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Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway is a 2021 live-action/computer-animated adventure comedy film directed and produced by Will Gluck.

Plot
Peter, after being labelled as "the bad seed" by Thomas, walks away and finds his dad's old friend named Barnabas who convinces him to get into some mischief, and he actually enjoys it. As a result, the entire lot of farm animals team up to do a hard job that Barnabas and Peter's father always wanted to do.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The film is a strong improvement over the first film, as it does not have the mean-spirit that film does.
 * 2) In addition to above, Peter is much more likable in this movie then he was in the last film, even if he is still annoying.
 * 3) * In addition, the film does have the ability to realise how annoying Peter is, meaning that is good at handling this.
 * 4) * He can also use some pop culture references, such as him taking his fake headphones (which are made out of some sort of leaves) off and saying "What?"
 * 5) The film also shows that it has learnt from its previous mistakes by making the subplot about Bea wanting to make her book Peter Rabbit into a world-wide selling book but then changing her mind when they make it too different, which is similar to what the previous film did to Beatrix Potter's books.
 * 6) Fantastic animation.
 * 7) Hilarious moments, such as the scene where Cottontail discovers sugar.
 * 8) Barnabus is a great villain, and the twist where he turns out to be one is clever.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Similar to one of the 2018 film mh:awfulmovies:Show Dogs' problems, the only black character in the film is a villain, which is somewhat racist. In addition, this can make his true intentions predictable, especially considering the hints out through the film.
 * 2) As mentioned in WIR#2N#2, Peter and the others often use pop culture references.
 * 3) There is a xenophobic scene where the moose from the farm says "Flashlight" and then Peter says "and for our British friends..." and then the moose says "Torch". While this is indeed appreciative and it is true that this is what the british refer to a "flashlight" as, the word "torch" is also used in Australia, so this can be offensive to Australians.

Reception
The film has a 68% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an audience score of 90%. The critics' consensus states "An enjoyable, silly and self-aware sequel, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway should leave fans of the original feeling fairly hoppy." On Metacrtic, the film has a 43 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews".