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.

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.

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But in between Paddington’s bouts of charming nativity and sincerity, the movie gets a little lost in the adventure movie of it all. On its face, the optics for Paddington in Peru are perhaps troubling.