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.
Tales of Beatrix Potter has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971)
By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 22 Oct 2004
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Tales of Beatrix Potter was released in 1971 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 9 reviews, giving Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971) an average rating of 72%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 100%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 83%. Professional critics were more impressed with Tales of Beatrix Potter than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 72%, Tales of Beatrix Potter is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1971, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1971 with similar scores include films like The Devils and Play Misty for Me.
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