Cuddles: The Rabbit Movie

Cuddles: The Rabbit Movie is a 2014 American-Czechia traditionally animated comedy adventure drama film produced by PatMat Film in Czechia at the following of the 2014/2016 film Pat & Mat: In the Movie. The film features the voices of Jeff Bergman, Tress MacNeille, Eric Bauza, Travis Oates, Bud Luckey, Kath Soucie, Craig Ferguson, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Carolyn Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence, Bruno Campos, Ashley Tisdale, Clancy Brown, Dee Bradley Baker, Susanne Blakeslee, Tom Kenny, Jim Cummings, Patrick Warburton, and John Goodman. The film follows with the 2018 animated film Sandy: The Rabbit Movie.

The film was released in Czechia and United States on May 9, 2014, The Netherlands first released the film on May 2 of that year.

Premise
Cuddles (Jeff Bergman) gets sent to North Pole with his new chew toy, and was given as the Christmas gift to Czechia owner named Pat. Cuddles has settled for his life and journey to reach his memory with his co-owner grandmother Lucy, and new friends has his thoughts to reach the world.

Plot
The film starts on New Year’s Day with the mother rabbit who is in labor at the home of Crikvenica, Croatia, she is next to her mate the father rabbit as it happened twenty five minutes later. then she later had four kits which it was black & white, white, black, and grey, which they came up with their new home as they set up the new shelter for the cold weather. the next day as the white rabbit became young, he and his mother were hopping across the street as they saw the store filled with Croatian Cuddles dolls. she later named him Cuddles, as she takes care of him. they came home as they were knowing about their siblings and father, Cuddles has revealed to be the lovable rabbit. around five weeks later, Cuddles met the squirrel named Spot. they discovered their adventure as he is looking for a new home after his mother and father’s passing, he obtained his first day on his journey with him. then they found the same Croatian Cuddles doll that was laying on the sidewalk, Cuddles probably knows what the doll was made. when the night starts, Cuddles and Spot went to the park as they took a break from finding a new home. they played with the water sprinkler, and they played with the old chew toy. it happened on the next day, Cuddles went to his new home as he says goodbye to his friend Spot. he meets his new owner Mrs. Horvat, a caring woman who obtains to own her pets. she raises her new pet rabbit as she made him proud, she spent some time with her rabbit Cuddles. having to retrieve his new chew toy, he watches the window when it is snowing outside. he has found out that the new beginnings gets better than his other life, he had managed to continue playing with his new chew toy. later on the summer evening, Cuddles grew up as an adult when he and his old owner Mrs. Horvat were playing outside on the hot day. he met his friend Spot again, he is talking to the squirrel as he saw Mrs. Horvat setting up the sprinkler in front of the fence. Cuddles has managed to think about what happened to his parents, meanwhile on December 23rd as he saw Mrs. Marić at Mrs. Horvat’s house when she came over. Cuddles has tried to think about something that the veterinary clinic in Croatia has bad treatments, Mrs. Horvat called the veterinarian for his treatment. later, she took him to the vet as he is getting a medicine treatments. then he tried to run away, but the veterinarian Dr. Matić is giving him booster shot. then he run out of the building as he jumped out of the window, then he managed to escape from the vet. when Cuddles runs down the street, the cat Mac shows up. then he starts chasing him, then he went to the Croatian post office as he saw the new chew toy that was a carrot. he managed to get in the box, he finds out that the toy was ordered to North Pole, the Croatian delivery guy sends him to the said place as Mrs. Horvat and Dr. Matić calling the rabbit’s name. the delivery guy puts the box in the mail truck to sent it through the air mail, now later that Cuddles is in the North Pole with his new chew toy. he carries his toy as he went to Santa’s workshop, then he met The Santa Claus as he is sending him to Prague, Czechia as a Christmas present. then he placed Cuddles and his toy into a gift box, as the gift tag says “From: Santa, To: Pat, Location: Prague, Czechia”. meanwhile on Christmas Day, Cuddles noticed that there is a new home where he could find. then it turns out that it was Pat that he had given a gift from Santa, his parents were impressed when he got a pet rabbit for Christmas. Cuddles accompanies him as he considers that he had a booster shot at the veterinary clinic, Pat puts Cuddles down as he saw a new rabbit hutch, and more of new toys that he had. the next day, Lucy met Cuddles for the first time as Pat considers that he is a grandson to her. mostly his father brings Cuddles to school to show students on how he looks like, and he has considered a lovable rabbit. after the school, Cuddles was bought home to Pat’s house. Pat took care of him as he considers that he had go to college soon, he found the new memory for Cuddles that he understands his life. he finds that he would be able to explore the house, outside, and other places that his adventure studies to have his friends looked out. he feeds Cuddles some lettuce, but he accidentally spilled tinned goulash on it. then eats it with the said food, Pat noticed that his favorite food was spilt on the lettuce that he was feeding him some. when he grew up, he starts studying transport management at college after a day that his hair was shaved off to bald. he is specializing in hot air ballooning, however it earned him a nickname “Roundy” among his fellow students. later after he came home from college, he takes care of Cuddles when his parents had dreamed of him becoming a lawyer. Grandmother Lucy arrives as she talks to Pat, Cuddles went to the pet bed as he falls asleep. later as Pat attempted to study law, which is ultimately unsuccessfully however. meanwhile, Lucy has talked to Cuddles about his owner studying philosophy, civil engineering, animal husbandry, and psychical education when she spoke to him. later that day, Pat had a shot of mechanical engineering which dropped out largely because of his interpretations of psychical law that did not correspond with official ones. when Billie Q. Hare discovers the note for Cuddles that he is approved with caring and playful actions, he leaves the city as he potentially started on the lookout for the enemy which is a cat. meanwhile, Lucy and Cuddles has announced that glittering world of film and television attracted Pat. she told him that it happened when Pat tried his luck as chorus singer in one-man theatre which they went to, they heard him which they followed their true story. then later when they came home, Lucy and Cuddles were playing outside as the TV went on. they went inside to watch television to hear it on the news, they’re happy about the lucky news for her grandson. the next evening, Lucy and Cuddles were watching “Desert Island” as they surprised that Pat appeared as an extra in crowd scene when Cuddles felt happy. Lucy was proud of him to be in the scene, the next day where Lucy and Cuddles went to the park to play with the chew toy. Cuddles has caught the chew toy that played fetch, she teaches him how to catch a toy. the night after, Lucy and Cuddles were watching “The Beauties of the Australian Desert II” when they had surprised that an extra in crowd scene has Pat in it. Cuddles has felt excited about him appearing on TV which recorded on VHS which was given by Lucy’s sister, Lucy has been impressed with him when they found him. the next day, Cuddles met Billie Q. Hare as they become friends with him. they had same care as each other, Cuddles represents Spot that he came out of Croatia. which he moved to his new home, Lucy calls Cuddles to come here. as he ran towards her, she told him that Pat is coming back home. then Lucy took him home, she and Cuddles are waiting for him to come home. as soon as Cuddles hears the birds chirping, the door knocking was also heard when he surprised him. when the door opens, it was Pat. Cuddles has considered to be reunited with his owner, he reached his hearts with his memory. Pat had felt like that he would have a memory with his pet rabbit, and his grandmother Lucy. the film ends with Pat becoming friends with Mat while Lucy and Cuddles were playing outside with Billie Q. Hare and Spot, Pat and Mat wanted them to take a picture. then that time, before Pat, Lucy, and Cuddles moved to their new house which it’s next to Mat’s house. they took a picture of them, as the camera snapped.

