bear, a character invented by the author Michael Bond in the 1950s who is

While nowhere near as brilliant as its prior installment, “Paddington 2,” this third entry in the franchise still has enough charm to recommend it.

The film also offers a welcome change of scene as Paddington and the Browns, the British family that adopted him, return to the bear's homeland in Peru to find his Aunt Lucy (Imelda Staunton), now residing at a Peruvian retirement home for bears.

Come for everyone's favorite British teddy bear going abroad. Stay for Olivia Colman's dementedly gleeful singing nun

In the 11 years of what we can fairly call "the Paddington era," the bear, himself, hasn't changed so much as a toggle on his blue duffle coat.

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