Peppa pig: The Movie (2004 Film)

**Peppa Pig: The Movie** (called **The Peppa Movie** in the UK) is a 2004 American-British animated comedy film based on the Peppa Pig series created by Neville Astley and Mark Baker. The film stars the series cast (Harley Bird, Alice and Oliver May, Richard Ridings, Morwenna Banks, Meg Hall, and many more) who returned to reprise their roles from the series. The film was announced in 2001 at SDCC, and was produced by Entertainment One, Rubber Duck Entertainment, Hit Entertaiment and Astley Baker Davies Ltd, and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is the first film in the Peppa film trilogy.

The film had its premiere on November 19, 2004 in the U.S.A and was released on December 10, 2004, in the UK. It had also been released in Singapore on March 1, 2005, by Mediacorp Studios Pte Ltd and Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. The film received mixed reviews from critics, There were even some who found the movie similar to The Rugrats Movie from Nickelodeon Movies, and grossed over $138 million worldwide. Two sequels, titled The Golden Boots and Holiday Resort, were released on May 19, 2015 and February 9, 2017 respectively, and a spin-off starring Mr. Potato was released on November 17, 2017.

## Plot

Daddy Pig is at a cinema, cueing for a popcorn and a drink. Mr. Zebra said it's ten pounds, which makes Daddy Pig shocked. A ticket line shows up, and everyone gave Miss Rabbit tickets for Peppa Pig: The Movie. We then cut to a theater place, where Suzy Sheep said that Peppa is going to be on the big screen, but Emily Elephant said that they wanted a movie about herself.

The movie starts off with a parody of the 1981 fantasy adventure film *Raiders of the Lost Ark*, titled *Okey Dokey Jones*. In a voice-over, Pedro introduces everyone to the audience his friends and himself, who is scared a lot of time but knows as long as Peppa is around he'll always be saved. He notes that he and his friends thought their fun and adventures would last forever, however they were wrong. The kids attempt to reach a bowl of bananas and ice cream but can't reach, and are eventually chased out of the temple by a boulder, which turns out to be a pregnant Aunty Pig, causing the Kids to run away, and run straight into the sliding door window. Aunty Pig is at her baby shower at her home, where she is pregnant with her and Uncle Pig's second child, as half believe it will be a girl but some believes it will be boy. Daddy Pig is in the basement, building a train-related toy - Gertrude, for a contest held by the Reptar Corporation to win 500 dollars. Daddy Pig believes it is the perfect children's toy, and that it will make his toy company famous. Back in Peppa's room, Peppa is at first enthusiastic about having a younger cousin, although Chloe warns him that once the sibling is born, They Will Play with him.

While The others explains that Peppa will not be forgotten, Chloe hears Melinda sing about how good a baby is, Chloe, annoyed at this, decides to interrupt and join in, but only to sing mean and selfish things about them. Chloe yells loudly at the end, causing Aunty Pig to exclaim that the baby is on its way (although she was not due until the following week). Everyone rushes out and goes to The Hospital.

Peppa and the rest of the gang think that his baby cousin is lost, so they decided to go out and buy a new one, and go on a search to find another baby. They end up in a room with many newly born babies, who break out into song about the new world they're in. Eventually, Grandpa Pig and Daddy cat find the babies, and take them back to the waiting room.

At the hospital room, the baby is delivered by Mrs. Rabbit, and to their surprise, it turns out to be a male, who they name Alexander. Peppa and the others arrive, and Aunty Pig presents him to Alexander, at first, it appears they take a liking to each other, until Alexander grabs and swings Peppa's nose around. This causes Peppa to start crying, which in turn sets Alexander crying as well.

Four weeks later, Alexander is still crying, having barely stopped since being brought home, Implying that Alexander became a bad boy, selfish and rude. The kids are all tired of the constant noise by now, noting that Peppa's house is suddenly a lot less fun since Alexander arrived. Emily thinks Alexander is broken, but Peppa disagrees and thinks Alexander is just a little loud, which doesn't explain why he's crying. Chloe, annoyed at all the noise Alexander is making, sees a commercial on the TV for the *Banana Brothers Monkey Circus*. Wanting to go, Chloe clamors to Grandpa Pig if she can go to the circus, to which he states that he thinks the house is already one.

