Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: June 11, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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70
VarietyCourtney HowardMar 24, 2021
This superior sequel serves as both a meta-commentary on his humbling past antics and a pivotal point for the eponymous protagonist. It’s an astute, entertaining, light-hearted mix of slapstick and self-reflexive humor commingling with enlightened, sharp sentiments about individualism and commercialism (the latter of which Potter herself wrestled with, and eventually pioneered). Read full review
60
The Irish TimesTara BradyJun 11, 2021
Will Gluck, who presided over the disastrous 2014 adaptation of Annie and the misfiring comedies Friends with Benefits and Easy A, makes for a competent presence in the director’s chair. It’s the human stars, however, who truly shine. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyMay 20, 2021
The film’s a little wobbly on actual charm; stronger on smarm, in-jokes and Bond-riffing action pastiche. Yet whatever their niggles, families can flock to it, relieved to be getting brand new entertainment that entertains. Read full review
60
EmpireIan FreerMay 17, 2021
It's no Paddington 2, but Peter Rabbit 2 works well thanks to a mocking sense of self and a strong second half. Once again, Beatrix Potter, it is not. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJun 10, 2021
Uncharacteristically true to his word, Peter does less insufferable blathering this time around, but the subtitle The Runaway still threatens the audience with a better time. Read full review
50
Original-CinLiam LaceyJul 1, 2021
Taken in micro-doses, Peter Rabbit 2 has clever moments and a relentless eagerness to please. But the movie trips over itself when it attempts to satirize what it practices. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJun 11, 2021
By indulging in the exact same instincts it insists are problematic artistically, Peter Rabbit 2 wants to have its carrot and eat it, too. But maybe that won’t bother you. Maybe you’ll be grateful for a return to the theater and the opportunity to do so with your kids. In that regard, the sequel hops along in sufficiently bouncy fashion. Read full review
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Austin ChronicleSteve DavisJun 17, 2021
Like the jelly-bean sugar high in one of the more manic running gags, it’s all terribly exhausting in the way most movies tailored to the under-10 crowd can be. Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaJun 10, 2021
With its human relations a bit dicey, the movie lives or dies by the cuteness of its CG animals. Fortunately, it probably will never stop hitting the cute button inside us simply to see rabbits scurry-hopping with earnest little faces. The cinematic technology’s growth is remarkable. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 18, 2021
It can sometimes be cute or zany and briefly send itself up, but there is fundamentally something pretty straight in its DNA. Read full review
40
Screen DailySarah WardMar 24, 2021
Bringing a children’s favourite to life with vividly realistic visuals and appealing production design simply proves superficial when it lacks the heart and charm that has endeared its source material to readers for more than a century. Read full review
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TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMar 24, 2021
There are certainly far more despicable franchises in the world of children’s entertainment than the “Peter Rabbit” series, but there are few this negligible, particularly considering the talent involved. Just because you don’t have to aim higher doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreJun 14, 2021
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway is a curiously perfunctory affair, a laughless comedy based on the Beatrix Potter animal darlings of scores of dainty little books created when the world was less cynical. Read full review
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The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJun 10, 2021
If it’s annoying to watch a follow-up snark at itself while implicitly snarking at viewers for buying tickets to a crass-ified Peter Rabbit, the conceit offers evidence that things might have been worse. At least Gluck doesn’t send Peter into space. Read full review
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