Peter Rabbit (2018)

Feature adaptation of Beatrix Potter's classic tale of a rebellious rabbit trying to sneak into a farmer's vegetable garden.

Director:

Will Gluck

Writers:

Rob Lieber (screen story by), Will Gluck (screen story by)

Stars:

James Corden, Fayssal Bazzi, Domhnall Gleeson

1 win & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Corden	...	Peter Rabbit (voice)
Fayssal Bazzi	...	Mr. Tod (voice)
Domhnall Gleeson	...	Mr. Jeremy Fisher / Mr. Thomas McGregor
Sia	...	Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)
Colin Moody	...	Benjamin Bunny (voice)
Sam Neill	...	Old Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock
Margot Robbie	...	Flopsy / The Narrator (voice)
Elizabeth Debicki	...	Mopsy (voice)
Daisy Ridley	...	Cotton-Tail (voice)
Rose Byrne	...	Bea / Jemima Puddle-Duck
Christian Gazal	...	Felix D'eer (voice)
Ewen Leslie	...	Pigling Bland (voice)
Natalie Dew	...	Harrods Worker - Janelle
Terenia Edwards	...	Harrods Worker - Siobhan
Marianne Jean-Baptiste	...	General Manager (as Marianne Jean Baptiste)

Storyline

Based on the books by Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit (James Corden;) his three sisters: Flopsy (Margot Robbie,) Mopsy (Elizabeth Debicki) and Cotton Tail (Daisy Ridley) and their cousin Benjamin (Colin Moody) enjoy their days harassing Mr McGregor in his vegetable garden. Until one day he dies and no one can stop them roaming across his house and lands for a full day or so. However, when one of Mr McGregor's relatives inherits the house and goes to check it out, he finds much more than he bargained for. What ensues, is a battle of wills between the new Mr McGregor and the rabbits. But when he starts to fall in love with Bea (Rose Byrne,) a real lover of all nature, his feelings towards them begin to change. But is it too late?

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Plot Keywords:

rabbit | deer | mouse | hedgehog | badger | 

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Taglines:

You think you know him? Well ... think again!

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some rude humor and action

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook (Character) Official Facebook (UK)

Country:

Australia USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 February 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Peter Rabbit

Filming Locations:

Fox Studios, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$25,010,928, 11 February 2018, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$115,253,424

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$351,162,851, 19 August 2018

Company Credits

Production Co:

2.0 Entertainment,Animal Logic Entertainment,Animal Logic

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

DTS (DTS: X) SDDS Dolby Atmos (Dolby Atmos+Vision) Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was Sony Animation's first film of 2018. The next were Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) and Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018).

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Goofs

While the animals are hiding from McGregor, Peter tells the badger, "Just because you can't see him, doesn't mean he can't see you!" Only the duck has seen the car pulling up in the driveway. Peter has no reason to know that it's a man who is going to enter the room.

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Quotes

Thomas McGregor: I'm allergic to blackberries.
Peter Rabbit: [From above] *Allergic* to *blackberries*?
Peter Rabbit: Is that even a thing? Is that where we've gone to? I mean, suddenly *everyone* is allergic to *everything*!
Peter Rabbit: [yelling at Thomas] Stop using it as a crutch!
Benjamin Bunny: You know, some people do have legitimate medical conditions.
Peter Rabbit: Of course, of course, it's a real struggle, my heart goes out to them, it's very tough, very sad, I don't want to get any letters
[looks at camera]
Peter Rabbit: ...
Peter Rabbit: But THIS guy, come on!

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Crazy Credits

As the closing Columbia Pictures logo fades away, we hear audio of a person groaning (possibly Thomas McGregor).

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Connections

References Babe (1995)

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Soundtracks

Flashdance... What a Feeling
Written by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey and Irene Cara
Performed by David Das
Courtesy of Records Room Music

User Reviews

Best animation and comedy I've seen in a long while

... and yet, I see a mediocre rating on IMDB... what the heck?

So I read the reviews... some people complain it's not true to the original. It might not be, I've no idea, I haven't read the original stories, it wasn't a thing in my country, in my childhood. But the fact that the film departs from the original book, doesn't make it automatically bad. And in fact, it's a blast from beginning to end.

And then there are all those people who complain about insensitive humor and all... well, to them all I have to say are John Cleese's words:

"If people can't control their own emotions, then they have to start trying to control other people's behavior.' And when you're around super-sensitive people, you cannot relax and be spontaneous because you have no idea what's going to upset them next.

And that's why I've been warned recently don't go to most university campuses because the political correctness has been taken from being a good idea, which is let's not be mean in particular to people who are not able to look after themselves very well - that's a good idea - to the point where any kind of criticism of any individual or group could be labeled cruel.

And the whole point about humor, the whole point about comedy, and believe you me I thought about this, is that all comedy is critical. ... All humor is critical. If you start to say, 'We mustn't; we mustn't criticize or offend them,' then humor is gone. With humor goes a sense of proportion. And then as far as I'm concerned, you're living in '1984.'"