The Banana Brothers Monkey Circus train arrives at a station, Serge and Igor stop to have some coffee, but bicker about who should stay and watch the monkeys. They both decide to go in and have coffee, and while arguing about which place has better coffee, the unattended monkeys escape and make their way to the engine at the front of the train, where they take off with it. Serge and Igor, both shocked, rush out to try and stop it, but are too late, and watch as the train disappears in the distance. The monkeys wreak havoc in the engine room, and make the engine travel at full speed around a slow curve area, causing it to derail and tumble down into the forest.

Back at the Pigs' home, Mummy Pig is reading a bedtime story for Peppa about a wizard which grants a wish, until Aunty Pig comes in with Alexander, wanting her help. Both of them sing Alexander a Lullaby, while Peppa tries to get their attention, but to no avail. Alexander eventually falls asleep, and a sad Peppa tucks himself in the closet, thinking that his parents have forgotten she.

The next morning, the gang see that Alexander is not very nice, as he has claimed items such as Peppa's blanket for his own, and hits both Peppa and Danny on the head. Emily tells Peppa that she isn't using the right method for getting things from a brother, and demonstrates on Freddy that the item in question has to be snatched. Peppa tries to take a teddy bear from Alexander this way, and the two of them fight over it.

Meanwhile, Grandpa And Daddy Pig carry the completed Gertrude up from the basement to the front door, ready for pick up. Later on, Mr. Zebra drops Zuzu and Zaza off at the pig's house, as he has to work overtime, but Daddy Pig gets preocuped with him about a comment he made, his invent whould do not have sucess beacuse of the low budget who had, which would result in the ruin and the loss of the money proposed by Mr. Konishku, The man who made a deal with Daddy Pig for the contest, Which will happen in 3 months . After walking off, He sees Peppa and Alexander, who are still fighting over the bear, and tries to stop them. At first, he decides to let Peppa have a turn with it, but changes his mind when Alexander starts to cry after it is taken out of his hands.

Daddy Pig decides to take Peppa down into the basement as he has something to show him. He gives Peppa a musical pocket watch that has a picture of the cousins inside, which he claims now gives Peppa responsibility. He talks to him about being a big girl cousin, and the responsibility he now has. He finishes by assuring that one day, Peppa will be happy to have Alexander as his little boy cousin.

Back upstairs, The others see Gertrude, and are amazed by it. They decide to take Alexander back to the hospital using it, to get Peppa's money back (as Peppa believes that by giving Mr. Rabitt a chocolate coin from the baby shower, they had bought Alexander) and think that Peppa will be happy again. Suddenly, Peppa comes in after learning from Daddy Pig's advice while returning from the basement, and asks what they are doing with Alexander, to which Suzy explains to Peppa that they are taking him back to the hospital to get his money back, but Peppa tells them that his parents want to keep him, however, this causes Suzy to start arguing with Peppa.

As Peppa and Pedro object, the train drives with the Kids on board. They end up on a wild ride in Gertrude as it travels through the streets, down stairs, through a playground, onto a construction site, into a mattress factory, and finally ending up in the back of a mattress truck. Meanwhile, at the house, Daddy Pig and Grandpa Pig realize the kids are gone, and rush out to go and find them after Daddy Pig asks Grandpa Pig where are the kids and Gertudre.

Daddy Pig, along with a sleeping Grandpa, rush to go and find the kids using the car as Daddy Pig furiously berates Grandpa Pig for not watching the kids, but due to his impatience, he cuts off the mattress truck that the kids are in, causing it to drive off the side of the road, and roll down into the woods, where children are knocked unconscious for just 1 minute . At first Chloe shows no concern until she realizes the Kids have her Teddy doll, which prompts her to take The edmond pet, Turulus, to find them and retrieve Teddy.

Daddy Pig and Grandpa Pig then go to the airport, and check to see if they are on the plane where the crate is, but find out a goat who which was given by Mr. Zebra at the baby shower for Aunty Pig is there instead.

