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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#26: Feb 11th 2018 at 6:23:56 PM

"The new Peter Rabbit film is facing a boycott over a scene in which a gang of bunnies attack a man with blackberries, knowing he is allergic to them."

Australian group Global Anaphylaxis Awareness and Inclusivity (Globalaai) has created a petition asking distributor Sony Pictures to apologise, saying the film "mocks the seriousness of allergic disease and is heartbreakingly disrespectful to the families of those that have lost loved ones to anaphylaxis".

The American group Kids with Food Allergies Foundation said in a Facebook post warning parents about the film that "food allergy 'jokes' are harmful to our community".

"Making light of this condition hurts our members because it encourages the public not to take the risk of allergic reactions seriously, and this cavalier attitude may make them act in ways that could put an allergic person in danger," it said.

Another US group, Food Allergy Research & Education also posted a warning to members over the content of the film.

In the controversial scene, the much-loved Beatrix Potter character and his friends reportedly attack the nephew of Peter's nemesis Mr. McGregor with blackberries. The group know that Tom McGregor is allergic to the berries, and at one point even shoot one into his mouth. He quickly becomes seriously ill and has to stab himself in the leg with an Epipen.

Earlier in the film, according to a review by Twin Cities Geek, Peter Rabbit mocks Tom McGregor's allergy.

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#27: Feb 11th 2018 at 7:21:10 PM

I'm still trying to understand the interspecies romantic rivalry.

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!
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#28: Feb 11th 2018 at 7:28:08 PM

Beatrix Potter, your legacy continues.

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#29: Feb 11th 2018 at 8:32:00 PM

I saw a trailer for this.

Why???????

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#30: Feb 11th 2018 at 8:44:28 PM

[up][up][up]You just had to bring that up, didn't you? Now I have Bee Movie flashbacks.

Loved the stories as a kid (although I didn't like Peter Rabbit nearly as much as a lot of the others), and as such I'm staying as far away from this movie as possible. You would think adaptations of good children's literature weren't that difficult to screw up, and yet...

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#31: Feb 11th 2018 at 8:45:51 PM

The reviews for this movie are higher than I was honestly expecting them to be from what I've seen. More mixed than skewing one way or another. Rotten Tomatoes seems to be going back and forth between the 55%-65% range.

I still don't think I'll see the movie, though. I'm still not real big on the whole idea of chipmunking the Beatrix Potter stories.

edited 11th Feb '18 8:46:57 PM by kablammin45

"Okay, yeah, I guess Ollie fits the goofy sidekick role, but being a princess doesn't mean I spontaneously sing about everything, 'kay?"
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#32: Feb 11th 2018 at 8:46:27 PM

My family, on the other hand, thinks it's going to be great.

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#33: Apr 4th 2018 at 2:29:12 PM

[up]Good for them. I'm not snobbish enough to think that people shouldn't enjoy stuff that I don't enjoy. Or vice versa. At least I try not to be.

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#34: Apr 7th 2018 at 8:47:06 PM

Poochie Rabbit.

20 years later and network executives haven't changed.

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#35: May 6th 2018 at 5:56:51 PM

A sequel's already been green-lit.

"Okay, yeah, I guess Ollie fits the goofy sidekick role, but being a princess doesn't mean I spontaneously sing about everything, 'kay?"
TargetmasterJoe Since: May, 2013
#36: Sep 19th 2019 at 1:32:33 PM

And now, the sequel's been pushed back to April 3, placing it a little closer to Easter and the next James Bond movie No Time to Die (which is ironic since the previous 4 Bond movies were Sony releases).

Yeah, this does nothing for me...tongue

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That all you got?
#37: Sep 19th 2019 at 3:10:24 PM

A movie that no one cared about getting a sequel that nobody asked for. Goody.

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123tbones Since: Aug, 2015
#38: Sep 19th 2019 at 4:11:02 PM

Well at least Sonic will have some breathing room in February.

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