It doesn't help much that many of the supporting players — especially Valley, who's rather too convincing as
an obnoxious lout, and Jesse Johnson as a sexist Aussie mercenary — have been encouraged to overact at the top of their lungs.
Here was Beatrix Potter's delightful 19th century creation as an
obnoxious, James Corden - voiced
lout who abuses songbirds, scatters lettuce leaves like dollar bills and holds a raucous frat party in Mr McGregor's house involving — get ready to primp your petticoats — twerking!