They both rush back home, and check around the house to see if they are there, until Aunty Pig arrives back home from grocery shopping, where Grandpa Pig blames Daddy Pig for losing the kids, making Aunty Pig so shocked she drops everything that she shopped, broking them in the process. The last things they falled is a cracked egg and a brocked baby food banana bottle. The other parents too soon they discover that their children have disappeared, so a Topic called "Where are They" is created that makes many News About the disappearance of their children, including Scoop Hunter, the Cameraman of Mr. Potato who tells Mummy Cat that a tragedy has Lost to his only daughter

Back in the woods, The children are seen waking up and realizing that they are lost in the Woods. Danny blames Peppa for not taking Alexander to the hospital, and they almost got killed. Peppa Says it's not her fault Gertrude got out of control, Until Alexander poops in his diaper. The gang tries to change Alexander's diaper, but when Pedro falls back because of Alexander, a frog jumps on his head, which makes him even more annoyed with him. Peppa manages to change Alexander's diaper, and decides to use his responsibility (the pocket watch) to help guide them out. They put Alexander in Gertrude and head off.

Meanwhile, Chloe is still looking for the babies, and manages to locate the area where the truck drove off, however, Turulus does not slow down, and the road is also sloped, so she and Turulus are launched off the edge of the road, and smack into some branches, with Chloe also hitting her back into a tree, knocking her out for a short time. When she wakes up, she sees Turulus, and tells him that not all Pets go to heaven.

The babies continue to pull Gertrude up the hill, and are still complaining about Alexander. They reach a steep drop, and are clueless as to what they should do next. The adults are seen at the area where the mattress truck drove off the road, while a detective questions if the binky found on the road is theirs. Pedro is seen crying as he is not sure what to do, but Danny furiously blames it on Alexander, and Freddy joins in causing Peppa to get annoyed and yell at her. She tells her that Alexander is just a baby, but when he does, Alexander takes Peppa's dress off. Peppa tries to take it positively, saying it's good to be naked as it's hot in the woods. Pedro notices a play castle in the distance, and Peppa thinks that a wizard might live there, meaning that they will be able to go home if they wish for it. Peppa runs back to Gertrude but trips over a large footprint, Emily notices that it is from a Bear, to which Peppa disagrees, saying that they would hear a Roar, but as Peppa imitates a Roar, a real one is heard. The Kids panic, jump into Gertrude, and ride off the steep decline, but as they roll down the hill, Alexander keeps turning the steering wheel.

An pair of human rangers, Frank and Margaret are seen patrolling the forest, as Frank tells her about the dangers of the forest, suddenly, Gertrude jumps past them from behind, which makes Margaret excited to think there are dragons too. The Kids continue to roll down the hill, but can't find a way to stop the train. Peppa presses everything, until he pulls a lever down which makes Gertrude stop right on the edge of a cliff with a water below. Alexander releases the brake, and they fall into the water. Gertrude changes into Aqua Train, giving it a float and a propeller, and they float down the water.

At the ranger house, Margaret is excited to tell headquarters about the dragon, but Frank emphasizes the courage needed to work in the forest, he looks through a telescope and also sees Gertrude, causing him to jump back in panic and scream that he saw the dragon, which gets Margaret more excited. Back at the mattress truck crash scene, Grandpa Pigs finds a wrapper for a Chocolate bar, and assumes Chloe is looking for the kids. The Other come running out from the woods to tell everyone that they found wheel tracks and footprints, with Daddy Pig coming to a conclusion that they must be in Gertrude " the mini train toy". Daddy Cat Says Daddy Pig about how rare his inventions are, but this only gives him an idea. Mummy Pig sorts everything out by ordering everyone about what they should do, while Daddy Pig, Grandpa Pig, and Mr Zebra get in the car and drive off.

In the river, the kids start to sing a pirates chantey, but hit a rock shortly after, causing both Alexander and Pedro to fall to the side. Peppa decides to save Alexander while Pedro goes overboard and falls into the river, but realizes it's not very deep, as he is standing up, he pulls out fishes that got into his Clothes. Candy Launches a life ring, which lands perfectly over Pedro, but Suzy pushes a button that causes Gertrude to speed up, taking Pedro on a ride, until he hits the water and falls out of the life ring. Suzy and Danny pull it back to the wagon, and Pedro is seen holding onto it. When Pedro is back on board, he questions why Peppa didn't help him, but once again, Peppa says that Alexander is just a baby. Suddenly, Zoe and Richard notice they are heading towards a waterfall, causing all of the babies to panic, they try to turn the train around, and manage to do so, but Alexander pulls a lever that raises the propeller, Peppa quickly pushes it back, and they manage to escape, but spin out and crash into a tree trunk on the land, sending all of them flying. Peppa lands on a bush, which makes his pocket watch fall out, it starts to roll down to the river, and she jumps and grabs it just before it falls in.