Voice cast

 * Jeff Bergman as Cuddles, a Croatian Polish-English Spot rabbit with Czech accent who is named after the Croatian doll.
 * Lara Jill Miller as Baby Cuddles, Lara Jill Miller also voiced Cuddles’ siblings.
 * Max Charles as Young Cuddles
 * Tress MacNeille as Mother Rabbit, a Polish Rabbit who is a mother of Cuddles.
 * Eric Bauza as Spot, Cuddles’ friend who is a squirrel.
 * Travis Oates as Father Rabbit, an English Spot rabbit who is a father of Cuddles.
 * Bud Luckey as The Santa Claus (recorded between 2011-2013)
 * Kath Soucie as Mrs. Horvat, Cuddles’ old owner.
 * Craig Ferguson as Pat’s father
 * Kristen Anderson-Lopez as Pat’s mother
 * Carolyn Lawrence as Mrs. Marić
 * Mr. Lawrence as Dr. Matić, a veterinarian who gives Cuddles some medicine treatment.
 * Bruno Campos as Mac, a cat who is Cuddles’ enemy.
 * Ashley Tisdale as Mrs. Kovačević
 * Clancy Brown as Mr. Domova
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Marek Miler, Croatian delivery guy, and Tomáš Beneš
 * Susanne Blakeslee as Grandma Lucy
 * Tom Kenny as Pat, Cuddles’ new owner who lived in Prague, Czechia.
 * Jim Cummings as Mat, Pat’s neighbor and friend.
 * Patrick Warburton as The Czech Driver
 * John Goodman as Billie Q. Hare, Cuddles’ friend.

Development
In 2010, Darrell Van Citters has set up the new film called “Cuddles: The Rabbit Movie”. the script was completed by May 24, 2012, the movie was animated and was filmed between 2012-2013. the writers has made to complete the film by January 11, 2014, the film was considered set up with characters and settings.

Animation
Darrell Van Citters has made the storyboard of the film, he said that it will be “traditionally animated”. the budget was given $96 million.

Music
In 2013, It was announced that John Powell will be scoring the film’s music.

On June 22, 2013, it was announced that Petr Skoumal will be also scoring the film’s music along with John Powell.

Release
The film was released on May 9, 2014 in United States and Czechia, it was first released in The Netherlands and Belgium on May 2 of that year.

Marketing
Teaser trailer and poster was released on June 23, 2013, and it was attached to Monster’s University and Epic. The official trailer was released on September 4, 2013, and it was attached to The Smurfs 2, Turbo, Frozen and Despicable Me 2. the official poster was released on September 11, 2013 at the following.

Home media and streaming
Cuddles: The Rabbit Movie was released on digital on August 5, 2014, and it was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 26 of that year in the following. On May 18, 2021, the 4k Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD has released the said film by said company.

On February 2, 2022, the film became available on Disney+.

Box office
Cuddles: The Rabbit Movie hits $350 million box office on May 9-July 28, 2014 in United States and Canada. the film was represented of hitting more box office than others, and received $350 million.

Critical response
The film was given to approval rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on its 76 reviews, the film has received grade “A+”. The critic reads “The film has been a better viewing than Free Birds, the film has focused on the rabbit Cuddles’ memory sending his life and long journey to his imagination.” when Metacritic had assigned the film’s score of 100 out of 100 based on 98 critics, resulting the “most favorable reviews”.