History YMMV / PeterRabbit

* 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.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The film took a classic book character and transformed him in 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.]]

* WTHCastingAgency: 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.

** Has one with fans of the [[Film/{{Paddington}} 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.

** 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 [[WereStillRelevantDammit dated pop-culture references]].

** 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 [[WereStillRelevantDammit 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.

* WereStillRelevantDammit:
** The timeless countryside feel of the original stories has been given a SettingUpdate to cram in fart jokes, cultural references and pop music, and even the creators themselves have bragged about it being a "'''contemporary''' comedy with attitude". This was taken up to eleven by the marketing when [[http://comicbook.com/movies/2018/01/08/peter-rabbit-wonder-woman-logan-parody/ posters were released depicting the characters parodying popular films from the previous year]].
** [[http://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/peter-rabbit-review-1202686875/ This review]] mentions that Peter raps and uses expressions such as “chill” and “crushed it”.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: This movie should be called [=AST=]: The Movie as it addresses the problems people had with the predecessor.

* TakeThat: Thomas and Bea’s storyline takes one huge jab at ExecutiveMeddling.

** The timeless countryside feel of the original stories has been given a SettingUpdate to cram in fart jokes, cultural references and pop music, and even the creators themselves have bragged about it being a "'''contemporary''' comedy with attitude". This was taken UpToEleven by the marketing when [[http://comicbook.com/movies/2018/01/08/peter-rabbit-wonder-woman-logan-parody/ posters were released depicting the characters parodying popular films from the previous year]].

** A minor one spurred with fans of the ''Peter Rabbit'' CGI series. Even though it too made similar deviations from the source material (i.e. making Peter a trickster and adding more slapstick), the show is still closer in spirit to the books and didn't rely on [[WereStillRelevantDammit dated pop-culture references]].

* UncannyValley: Mr. Todd looks a bit off in some scenes.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: While the over-all plot leaves much to be desired, the special effects are top-notch. The animals look realistic without falling [[UncannyValley into the creepy category.]]

* 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/{{Goosebumps}}'', 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.

** It should be noted that in Peter's case, this was possibly an ''intentional'' case of the trope, 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.

* 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/{{Goosebumps}}'', 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 DorkAge had already [[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation more]] [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse or less]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2 ended]] by that point didn't help matters either.

** So far the overall 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 [[WereStillRelevantDammit 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.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: A lot of critics and audiences have gone on record saying that the sequel is a little better than the original film because of the amount of self-awareness and the characters being more likeable.

* AuthorSavingThrow: This movie should be called [=AST=]: The Movie as it addresses the problems people had with the predecessor.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: A lot of critics and audiences have gone on record saying 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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* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: 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.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[Franchise/StarWars Looks like]] [[Creator/DaisyRidley Rey]] and [[Creator/DomhnallGleeson General Hux]] are finally going to face off.

** Has one with fans of the [[Film/{{Paddington}} 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 [[SnarkBait reviled]] for [[SettingUpdate doing the]] ''[[WereStillRelevantDammit exact]]'' [[InNameOnly opposite with the source material]].

* 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/{{Goosebumps}}'', 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 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 DorkAge had already [[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation more]] [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse or less]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2 ended]] by that point didn't help matters either.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: 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.

* {{Narm}}:
** The film uses ''[[Film/TheJungleBook2016 Jungle Book]]''-esque photoreal designs for the animals. While these designs would have suited a more faithful adaptation, they clash painfully with the wacky slapstick the film attempts to give them.
** The film attempts to give deeper insight into several thoughts and characters, such as Peter seeing Bea as a ParentalSubstitute, by having Peter [[ViewersAreMorons blatantly explain them]] in a way that feels like something from Wiki/ThisVeryWiki instead of realistic dialogue a character would actually say.

* UnfortunateImplications: The scene in which Peter and his friends throw blackberries at Tom, knowing that he is allergic, was [[https://www.facebook.com/kidswithfoodallergies/posts/10156713093435961:0 criticized]] for taking a serious and potentially deadly condition too lightly.