The Brown Bunny (DVD) > Reviews

Advantages: Godd characterisation, performance
Disadvantages: Too slow moving for some

...been occupying his every thought. The trip is in dispersed with a serious of encounters that Bud has other women named after flowers. He offers a young girl called Violet a trip to California, but ditches her at the last minute, he kisses an older woman called Lilly then leaves and picks up a prostitute called Rose whom he takes out to lunch. He also pays a trip to Daisy's mother who talks about Daisy's pet bunny who she is looking after. He finally ... Read review

Advantages: Interesting character study.
Disadvantages: Difficult viewing, technical quality flawed.

When Vincent Gallo's The Brown Bunny was first screened at the Cannes Film Festival, the majority of the audience walked out. Those that remained went on to hail it as being the worst film in the history of the festival. Feuds broke out between Gallo and a number of critics, most notably Roger Ebert, who Gallo went so far as to put a curse on him. Since then, Gallo has gone on to re-edit The Brown Bunny, excising nearly a quarter of the film in order ... Read review

Advantages: it ends, eventually
Disadvantages: it's twaddle

...I would love to describe the plot to you in great detail: he drives his car and then gets given head by the hapless Chloe Sewigny - there - that is it - I suppose that here is a twist of sorts ( in the tradition of all desperate struggling plots) at the end which I am tempted to tell you so you won't have the agony of sitting through the film to get to it but I won't, just to be cruel. It does not really constitute a twist anyway as the only thing ... Read review