Sequel to movie dubbed ‘better than Citizen Kane’ added to Netflix-Tori Brazier-Entertainment – Metro

Paddington in Peru is now streaming on Netflix (Picture: Studiocanal)

Film fans rejoice as one of the most popular British film franchises in years has now had its most recent movie added to Netflix.

After Paddington 2 was famously held in higher regard by its most ardent fans than Citizen Kane – traditionally seen as one of the best pieces of cinema ever produced – everyone’s favourite marmalade-loving bear returned last year for a third adventure.

And now Paddington in Peru, which was released in cinemas in November, is available to stream on Netflix in the UK from today.

A pleasingly swift addition to streaming libraries for Netflix subscribers, Paddington in Peru sees Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishaw) return to his home country to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy (voiced by Imelda Staunton), who now lives at the Home for Retired Bears.

With the Brown family in tow (led by Hugh Bonneville and new Mrs Brown actress, Emily Mortimer), the clan is then sent on an unexpected, white-knuckle adventure through the rainforest via river after the Reverend Mother at the home (Olivia Colman) informs them Aunt Lucy is missing.

Antonio Banderas also stars as swashbuckling riverboat captain Hunter Cabot, helping the Browns on their quest, with the cast featuring Carla Tous, Madeline Harris and Samuel Joslin as well as Dame Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent and Hayley Atwell.

The film debuted to largely positive reviews – including four stars from Metro – adding up to an impressive critics’ score of 93% on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.

It also garnered the highest audience rating of all three films, with 91% compared to Paddington 2’s 89% and Paddington getting 80%.

In 2021, Paddington 2 famously seized the throne from Citizen Kane on Rotten Tomatoes when one 80-year-old negative review of Citizen Kane from the Chicago Tribune was unearthed and added, meaning the 1941 classic from filmmaker Orson Welles slipped from a perfect 100% to 99%.

The second film in the Paddington franchise, starring Hugh Grant, was famously rated more highly than Citizen Kane on Rotten Tomatoes (Picture: Warner Bros)

1941 film classic Citizen Kane was dethroned from its perfect 100% score by one, 80-year-old negative review (Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, Paddington 2 remained at 100% as per critics’ reviews added to the Tomatometer, alongside the likes of other films such as Terminator, Singin’ in the Rain and Toy Story 2 – but it had more reviews than other titles agreeing to the 100% consensus.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the time, Paul King – who wrote and directed the first two Paddington films – called it ‘extremely lovely to be on any list which includes Citizen Kane’ but said he’d try not to ‘take it too seriously’.

‘I won’t let it go too much to my head and immediately build my Xanadu. But I have been cooking up a model just in case.’

King also suggested that if Welles had ‘had access to the kind of technology’ now available, he might have come up with something ‘nearly as good’ as Paddington 2, which starred Hugh Grant as the flamboyant villain.

In Paddington in Peru, Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishaw) and his family head to his homeland (Picture: Studiocanal)

A mystery ensues when the Reverend Mother (Olivia Colman) tells Paddington his aunt is missing from the retirement home where she lives (Picture: Studiocanal)

‘But he had to make do. He had [to] muster his meagre talent into merely knocking out Citizen Kane,’ he quipped.

Inevitably since then, two less positive critic reactions to Paddington 2 have been added to Rotten Tomatoes, meaning the film has also slipped to 99% – although one of the reviewer’s did confess: ‘As a man who is dead inside, I couldn’t fully buy in to the world of Paddington but I watched with my son and he did enjoy it, which is something.’

Fans were thrilled when Paddington in Peru’s acquisition by Netflix in the UK was announced on social media last week, with @amyhardy134 replying: ‘Can’t wait to see it on Netflix. Brilliant film.’

Meanwhile Maxine added her name to the list of fans outside the UK as she asked: ‘What about internationally ’

Fan Lane dubbed Paddington in Peru ‘definitely in my top 5 movies of all time’, while Brenden J added on Rotten Tomatoes that it was ‘the best one in the trilogy’.

‘Amazing best piece of cinema I’ve ever witnessed [sic],’ insisted John C.

Paddington in Peru is streaming on Netflix in the UK now.

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