My first question, who was this movie made for? There are too many 10/10 reviews to be legitimate or accurate, if I could give it a zero, I would. First, this Peter Rabbit is one of my favourite stories growing up, so when I heard of a Peter Rabbit movie, I thought it was going to be like Paddington, I was wrong, after seeing the movie posters and the trailer, it was the first warning sign this was going to be another gormless, Hollywood adaption.
The story is set in our modern times, with pop music and contemporary slang, rather than turn of the century Britain, where the book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was set, because this movie wants to appeal to the children. However, there is a lot of inappropriate moments, that no children should see, and no parent would want to be subjected too, Peter even takes credit for killing Old Man McGregor, after he tried to shove a carrot up the old man's bum, to add insult to injury, Peter touches the dead man's eye, to confirm he's dead, then the wildlife interlopes the old man's house, because taking over a dead man's house is so funny.
Enter Thomas McGregor, he's the younger, more hip character for the children, but the majority of the film is Peter Rabbit and his family, trying to kill Thomas, electrocuting him and using his blackberry allergy against him, that's not funny in the slightest. Now, this is something you would expect from a Looney Tunes cartoon, where Bugs Bunny tries to hurt Elmer Fudd, but that was a fully animated cartoon, Peter Rabbit is a CGI movie set in our universe, so the violence and repulsive comedy and innuendos, would make anyone nauseous.
Overall, this movie is too violent and offensive to children, and too juvenile and obnoxious for adults, the filmmakers fail to understand Peter Rabbit, sure he was petulant and mischievous, who had to learn lessons, but he was not a sadistic psycho, even Bugs Bunny's comedy was more resigned that this, Beatrix Potter would be ashamed, that her beloved character was portrayed this way, this is what happens when we let Hollywood adapt one of our stories, this was a British story, that should have never been disgraced by the Americans, watch the CBeeies Peter Rabbit instead, it is closer to the spirit of Peter Rabbit than this tripe.
The story is set in our modern times, with pop music and contemporary slang, rather than turn of the century Britain, where the book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was set, because this movie wants to appeal to the children. However, there is a lot of inappropriate moments, that no children should see, and no parent would want to be subjected too, Peter even takes credit for killing Old Man McGregor, after he tried to shove a carrot up the old man's bum, to add insult to injury, Peter touches the dead man's eye, to confirm he's dead, then the wildlife interlopes the old man's house, because taking over a dead man's house is so funny.
Enter Thomas McGregor, he's the younger, more hip character for the children, but the majority of the film is Peter Rabbit and his family, trying to kill Thomas, electrocuting him and using his blackberry allergy against him, that's not funny in the slightest. Now, this is something you would expect from a Looney Tunes cartoon, where Bugs Bunny tries to hurt Elmer Fudd, but that was a fully animated cartoon, Peter Rabbit is a CGI movie set in our universe, so the violence and repulsive comedy and innuendos, would make anyone nauseous.
Overall, this movie is too violent and offensive to children, and too juvenile and obnoxious for adults, the filmmakers fail to understand Peter Rabbit, sure he was petulant and mischievous, who had to learn lessons, but he was not a sadistic psycho, even Bugs Bunny's comedy was more resigned that this, Beatrix Potter would be ashamed, that her beloved character was portrayed this way, this is what happens when we let Hollywood adapt one of our stories, this was a British story, that should have never been disgraced by the Americans, watch the CBeeies Peter Rabbit instead, it is closer to the spirit of Peter Rabbit than this tripe.