Back at the Pigs' house, Daddy Pig and the other Fathers are attempting to get down Dactar - Daddy Pig's flying Dragon invention. However, it's too heavy, and the pulley breaks the roof, causing it to fall and nearly land on Grandpa Pig, who is then seen sleeping under it.

The babies pull Gertrude up from the shore, and try to figure out where the wizard is. Once again, Peppa uses his pocket watch for directions, but ends up circling a tree for a while. Pedro thinks there might be other babies around, while Suzy vociferate at Peppa, criticizing his pocket watch; claiming it's broken, just like Alexander. Peppa starts to argue back, which begins to give Pedro a headache. While Pedro distances himself away from the yelling, he spots a clown, and yells out. The Gang come over, and realise it's the circus train, but now abandoned beacuse the incident happened 3 days later, which means that both the train and the circus are no longer working, nor are they exist, and they are destroyed. Suddenly, the carriage door opens, and a mysterious figure pops out. The figure is revealed to be the monkeys, who then jump out and break into the song Witch Doctor (singed by the danish band named Cartoons), dancing and playing with the babies while they do.

During the song, Pedro's glasses fall off, and are taken by the monkeys. Soon after, Alexander starts to theme cry, as he is hungry, and an annoyed Peppa goes to open some food for Alexander, which happens to be banana Baby food.

After opening it, the smell of the bananas veers the monkeys toward it. Alexander splatters the food all over himself, and Peppa throws away the empty jar, but in doing so, causes the monkeys to charge towards it. One of them snatches the diaper bag and runs off, so Peppa chases after them, while other monkeys start to lick the paste off Alexander. Pedro notices this, and rushes to help Alexander, but the monkeys try to take him away. Pedro oes his best to hold onto Alexander, asking Suzy, Zoe , Zuzu & Zaza, Edmond, George, Rebecca, Richard, Candy, Wendy, Emily, Danny and Freddy for their help, but they do not care, and watch as Pedro continues to hold Alexander. Alexander slips out, and flies into Suzy's arms; while they hold onto Alexander as he is being pulled up by a monkey, they purposely let go, launching him up with the monkey. Meanwhile, Pedro is trying to get his glasses back from another monkey, who then drops them and runs off. Pedro searches the ground for them, but accidentally steps on them, cracking the lenses. The monkeys leave, taking Alexander with them. Suzy, Zoe , Zuzu & Zaza, Edmond, George, Rebecca, Richard, Candy, Wendy, Emily, Danny & Freddy are happy about this, while Pedro is horrified.

Pedro, Emily, Wendy, Suzy, Zoe, Zuzu & Zaza, Edmond, George, Rebecca, Richard, Candy, Danny and Freddy disguise a smaller monkey as Alexander to trick Peppa into thinking Alexander has turned into one. While the others are ardent to depart, Peppa insists on finishing feeding Alexander, she removes the blanket, and is surprised to see that Alexander has turned into a monkey. A thunderstorm approaches, and Pedro suggests that they get going, but Peppa doesn't want to, as he can't go home with Alexander being a monkey. Pedro tells Peppa that they must get to the wizard's Castle, which gives Peppa an idea: to wish Alexander was back to normal. However, as they will only get one wish, an argument is sparked up as they won't be able to get home if Alexander gets the wish. Shortly into the argument Emily accidentally spills out the truth, admitting that the monkey is not actually Alexander. Pedro explains what happens, and Suzy, Zoe , Zuzu & Zaza, Edmond, George, Rebecca, Richard, Candy, Wendy, Emily, Danny and Freddy exclaim that they don't want to help Peppa to find his cousin boy and they also say that they will not find the wizard no more, they will go in the places where they passed to his houses without Peppa and Alexander. Peppa turns to his best friend Pedro, asking for his help, but also gets a no from him. Pedro explains that if Peppa were his best friend girl, she would help him more, and lists recent events where Peppa was too busy looking after Alexander to help or care for him. Suzy tells Peppa that she doesn't have any friends No more, only his cousin Alexander now. Now an Non- Who Have Friends Child, An upset Peppa decides to look for Alexander herself. As she walks off into the distance with the diaper bag, the storm hits, and it starts to rain.

