Funny Bunny
| Funny Bunny | |
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| Directed by | Alison Bagnall |
| Written by | Olly Alexander Kentucker Audley Joslyn Jensen Alison Bagnall |
| Produced by | Ted Speaker Laura Heberton Vinay Singh Tara Ann Culp |
| Starring | Olly Alexander Kentucker Audley Joslyn Jensen |
| Cinematography | Ashley Connor |
| Edited by | Kentucker Audley David Barker Caleb Johnson |
| Music by | Melanie Hsu |
Production companies | Magic Owl Cervidae Films Hot Metal Films |
| Distributed by | FilmBuff |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes[1] 89 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Funny Bunny is a 2015 American comedy drama film written by Olly Alexander, Kentucker Audley, Alison Bagnall and Joslyn Jensen, directed by Bagnall, and starring Alexander, Audley and Jensen.[1][2]
Plot
Cast
- Kentucker Audley as Gene
- Joslyn Jensen as Ginger
- Olly Alexander as Titty
- Louis Cancelmi as Peter
- Josephine Decker[1][2]
- Anna Margaret Hollyman as Anna
- Nicholas Webber as Tim
- Michael Pantozzi as Herman
Release
The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 15, 2015.[3] It was also screened on June 5, 2015 at the Brooklyn Film Festival.[4] Then it was released theatrically on November 13, 2015.[5]
Reception
The film has a 57% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on seven reviews.[6] Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine awarded the film three stars out of four.[2]
Steve Dollar of The Wall Street Journal gave the film a positive review and wrote, “ Writer-director Alison Bagnall’s films don’t lack for compassionate, screwball humor, but their unique charms tend to be indivisible from their eccentricities.”[7]
Simon Abrams of The Village Voice gave the film a negative review and wrote, “ We watch three emotionally stunted strangers act out like spoiled, overgrown adolescents, forming a love triangle that’s not bizarre so much as obnoxious. But we never learn what draws these inarticulate characters together beyond mutual estrangement.”[8]
Awards
At the 18th Brooklyn Film Festival, Olly Alexander won the Best Actor Award and Kentucker Audley, David Barker and Caleb Johnson won the Best Editing Award.[9]
References
- ^ a b c Lowe, Justin (November 10, 2015). "'Funny Bunny': AFI Fest Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 28, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Bowen, Chuck (November 8, 2015). "Review: Funny Bunny". Slant Magazine. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ Salovaara, Sarah (March 13, 2015). ""You Can't Make This Stuff Up": Alison Bagnall on Funny Bunny". Filmmaker. Archived from the original on January 24, 2025. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
Funny Bunny premieres Sunday in Narrative Competition at the SXSW Film Festival.
- ^ Mattlin, Meredith (June 1, 2015). "Watch: Olly Alexander Comes of Age in Exclusive 'Funny Bunny' Trailer". IndieWire. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ Saepoff, Sonya (November 12, 2015). "Exclusive 'Funny Bunny' Poster Teases Alison Bagnall's Eerie Coming-of-Age Tale". IndieWire. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ "Funny Bunny". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on February 9, 2025. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ Dollar, Steve (November 11, 2015). "A New Look at Vintage Film Noir, Plus Films From the Philippines". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ Abrams, Simon (November 10, 2015). "Three-Way Love Comedy 'Funny Bunny' Puts You in Bed With People You Don't Want to Be Around". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ Sharf, Zack (June 9, 2015). "'Sweaty Betty,' 'Funny Bunny' Win Big at 18th Brooklyn Film Festival". IndieWire. Archived from the original on June 6, 2024. Retrieved June 7, 2025.