Dust Bunny
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: December 12, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
1
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Original-CinLiz BraunDec 11, 2025
The mind behind TV’s Hannibal and Pushing Daisies makes his feature directorial debut with Dust Bunny, a wonderfully strange mix of murder, mayhem, and childhood monsters-under-the-bed. Read full review
100
The PlaylistAnkit JhunjhunwalaSep 12, 2025
[Fuller's] whimsical new family-action-adventure film is a lovingly crafted paean to a child’s imagination and a throwback to the glorious family films of the ’80s. It is also visually dazzling beyond all reason with staggering production design. Read full review
85
The Daily BeastNick SchagerSep 9, 2025
Blending horror and humor, sweetness and scares, and fantasy and family melodrama, it shoots for the moon—and, more often than not, scores a bullseye. Read full review
80
The New York TimesManohla DargisDec 12, 2025
At times, it can seem that Fuller is about to lose himself in the movie’s filigreed details, its curlicue lines, lush flowers and confectionary rest. In truth, I think he’s is sharing his delight in the imaginative possibilities of storytelling and in the plasticity of the medium itself, which is as infectious as it is welcome. Read full review
80
Next Best PictureDan BayerSep 12, 2025
Either you’re able to get on Fuller’s wavelength or not, but the freshness and boldness of Dust Bunny are cause for celebration, regardless of which side you find yourself. There’s nothing else like it. Read full review
76
Paste MagazineJason GorberSep 11, 2025
Fuller is in fine form with Dust Bunny, and with its goofy tone, and its unabashedly maximalist elements navigating between more subtle character beats, there’s a plenty to admire about this feature film debut from a well-established storyteller. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzDec 12, 2025
This isn’t a classic, but it’s good enough to make you think Fuller has a classic in him. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubNatalia KeoganDec 9, 2025
Toning down the blood-drenched viscera of Hannibal while channeling the morbid yet whimsical stylings of Pushing Daisies, Fuller’s inaugural film effort is completely in tune with his previous narrative interests, though this time filtered through the gaze of a precocious child. Read full review
75
TheWrapSteve PondSep 12, 2025
Designed as a horror movie for the entire family, the film has its scares, but it’s just too wacky and too much fun to be disturbing. Read full review
75
IndieWireMarya E. GatesSep 12, 2025
For all its filmic flourishes, this a sweet film at its heart, one interested in the darker side of childhood, not just the fears we have as children, but the anger as well. Read full review
70
VarietyCarlos AguilarDec 12, 2025
The strength of the performances and the filmmaker’s smart handling of ambiguity (is there or is there not an actual monster at play here?) do enough to keep one engaged. Read full review
70
ColliderRoss BonaimeSep 15, 2025
With a flair for the surreal and fantastical, it’s easy to see how Fuller’s feature debut could become a cult favorite just like his shows have. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerDec 11, 2025
In its strange and successful mixing of genres, Dust Bunny is arguably everything that Mockingbird Lane, Fuller’s misguided attempt at an edgy take on The Munsters, was not. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshDec 12, 2025
Fuller demonstrates a strong command over his visual domain, but the pat allegory he presents about the monsters with whom we have to learn to live feels a bit muddled. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineRoss McIndoeDec 8, 2025
The film’s writing is the sort that begs you to find it cute and quirky, which makes it quite grating if you don’t. Read full review
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