How to Draw a Bunny
Artisan Entertainment | Release Date: October 9, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
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Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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11
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1
Negative:
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90
Film ThreatTim Merrill
Maybe How to Draw a Bunny itself is really Ray Johnson's final testament, created with a mischievous wink from beyond the grave. After watching this extraordinary documentary, one has no doubt that such an act is well within Johnson's creative powers. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesManohla Dargis
A seamless model of form and content. (My only quibble is the poor quality of the digital video, which doesn't do justice to Johnson's work.) Read full review
80
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Absorbing documentary portrait. Read full review
80
VarietyDennis Harvey
Debuting helmer Walter assembles an aptly colorful package, with stylistic integration of elements from Johnson's delightful visual art. A major plus is the skittering percussion score by bebop jazz great Max Roach. Read full review
80
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
An intriguing and entertaining introduction to Johnson through his varied art; the mystery surrounding his death, which may have been his final performance piece, and the reminiscences of contemporaries. Read full review
80
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
The opportunity to dig into the trove of Johnson's art is an ultimate reward beyond all offbeat attempts to understand the artist himself. At its best, How To Draw A Bunny amounts to a shadow history of the American avant-garde. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Unlike most documentaries about arty types, John Walter's wonderfully capricious, wittily edited film about Johnson seeks to make precise all the different ways in which the artist managed to remain opaque. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
A fascinating exploration of the mysteries of the artist's life. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Probably the most definitive portrait of Johnson that we are likely to get. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleKenneth Baker
How to Draw Bunny won the Special Jury Prize at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, which must go to show how scarce noteworthy documentaries are. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
John Walter's documentary suggests that Johnson, who made no distinction between his life and his art, designed every detail of his own mysterious 1995 suicide with the same whimsical care that went into his painstakingly assembled pieces, and provides an engaging overview of Johnson's eccentric career in the process. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
One's appreciation of this film depends largely on one's ability to be amused by a Dadaist prankster and interest in the Pop Art scene in the middle of the last century. Read full review
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