Peppa eventually finds Alexander during the storm, but as she tries to take care of him, Alexander again acts selfishly, Drinks all the milk and send Peppa to a muddy River after a fight for the blanket of Peppa. Peppa finally snaps, renounces his responsibility Throwing the pocket watch into the fire and then into a tree, Leaves all the diaper bag stuff in the woods, and prepares to give Alexander back to the monkeys with some banana baby food, but the storm and the girl's rage scare Alexander into dropping his bratty behavior. At the same time, the baby's remorseful tears cause Peppa to come to his senses and the Cousins reconcile. They both turn over a new leaf, with Alexander willingly sharing the Love with Peppa who promises to never abandon his boy Cousin. Turulus continues to drag Chloe through the forest, but breaks one of her roller skates in the process. As Chloe is taking it off, a wolf sneaks up behind her. Chloe thinks it's Turulus who stinks, but he quickly runs off with Chloe behind once again, just as the wolf bites down, narrowly avoiding her. Meanwhile, Pedro and the others are trying to find their own way through the storm but not to the wizard, To the river, later the cliff and finally the street. Pedro wants to go back for Peppa and Alexander. Suzy, Zoe , Zuzu & Zaza, Edmond, George, Rebecca, Richard, Candy, Wendy, Emily, Danny and Freddy selfishly say no and voice how they think Peppa only cares about Alexander now which is why they let the monkeys take Alexander, but the kids ignore Pedro and sleep behind a tree. While Chloe is angry that Turulus doesn't listen to her, she decides to go look for Teddy by herself and starts singing a song, but when she sits down, she realizes that she is transforming into a rude girl and rejoins but when she puts her hand on the leash from Turulus, this frightened one runs with Chloe clinging to his leash. The adults go to the rangers' house and ask Frank and Margaret to help them, but Frank tells them that there are dragons but Margaret tells them to ignore him and Margaret and Frank leave with them.

Then the storm continues and Alexander cries, and Peppa takes care of him and sings him a lullaby and tells him that she is glad to have him, which makes Alexander cry with joy and says that he loves Peppa, and Peppa says that she loves him. so does he, and then the two of them turn a new page, Alexander's personality completely changes and he becomes good and shares the blanket with Peppa.

The next morning after the storm, Pedro, Emily, Wendy, Suzy, Zoe, Zuzu & Zaza, Edmond, George, Rebecca, Richard, Candy, Danny and Freddy are attacked by monkeys, with the kids hoping to go to the circus to be ringmasters , but are saved by Peppa and Alexander, earning him the gratitude of the Children and from this moment Alexander likes all the children. Pedro scares the monkeys with Gertrude, and Peppa goes out to help him. With that, the babies are all friends again and are finally reunited with Chloe and Turulus. Peppa leads them to the bridge where, on the other side, they discover what they think is the castle of the wizard and wait to be sent home.

On the bridge to the play Castle, the kids are confronted by the monkeys, who are then scared off by a giant killer bear who has been tailing the kids for killing them since they arrived in the woods. Turulus saves the kids by fighting the Bear and then dragging it off the bridge, saddening them when it appears he is gone. Daddy Pig, who has been looking for the babies in Dactar, sees them from above and crash lands behind the play castle. Believing he is the Wizard, the babies ask him to bring Turulus back instead of going home. Daddy Pig falls through the bridge and reveals Turulus, who survived the fall by landing on a plank of the bridge. The children are reunited with their parents and accept Alexander as one of the group. Back at the Pig family house, the children are put into bedtime and sleep. During the next day, they go jump into muddy puddles, and the other characters around town see this and join in too. The film ends with them laughing before the scene becomes a photo.

In a mid-credits scene, the children are still in the movie theater until a bunch of ducks coming in and quacking to tell that they have to leave.

