proving every bit as charmless and frenetic as its 2018 CG-animated predecessor, "Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway" once again goes about chaotically tossing bunny droppings over the perfectly fertile ground that is the Beatrix Potter source material
James Corden's Peter may strike Beatrix Potter's more sensitive fans as crass and a little too knowing when it comes to putting across the script's more sophisticated jokes but he does make you laugh
it's an astute, entertaining, light-hearted mix of slapstick and self-reflexive humor commingling with enlightened, sharp sentiments about individualism and commercialism
it is a pure family delight; this follow-up not only delivers on what was so appealing about the first live-action/animation hybrid edition but actually expands it out of the McGregor garden and into the big city with winning results
fabulous, feel-good family fun, this Rabbit's return might lack Paddington's heart, originality and sheer inventiveness, but it offers a terrific reason to head back to the cinema this long Easter weekend
"Peter Rabbit 2" wanders further from its charming source material and is an intermittently unpleasant franchise film about the unpleasantness of franchise storytelling