Peter Rabbit is an immensely successful, adorably cute children's movie that seamlessly blends live action with CGI to retell an updated version of Beatrice Potter's classic tale. The movie is fun for kids and adults alike, and I have watched it many times since it first came out with the twins -- then 5, now 8.

So how is the sequel, Peter Rabbit 2, which came out in 2021 after several COVID delays? It's very good. It's not better than the first, but neither is it worse. It's funny, tells a uniquely different story and builds on the characters and plot from the first.

I didn't like it as much as the first one, mostly because it doesn't match the innovation of the original film. It's more of the same. But 2 is a lot of fun, and my 8-year-old kids (and my wife and I) loved it.

In this one, Thomas and Bea McGregor (Domhnall Gleeson and Rose Byrne) are married and enjoying the success of his toy shop and her first book, Peter Rabbit, and the rabbits -- Peter, his sisters Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail, and his cousin Benjamin -- are completely anthropomorphized, even to the extent of acting as flower girls and a ring bearer at the couple's wedding, although they've gone back to pretending they can't talk in front of people.

James Corden of course is back as the voice of the charmingly mischievous Peter Rabbit, although with sisters voiced by Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debecki and Aimee Horne (replacing Daisy Ridley) and cousin voiced by Colin Moody.

A misunderstanding leads to Peter sulking off on an adventure in the Big City, and he ends up entangled in the criminal enterprises of the rabbit Barnabas (Lennie James), rat Samuel Whiskers (Rupert Degas) and cats Mittens and Tom Kitten (Hayley Atwell and Damon Herriman). A few other familiar faces from the McGregor farm are along for the shenanigans.

The McGregors, meanwhile, are dealing with publisher Nigel Basil-Jones (David Oyelowo), who has extravagant plans for Bea's ongoing Peter Rabbit series of books.

Did you like Peter Rabbit? If so, you'll like Peter Rabbit 2. It's a good, solid sequel, and could easily lead to more in the series.