## Cast

* Harley Bird as Peppa Pig
* Alice and Oliver May as George Pig
* Richard Ridings as Daddy Pig
* Morwenna Banks as Mummy Pig
	+ Banks also voices Madame Gazelle, Aunty Goat, and Mummy Rabbit.
* Meg Hall as Suzy Sheep
* Sarah Ann Kennedy as Miss Rabbit
* Jadon Mills as Danny Dog
* Stanley Nickless as Pedro Pony
* Julia Moss as Emily Elephant
* Jamie Oram as Freddy Fox
* Chiniya Mahon as Wendy Wolf
* Tim Curry as Scoop Hunter
* John Sparkles as Daddy Cat
	+ Sparkles also voices Mr. Potato and Narrator.
* Emily Watson as Margaret
* David Spade as Frank
* Jack Angel as Reporter #1
* Stanley Tucci as Reporter #2
* Frank Welker as The Bear and The Monkeys
* Mike Judge as Reporter #3
* D.B Woodside as Reporter #4
* Danila Kozokolvsky as Igor
* Josh Brolin as Serge
* Judy Flynn as Ms. Lettuce
* Jonathan Scott as Reporter #5
* Steve Harvin as Reporter #6
* Jeff Fahey as Reporter #7
* Paul Rudd as Mr. Konishku, the man who made Daddy Pig's contract for the contest in japan in 3 months. Although the character is not shown live, his voice is heard. It was planned to appear on the screen and was already animated, but the scene was never released.
* Will Smith as Reporter #8
* Will Forte as Reporter #9
* Matthew Perry as Reporter #10
* Wes Bentley as Reporter #11
* Patton Oswalt as Reporter #12
* Brendan Fraser as Reporter #13
* Leonardo DiCaprio as Reporter #14
* James Franco as Reporter #15
* Josh Hartner as Reporter #16
* Freddie Prince Jr as Reporter #17
* Sarah Michelle Gellar as Reporter #18
* Christina Applegate as Reporet #19
* Topher Grace as Reporter #20
* Christoher Lambert as Tv Cinematographer
* Julianne Moore as Ms. Carrot
* Christian Slater as Boris
* Alice May as Rebecca Rabbit
	+ May also voices Zuzu and Zaza Zebra.
* Sian Taylor as Zoë Zebra
* Zoe Baker as Richard Rabbit
* David Graham as Grandpa Pig
* Frances White as Granny Pig
* Zara Siddiqi as Chloe Pig
	+ Siddiqi also voices Candy Cat, and Belinda Bear.
* Minnie Kennedy Parr as Alexander Pig, The New Character of the film. Originally Alexander was voiced by Tara Strong, Who voiced Dil Pickles in Rugrats and Roshan in Ice Age, Befor Kennedy Parr haved the roll.
* Chevy Chase as Reporter #21

## Production

### Development

After creating some movies, which were a Box office bomb, Hit Entertainment was close to ruin but everything changed when Astley Baker Davies approached them with a Peppa Pig movie with a movie of Ben And Holly's Little Kingdom, distributed by 20th Century Fox. The movie could have been about that Mr. Potato's evil cousin, Lord Fry plots to end the world and turn every fruit and vegetable into candy and Peppa, Richard Rabbit, Mr Potato, George and Suzy Sheep must stop his evil plans from coming true.

At the end, everyone rolls around in a muddy puddle, and the credits roll as happy music plays. Astley Baker Davies thought the film's crude and dark theme wouldn't work, because the movie was actually aimed at preschool children and it seemed that the movie would cause fear and even terror, so it was turned over to Columbia Pictures and toned down. The movie eventually had its start-of-series production at the Sony Pictures studio. David J. Peiss and Jeff K. Chrighton were hired to write the script, while series creators Neville Astley and Mark Baker were set to direct the film. the film was announced in 2001. K. Chrighton and J. Peiss created a new character, Peppa's baby cousin, Alexander (named as Baby Alexander in the script and the movie)

### Casting

Actresses as Brie Larson, Tara Strong, Avril Lavinge, Dolly Parton, Bonnie Tyler, Suzi Quatro, Madonna and Donna Summer were considered for play the voice of Alexander. One of them, Minnie Kennedy Parr, auditioned the role and finally she haved the option.

## Release

The film was going to be released in October 2003, but it was delayed to November 19, 2004, to give the film more time.

*Peppa Pig: The Movie* had its premiere on November 19, 2004 in the U.S.A and was released on December 10, 2004, in the UK. The film was released internationally by United International Pictures and Discovery Kids. It was supposed to be released on December 26, 2004 at Tailand, but after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, the tailand release was cancelled until May 2013.

