A pesar de sus esfuerzos, Peter parece que no puede sacudir su reputación de travieso entre los otros conejos. Una vez que sale del jardín, Peter se encuentra en un mundo donde aprecian las travesuras están bien vistas y toleradas, pero su familia viene a buscarlo para traerlo de vuelta a casa.
Peter Rabbit no es un conejo cualquiera. Es un rebelde travieso y aventurero que viste camisa azul y no lleva pantalones. Peter vive junto a su familia y amigos, un grupo variopinto de animales que incluye incluso a un zorro. Todos ellos harán de las suyas en la granja de los McGregor, lugar en cuyo jardín disponen de deliciosos vegetales. Pero la disputa de Peter con el Sr. McGregor se intensificará más que nunca ya que ambos compiten por el afecto de Bea, una amante de los animales de buen corazón. La fiesta animal ha empezado, y esto es solo el principio.
The story focuses on a family of anthropomorphic rabbits, the widowed mother rabbit cautioning her young against entering a vegetable garden grown by a man named Mr. McGregor, telling them: "your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor". Whereas her three daughters obediently refrain from entering the garden, going down the lane to pick blackberries, her rebellious son Peter enters the garden to snack on some vegetables. Peter ends up eating more than is good for him and goes looking for parsley to cure his stomach ache.
Adapted from the Beatrix Potter story tells the story of the pignap of Little Pig Robinson by Captain Barnabus Butcher who fools Robinson into believing he is being taken on a trip to visit the land of the Bong tree; the truth of the matter is more sinister.
The Royal Ballet Company brings Squirrel Nutkin, Tom Thumb, Hunca Munca, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Jeremy Fisher, Pigling Bland, and Pigwig to the screen doing pirouettes and pas de deux in this filmed ballet production directed by Reginald Mills. The film more properly belongs, however, to choreographer Frederick Ashmore, composer John Lanchbery, and costume designer Rostislav Douboujinsky. This literal adaptation concerns the shy Beatrix Potter and how, when all of the toy animals in her room come to life, she emerges from her shell and begins to enjoy life. Sequences include a rowdy dance with Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca destroying a collection of plaster food, a midnight pas de deux between Pigling Bland and Pigwig, and a corps de ballet of dancing mice.
