This movie did not deserve all the bad press it got. Yes, the allergy bullying is in bad taste but otherwise the movie with its bright colours and feverish action works for its young target audience. Purists might say that the brash, wise-cracking Peter Rabbit of 2018 is very different from Beatrix Potter’s Edwardian gentleman rabbit, but times change and the CGI is brilliant.
- Director: Will Gluck
- Cast: Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, Sam Neill, Daisy Ridley, Elizabeth Debicki, Margot Robbie, James Corden
- Story line: How Peter Rabbit and his siblings found a home and family
So Peter, his sisters Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail and his cousin Benjamin hang out spending their time raiding curmudgeon Joe McGregor’s garden. There is an artist, Bea, who is fond of the rabbits. When McGregor dies of a heart attack, Peter and all the woodland creatures including a hedgehog, fox and deer run riot in the house and garden.
McGregor’s nephew, Thomas, has a meltdown at Harrods when he doesnt get the promotion he was waiting for. He decides to move to the country, refurbish and sell his uncle’s property to start a toy store of his own to rival Harrods. Of course Peter has different ideas and the two are at loggerheads till everything is sorted out.
The Lake District looks so beautiful and the produce from the garden is a like a delicious dream. Peter Rabbit is not the return to innocence Paddington was, but one should give the critter a chance.
Published - April 06, 2018 07:45 pm IST
