Line #28 YMMV/PeterRabbit


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4	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
5	** [[http://www.digitalpodcast.com/items/14101540 "Spring Has Sprung"]], which was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics.
6	** The show's instrumental cues are lively and fun, well fitting for the pace of the show.
7	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
8	** The mother's day episode which focuses on Peter thinking of something special for his mother.
9	** Peter defending his younger sister Cottontail from a shrew.
10	* NightmareFuel: Many of the things the villains are willing to do are downright heinous. At one point, Old Brown attempts to [[CruelAndUnusualDeath crush the main cast alive under a table]]. It's true that he was a predator and, at that point, he was [[KleptomaniacHero rightfully pissed off at Nutkin]], but that's going a little far. Also, at least twice characters have been seen actually ending up in Mr. Tod's cookpot.
11	* TearJerker: In one episode, a shrew making Cottontail cry. This pisses Peter off as a result and he even yells at the shrew of how mean he is.
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15	* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The film took a classic book character and transformed him into an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist. It also rebooted the original plot and replaced what Beatrix Potter put to make the character lovable with cheap pop culture gags. Somehow it managed to avoid being a flop, but it's still marred by the controversy surrounding a scene where the DesignatedVillain [[WhatTheHellHero is deliberately assaulted with stuff he is deathly allergic to by the titular character.]]
16	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Creator/JamesCorden as Peter. While it is generally agreed that the other characters outshine the titular "hero", viewers are split into three camps over whether he's surprisingly decent, simply a minor inconvenience to the film, or completely ruins it.
17	* ClicheStorm: The film sacrifices the unique elements of Potter's beloved stories in favour of copying-and-pasting the plots of ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', ''Film/TheSmurfs'' and virtually every other children's LiveActionAdaptation with a low score on Website/RottenTomatoes. The overall premise seems derivative of ''Film/FurryVengeance'', as well.
18	* DesignatedHero: Peter and the animals, who trash Mr. [=McGregor=]'s house with a wild party as opposed to occasionally nipping some vegetables from his gardens as in the books. Then there's the fact that they threw said party to celebrate [[spoiler: the death of Mr. [=McGregor=]]]. Later on, they repeatedly attempt to murder his nephew Thomas, doing such terrible things like:
19	** Lacing his bedroom with animal traps and rakes.
20	** Electrifying the doors so he leaves through the roof, then electrifying the roof.
21	** Intentionally exploiting Thomas [=McGregor=]'s allergy to blackberries to pelt him with the berries until one lands in his mouth and nearly causes him to die from anaphylactic shock. Infamously, this scene [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/11/peter-rabbit-film-criticised-for-depicting-allergy-bullying sparked outrage]] from parents who had children with food allergies, and some went so far as to consider the scene a MoralEventHorizon for Peter in particular.
22	--->'''Robbie Collen''': It is a horrible scene – not because allergies are comedically untouchable, but because [[MoralEventHorizon it makes Peter an irredeemably nasty piece of work]].
23	** Peter is probably an ''intentional'' example, since after the berry scene there's a poignant moment of Thomas ranting at Peter about he's not a bad person and that what Peter is doing to him is pushing him to these extremes, and after Bea breaks up with Thomas, Peter is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone stricken with guilt]] when she says that Thomas was just a jerk to Peter and that Peter had done nothing at all to provoke him, something Peter is aware is not true.
24	* DesignatedVillain: Thomas [=McGregor=], presented in the trailers as the supposed villain, just wants to protect his garden from selfish animals that hoard everything they want and [[spoiler: partied when the last homeowner died]], no less. In the actual movie, this is possibly an intentional case of the trope, since he is presented as a decent person who just has severe anger issues, with Peter ultimately cast as in the wrong for provoking him needlessly.
25	* FandomRivalry:
26	** Has one with fans of the [[Film/Paddington2014 Paddington Bear]] [[Film/Paddington2 movies]]. Both films are adaptations of beloved British children's books starring talking animals, and are combined CGI/Live-Action films. While the ''Paddington'' movies are praised for being faithful to the books and being delightful and sincere films, this movie is reviled for doing the exact opposite with the source material.
