Review of Bunny and the Bull (2009) by Stuart K — 07 Jun 2010

The feature debut of Paul King, who directed the cult TV series The Mighty Boosh. Here, he weaves a surreal and charming little film that's not a million miles away from the stuff Michel Gondry came up with for The Science of Sleep (2006).

It's very entertaining, with some good moments throughout with a few familiar faces in there too. It has young shut-in Stephen Turnbull (Edward Hogg), who hasn't left his house in a year, but within his mind, he recreates a road-trip he went on with his best friend Bunny (Simon Farnaby), Bunny had won £2,500 on the horses, so they go around Europe, meeting all kinds of weird people along the way, including a boring museum curator (Richard Ayoade), Russian tramp Allita (Julian Barratt), alcoholic ex-matador Javier (Noel Fielding) and superstitious waitress Eloisa (Veronica Echegui) who has a relationship with Stephen and Bunny.

It's fun to see films like this come along, as they're different from all the rest. This one might be a little too much to take in one sitting, but it's still entertaining nontheless. The two leads are likeable, and it's good to see Barratt and Fielding of The Mighty Boosh make amusing appearances.