Movie review
November 8, 2024 · 106 min · PG
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
The story is a straightforward family adventure with Paddington and the Browns heading to Peru for Aunt Lucy, chasing a mystery through the jungle that involves gold, bears, and marmalade. Light belonging and family-over-wealth themes appear but stay background to the fun quest. No identity lectures, no girlboss rebellion, no anti-colonial sermons, and no modern activist framing on anything. It’s classic wholesome kids’ fare with zero noticeable push on social-justice elements.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Paddington in Peru.
Woke representation / casting
Natural fit for Peru setting and story; no forced audience-visible diversity or identity signaling.
Woke political dialogue
None reported; standard adventure-family talk only.
Identity-driven story themes
Mild, recurring belonging/family roots elements exist as part of the premise but remain incidental to the quest narrative.
Western institutional / cultural critique
No modern activist framing; any ancestor/greed motifs are historical and story-appropriate only.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Minimal specific backlash claiming too-woke content; mostly absent or general/fringe to the franchise.
Creator track record context
Paul King’s prior Paddington work has light pro-inclusion interpretations, but no strong activist pattern aligning here.
Production