27	** A minor one spurred with fans of the ''Peter Rabbit'' CGI series. While both have similar deviations from the source material (i.e. making Peter a trickster and adding slapstick), the show is still closer in spirit to the books and didn't rely on [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece dated pop-culture references]].
28	* JustHereForGodzilla: A good portion of people, especially ''Franchise/StarWars'' fans, are only interested in the film (especially one as seemingly hated as this one) because Creator/DaisyRidley (and to a lesser extent, Creator/DomhnallGleeson) is in it. Although Daisy Ridley's character of Cottontail Rabbit was [[TheOtherDarrin recast]] for ''The Runaway'', Domhnall Gleeson still remained, now joined by Creator/DavidOyelowo (the voice of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Agent Kallus]]), keeping some incentive among ''Star Wars'' fans to watch the sequel.
29	* MemeticMutation: The fact that the film's main villain, Thomas [=McGregor=], is played by Creator/DomhnallGleeson has sparked a lot of jokes that the movie's plot is about [[Franchise/StarWars General Hux]] fighting rabbits. The fact that, when playing [=McGregor=], Gleeson uses the same [[{{Narm}} ridiculous]] [[FakeBrit accent]] that he used for Hux isn't helping matters.
30	* MisBlamed: Due to the first trailer coming out two months after ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' was released, many people began to pin the blame on Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation despite the fact that Creator/SonyPictures only released ''Peter Rabbit'' under the SPA name for marketing purposes similarly to ''Film/Goosebumps2015'', which got a [[Film/Goosebumps2HauntedHalloween sequel]] the same year and received the same marketing treatment.[[note]]In fact, ''Peter Rabbit'' wasn't mentioned at ''all'' on SPA's social media pages, nor was a trailer released on their Website/YouTube alongside the main Sony Pictures account.[[/note]] Tellingly, the marketing for ''Peter Rabbit 2: The Runway'' completely dropped the SPA branding altogether, though coming out well after that division's reputation [[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation started]] [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse to improve]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2 considerably]] didn't help matters either.
31	* OvershadowedByControversy: The liberties taken with the source material, the film being made by Sony Pictures, and the fact that it would be released under their Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation banner[[note]]SPA otherwise had no involvement whatsoever[[/note]] were already controversial with fans of Creator/BeatrixPotter's stories, but the film was threatened to be ''boycotted'' by viewers who have [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/11/peter-rabbit-film-criticised-for-depicting-allergy-bullying accused the film]] of glorifying food allergy bullying.
32	* QuestionableCasting: Creator/JamesCorden as Peter; it's not entirely clear what age Peter is supposed to be in the film[[note]]Peter is a child in "Peter Rabbit" and "Benjamin Bunny" but is an adult rabbit in "The Flopsy Rabbits" and "Mr. Todd"[[/note]], but Corden's voice is extremely jarring regardless of it, mainly because his patronizing and awkward delivery sounds as he does when he's hosting ''Series/TheLateLateShow'', rather than actually acting. While the other actors put in at least some effort, Corden's performance feels particularly phoned-in and insincere. The fact that he voiced [[TheScrappy Hi-5]] in the reviled ''The Emoji Movie'' hasn't helped.
33	* RootingForTheEmpire: Given how the animals come off as entitled jerks for humiliating Thomas [=McGregor=], trashing his house, and raiding his garden after he'd done [[DisproportionateRetribution very little to deserve it]], and since Domhnall Gleeson largely carries the film with his CharacterDevelopment and slapstick, many viewers want him to exterminate the vermin with extreme prejudice.
34	* SoOkayItsAverage:
35	** Perhaps the movie wouldn't be so polarizing if it wasn't attached to a franchise that's such a SacredCow. If you replaced every Beatrix Potter character with {{Suspiciously Similar Substitute}}s, then it seems only slightly better.
