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PETER RABBIT (2018)

"Hare Versus Heir"

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What You Need To Know:

PETER RABBIT is a live action comedy that updates the beloved character created by Beatrix Potter. When Peter Rabbit’s nemesis, Farmer McGregor, dies of a heart attack while chasing Peter, the farmer’s city nephew, Thomas, inherits the farm. Thomas falls for the woman next door, a painter and illustrator who’s befriended Peter and his three sisters. So, Peter decides Thomas has to go.

PETER RABBIT has a wry sense of humor that’s infectious. The slapstick comedy works well without becoming overbearing. PETER RABBIT also has a strong story structure that hits all the plot points it should and that leads to nice climax. Finally, there are some heartwarming emotional moments that provide uplifting messages where love, repentance and forgiveness are extolled. The title character, Peter Rabbit, eventually learns to do the right thing instead of always causing trouble. MOVIEGUIDE® advises a light caution for younger children due to the slapstick comedy and for very brief language. The good news is that PETER RABBIT has a redemptive ending that will leave families with lots of positive feelings as they exit the theater.

Content:

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:
Strong Christian, redemptive, moral worldview promoting the infinite benefits and blessings of love in one scene and extolling learning to do the right thing, repentance and forgiveness, with some pro-capitalist elements, Romantic elements and a comical reference to someone having “evolved,” but the movie also has a couple jokes mocking political correctness;

Foul Language:
One “d” obscenity and brief talk about cleaning toilets in two scenes so well that you can drink from them, and Peter tells antagonist he rubbed his “butt” on his hairbrush;

Violence:
Lots of slapstick violence includes men go after rabbits with a rake and a shovel, animals wreck a house, rabbit fights two men by making them fall or punching them with his back feet, a mole gets shocked by an electric fence, rabbits rewire electric fence to give humans shocks that slams the people into walls, a fence and one another, characters accidently step on rakes and hit themselves with the wooden handle, man throws small sticks of dynamite at rabbits invading his garden and yard, small sticks of dynamite explode, and tree falls on part of a house, rabbits shoot blackberries into mans mouth knowing he's deathly allergic;

Sex:
No sex, but young romantic couple kisses in a couple scenes;

Nudity:
Upper male nudity in one scene when young man is working at the farm he inherited;

Alcohol Use:
No alcohol use;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:
No smoking and no drug content; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:
Rabbits steal farmer’s food and move into his house with other animals when farmer dies, but they are kicked out by the new owner.

More Detail:

PETER RABBIT is not your grandparents’ Peter Rabbit. It’s a modernized, live action comedy that updates the beloved TALES OF PETER RABBIT by Beatrix Potter with lots of slapstick comedy.

The movie opens with four flying birds signing about following your dreams, like something out of SNOW WHITE. They get knocked to the ground, and a female narrator says, “This is not that kind of story.”

Cut to Peter Rabbit, his three sisters and their cousin, Benjamin Bunny. Peter Rabbit tells the others he’s going to sneak into Farmer McGregor’s garden to steal some food, even though McGregor is nearby mowing his lawn. Benjamin warns Peter not to go, but Peter goes anyway, and Benjamin follows because that is his character flaw, as Peter tells everyone.

Farmer McGregor, however, hears Peter and tries to go after him with a rake. Peter escapes, but he goes back again, and this time McGregor catches him. Peter struggles, but McGregor takes him by the ears and starts toward his house to make a rabbit pie. Just then, Farmer McGregor suffers a heart attack and dies. With no one to stop them, the rabbits and all the local wildlife invade McGregor’s house and have a party eating the farmer’s food.

Switch to London. Farmer McGregor’s nephew, Thomas, who works in Harrods toy department, learns he’s inherited his uncle’s farm, but he hates the country. Thomas also learns he’s been passed over for a job promotion because the boss can give the job to his own nephew. Thomas goes berserk in the store and gets fired, but he decides he will go the country, sell his uncle’s farm and open his own toy store right next to Harrods.

When Thomas shows up at the farm, Peter thinks Thomas will be nicer than his uncle. However, Thomas turns out to be just as fastidious and mean as his uncle.

However, Thomas is immediately smitten with his next-door neighbor, a pretty young woman named Bea who loves and cares for Peter and his sisters, who’ve lost their parents. Peter decides Thomas has got to go.

The PETER RABBIT movie has a wonderful, wry sense of humor that’s laugh-out-loud infectious. The slapstick comedy works well without becoming overbearing. PETER RABBIT also has a strong story structure that hits all the plot points it should and that leads to nice climax. Finally, there are some heartwarming emotional moments that provide uplifting messages where love, repentance and forgiveness are extolled. The title character, Peter Rabbit, eventually learns to do the right thing instead of always causing trouble.

MOVIEGUIDE® advises a light caution for younger children due to the slapstick comedy and for very brief language. There’s also a brief comical reference mocking evolution and some chaste Romantic elements, and the movie has a couple jokes mocking political correctness. The good news is that PETER RABBIT emphasizes blessings and has a redemptive ending that will leave families with lots of positive feelings as they exit the theater.

Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.


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