### Home media

*Peppa Pig: The Movie* was released on DVD, Vhs, Laserdisc And UMD on May 15, 2005. The Blu-ray includes an extra which is the behind-the-scenes making of the film.

### Soundtrack

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*Peppa Pig: The Movie: Music From the Motion Picture* was released on November 3, 2004. The enhanced soundtrack contained thirteen tracks, bonus CD-ROM demos and commercials. Amazon.com's Richard Gehr praised the CD for "[bridging] demographics as nimbly as the [original] show itself [did]" and for songs "fans of all ages will love". The Score of the movie was composed and conducted by the composer of the series, Julian Nott, who recorded his music from Abbey Road Studios with additional music by Jamshied Shafiri and supervision by Randall Poster and Gary Calamar, and orchestration by more than 90 music players. Glenn Slater helped with the music lyrics for the music.

*Entertainment Weekly*'s David Browne rated the *Music From the Motion Picture* with a C.

Browne noted that, while the soundtrack is enjoyable for children and does "[make] concessions" for parents, adults may dislike the amount of rap. Allmusic's William Ruhlmann reviewed the soundtrack positively, saying "the result" of the singers and songs "is a romp in keeping with the tone of the show and the film".

*Peppa Pig: The Movie: Music from the Motion Picture* spent twenty six weeks on *Billboard* 200, peaking at #19.

One song written for the film's soundtrack that was ultimately removed was "(Safe in This) Sky Life", a new track by English rock musician David Bowie; the song marked a reunion with longtime collaborator Tony Visconti, who would go on to produce all of Bowie's material from 2002 up until his death in 2016. The track would later be re-recorded as a B-side for Bowie's 2002 single "Everyone Says 'Hi'", under the shortened title of "Safe".

In honor of its 14th anniversary, the film's soundtrack was released on vinyl on August 4, 2018.

## Reception

### Critical Reviews

Peppa Pig: The Movie recieved mixed reviews from critics. The film drew too much comparison to The Rugrats Movie from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Directed by Igor Kovalyov and Norton Virgien, from a screenplay by David N. Weiss, Kathy Malkasian, Zak Penn, Ramiro Santuario, J. David Stem, John Turman and Michael France. On the review aggregator, Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 35%, the site's critical consensus says "While Preschool audiences may enjoy it, it's a Adventure Who even See It the Series, It's Like a movie with the plot of The Rugrats Movie, but amazing". Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four. Ebert wrote that the film's target audience was primarily younger children, and that, while he as an adult disliked it, he "might have" liked it if he were younger and would recommend it for children. *The New York Times*'s Anita Gates reviewed Peppa Pig: *The Movie* positively, calling it a "delight". Neil Jeffries of *Empire* gave the film three out of five stars, saying, "Fun for kids, but, despite some adult references, appeal for the over 10s is limited."

Lisa Schwarzbaum of *Entertainment Weekly* graded the film with a B. Schwarzbaum praised the movie for its appeal to both adult and child audiences, "juxtaposing the blithely self-absorbed parallel universes of small, diapered children and their large, Dockered parents". However, other *Entertainment Weekly* reviewer Ty Burr gave Peppa Pig: The *Movie* a B−, criticizing that the film's issues sprung from it being "bigger" than the original series, thus it having more cultural references, out-of-place CGI scenes, and "[going] into scary territory". Despite these faults, Burr did praise the "escaped circus monkeys" for being "scary in a good way", as well as a joke that was accessible to younger audiences.

Peppa Pig's co-creator Phillip Hall, disliked the film's story. Hall felt that the writers of the movie did not understand what the series was about, and thought that moments such as Daddy Pig giving a watch to Peppa did not work as the adults were not supposed to recognize the kids' intelligence. In addition, he felt that by giving Peppa a baby cousin, Peppa was no longer the child, which changed the story of the series from what Hall intended it to be.

### Box office

*Peppa Pig: The Movie* opened on November 19, 2004, along with *Fifty Shades Of Grey* and *Jupiter Ascending* on its opening weekend. Behind *Blackhat*, the film grossed 138,000 million. The budget for the movie was 60,000 million dollars, meaning that the film Susseced at the box office. Due to its release date, the movie had competition with another animated film based off a television series, The Spongebob Squarepants Movie, Robert Zemeckis' The Polar Express And a Pixar movie, The Incredibles