36	** Reviews of the film seem to fall into this category, with the general consensus being that while the film is not without its bright spots, such as [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome the visual effects]] and the majority of the cast, it is ultimately let down by [[ClicheStorm an unoriginal story]], a pointless SettingUpdate with all that entails and an unlikable lead character with a weak performance by Corden. The film currently sits at a [[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/peter_rabbit_2018 64%]] on Rotten Tomatoes from 135 reviews, as of November 4, 2018.
37	* TaintedByThePreview: The first trailer was torn apart for its focus on cheap comedy and showing how [[InNameOnly significantly]] the film deviated from its beloved source material, with quite a few people saying that the film was going to be the next ''[[WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie Emoji Movie]]''.
38	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Die-hard fans were not pleased by how many changes there were from Beatrix's tales; they've gone from beloved [[BeastFable Beast Fables]] to low-brow comedy. This was even lampshaded on the Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus for the film:
39	-->''Peter Rabbit'' updates Beatrix Potter's classic characters with colorfully agreeable results that should entertain younger viewers while admittedly risking the wrath of purists.[[note]]Despite the blurb, the movie stands at a respectable 64%, although a much lower 38% when just factoring in the site's "Top Critics"[[/note]]
40	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
41	** Creator/RoseByrne has repeatedly proven her acting chops when it comes to comedy, such as ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'' and ''Film/Neighbors2014'', but as Bea she's not really given anything to do other than be an additional prize for Peter and Thomas to fight over. The film is also strangely vague about whether she's supposed to be Beatrix Potter, causing speculation that the film was originally set when the books were written and made this clear, and they forgot to take it all out when it was moved to the present.
42	** Many reviews also note that, while Peter's sisters earn quite a few laughs, with most finding them far more engaging and amusing than Peter himself (though James Corden's performance doesn't help the latter's case) they are ultimately sidelined in focus and put [[Creator/DaisyRidley their]] [[Creator/ElizabethDebicki talented]] [[Creator/MargotRobbie actresses]] to waste.
43	** Creator/SamNeill as Old Man [=McGregor=], in addition to being funny, also comes off as a truly intimidating and villainous presence, which could have been used to great effect as a foil to his DesignatedVillain nephew. [[spoiler: Instead, he dies of a heart attack toward the start of the movie, right before Thomas is introduced.]]
44	* UnintentionallySympathetic: This happened even before the movie was officially released - since the trailers depict Thomas [=McGregor=] doing nothing wrong but having the gall to [[FelonyMisdemeanor move into a house]], [[GreenEyedMonster romancing a woman Peter doesn't want romanced]], and [[HitlerAteSugar be related to a man he didn't even personally know]]. It makes the animals look like absolute jerks, especially since the trailers depicted the animals laughing at [=McGregor=]'s expense.
45	* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
46	** Bea particularly gets hit by this trope. She doesn't let [=McGregor=] truly air his grievances and doesn't even seem to care that much about how much the animals are terrorizing him.
47	** All the animals asides from Peter and Benjamin. With Peter, it's actually ''addressed'' in the movie that his greedy selfishness and behavior toward Thomas [=McGregor=] was unacceptable and something that he has to make amends for, making him a case of intentionally unsympathetic. And Benjamin, as the voice of reason, doesn't really do anything wrong unless he's forced into it. But every other animal from Peter's sisters all the way down to the pig never seem to learn anything or show any remorse for their greedy, entitled {{Jerkass}} behavior.
48	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: While the over-all plot leaves much to be desired, the special effects are top-notch. The animals look realistic without falling [[UnintentionalUncannyValley into the creepy category.]]
49	* WinBackTheCrowd: Despite the vocal outcry over the trailers and tone, and mixed critical consensus, word-of-mouth propelled the movie to a very profitable success. Opening in the same window as ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', it debuted to a respectable $25 million then had terrific multiplier legs to a final domestic total of $115 million and a worldwide take of $351 million off a modest $50 million budget.
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53	%%* AuthorsSavingThrow: This movie should be called [=AST=]: The Movie as it addresses the problems people had with the predecessor.
54	* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: A lot of critics and audiences have said that the sequel is a little better than the original film because of the amount of self-awareness and the characters being more likeable.

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