Peter Rabbit and his three sisters -- Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-Tail -- enjoy spending their days in Mr. McGregor's vegetable garden. When one of McGregor's relatives 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.
The film opens with Peter Rabbit (voice of James Corden) running through the fields where he interacts with all of his
woodland friends, including Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice of Domhnall Gleeson), Pigling Bland (voice of Ewen Leslie), and Mrs.
Tiggy-Winkle (voice of Sia), while also evading the hungry Mr. Tod (voice of Fayssal Bazzi). Peter joins his family,
cousin Benjamin Bunny (voice of Colin Moody) and Peter's triplet sisters - Flopsy (voice of Margot Robbie), Mopsy
(voice of Elizabeth Debicki), and Cotton-Tail (voice of Daisy Ridley) - as they prepare to head into the garden of Mr.
McGregor (Sam Neill).
The rabbits enter the garden and steal some of McGregor's vegetables before the man spots the rabbits and tries to handle
them violently. They are saved by McGregor's neighbor Bea (Rose Byrne), an animal lover and painter. She brings the
rabbits into her home where she gives them water with blackberries. Flopsy (being the narrator) mentions that Bea's
paintings aren't great, but the drawings she made of the rabbits are actually well done (and in the style of the original
books). However, they bring up painful memories, as the drawings reveal that Peter and his sisters lived with their parents until their father went into McGregor's yard and was killed before being made into a pie. Bea looks after the rabbits since their mother is gone too.
Peter runs back to McGregor's yard because he left his jacket there, which belonged to his father. He gets it and starts
to leave, but McGregor traps Peter and prepares to finish him, until nature finishes McGregor first with a heart attack.
After his body is taken away in an ambulance, Peter is ecstatic and invites all the animals to McGregor's house since it
is now vacant and they can eat and do whatever they want.
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