An attempt to modernise Beatrix Potter falls flat
Dir: Will Gluck. Us. 2018. 94mins
Stuffed with slapstick and fuelled by an energetic soundtrack, the Ggi/live action feature Peter Rabbit is sure to appeal to the youngsters at which is it aimed. Yet, in attempting to inject the classic Beatrix Potter tale about a mischievous bunny with a modern anarchic sensibility, it lacks the innocent charm that made the original books so timelessly appealing.
Screenwriters Rob Lieber and Will Gluck (who also directs) have clearly aimed to do what Paul King did for Paddington, but have fallen somewhat short
The film releases in the Us on February 9 through Sony, where American audiences may not be as familiar with these characters, although a cast headed by Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson and voice actors James Corden, Margot Robbie and Daisy Ridley may help. Opening in the UK on March 16, just ahead of the Easter holidays, Peter Rabbit should...
Dir: Will Gluck. Us. 2018. 94mins
Stuffed with slapstick and fuelled by an energetic soundtrack, the Ggi/live action feature Peter Rabbit is sure to appeal to the youngsters at which is it aimed. Yet, in attempting to inject the classic Beatrix Potter tale about a mischievous bunny with a modern anarchic sensibility, it lacks the innocent charm that made the original books so timelessly appealing.
Screenwriters Rob Lieber and Will Gluck (who also directs) have clearly aimed to do what Paul King did for Paddington, but have fallen somewhat short
The film releases in the Us on February 9 through Sony, where American audiences may not be as familiar with these characters, although a cast headed by Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson and voice actors James Corden, Margot Robbie and Daisy Ridley may help. Opening in the UK on March 16, just ahead of the Easter holidays, Peter Rabbit should...
- 2/4/2018
- by Nikki Baughan
- ScreenDaily
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