The Brown Bunny
Wellspring Media | Release Date: August 27, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
6
Negative:
9

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Gallo's earlier work suggests he has directorial talent, but here it's buried beneath too much ego to be detectible. Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverGregory Weinkauf
Despite its formalistic failings and truly absurd Porn Moment, there's a morbidity here that feels quite genuine, and, after the movie is over, it amounts to rough-hewn poetry. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
How much you enjoy the experience will depend on your take on Gallo. If you think he's a brilliant, satirical cut-up, then The Brown Bunny is an elaborate and successful art prank. If you think he's a pretentious, self-obsessed, tedious weirdo, then The Brown Bunny will back you up 100% Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Neither an atrocity nor a revelation, The Brown Bunny is a very watchable, often beautiful-looking attempt by Mr. Gallo to reproduce the kind of loosely structured mood pieces that found American and select foreign-language cinemas of the 1960's and 70's often at their most adventurous. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
It's actually quite interesting, albeit in a supremely self-conscious and artsy-fartsy way. Read full review
50
Washington PostDesson Thomson
This bizarre little diversion will soon scamper into the wild grass, never to be seen again. Read full review
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