My Movie Review on Peter Rabbit (2018)

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Once again, I’m back to make another movie review. And today, I’ll be reviewing “Peter Rabbit”.

In this film, Peter Rabbit (played by James Corden) and his three sisters -- Flopsy (played by Margot Robbie), Mopsy (played by Elizabeth Debicki), and Cotton-Tail (played by Daisy Ridley) -- often spend their days in Mr. McGregor's vegetable garden, as well as hang out with their friend Bea (played by Rose Byrne). But, when one of McGregor's relatives, Thomas McGregor (played by Domhnall Gleeson), suddenly moves in, he's less than thrilled to discover a family of rabbits in his new home. A battle of wills soon breaks out as the new owner hatches scheme after scheme to get rid of Peter -- a resourceful rabbit who proves to be a worthy and wily opponent.

I have to admit, when I first saw the trailers for this movie, I had low expectations for it. As a matter of fact, I thought it was going to be terrible. But, as it turns out, it wasn’t.

The film isn’t without its laughs, really. I especially couldn’t help but laugh at the parts where Thomas gets electrocuted after Peter and the others connect it from the electric fence to things like the house’s doorknobs, as well as the part where they set traps for him in his own room and make him fall onto a wheelbarrow. The overall slapstick was definitely fun to watch.

Of course, there were some gags that I didn’t find to be all that funny and necessary, such as the parts with the deer and the headlights, as well as the reading-lip-translation moments.

The execution of it all, which is the direction done by Will Gluck, as well as the story written by him & Rob Lieber, also caught me by surprise. Despite not being the most faithful adaption to the books it’s based on, Gluck & Lieber did a great job at making everything something of their own. You can very well even consider it a sequel to the originals because of what happened to Peter’s parents, as well because of him being grown up. Everything also gets better and better as the movie progresses because it also isn’t without heart, and that heart particularly appears at the climax of the film, which is after Peter’s home is destroyed, along with Bee’s.

The acting and character development in articulation was also really impressive, particularly James Corden & Domhnall Gleeson as Peter Rabbit & Thomas McGregor.

Corden gave off such great energy and effort to the character of Peter. He especially did it to where, despite his character’s flaws & mischievousness, he made Peter so lovable that you’ll be continually rooting for him. Any line he said, he said them in a way that was absolutely funny and normal at the same time. He even did so with any situation & moment his character had. Peter also became even more lovable when he started to realize the errors of his ways, and when he started to figure out he was causing more harm than good in every way.

Gleeson also did such an awesome job with the character of Thomas. In any given moment, despite how snobby & uptight of a control-freak Thomas has often been, Gleeson portrayed him to where he made something so fun out of it all, and like Corden did with Peter, he made his character so funny and lovable. Gleeson’s character also had some great character development, not just because he realizes that he can’t control everything to his own liking, but because he realizes that without his love interest, Bee, he would never be truly happy, even if he became the manager of that toy store in London.

There were some performances that I wasn’t completely impressed with, but, I’m actually finding that to be hard to list. I think I’ll let you guys decide, that’s for sure.

Also, spoiler alert, actor Sam Neil (best known as Dr. Grant in the Jurassic Park series), portrays the old and grouchy uncle that Thomas inherits the house from, and voices Tommy Brock the badger.

In the end, "Peter Rabbit" isn’t a perfect movie nor adaption of Beatrix Potter’s stories, but it’s still a really fun movie to watch, and I totally recommend that you see it.

All in all, I rate "Peter Rabbit" four out of five stars.