Review of Bunny and the Bull (2009) by Sol H — 08 Nov 2009
As a big fan of The Mighty Boosh, I hoped film something a bit funnier than this. Most of the jokes fell flat for me and the film wasn't quick-fire enough to get away with that.
Still, the art-direction was astoundingly good. The film is set almost entirely within the main character's house and he re-lives a holiday gone awry through his memory which is triggered through things such as photos and maps. Each time a memory is triggered, the location's sets and costumes are re-created using things lying around the house. It looks great and there's a tiny bit of normal, live-action footage at the end which was shot surprisingly fantastically well, to the point that I almost wished there was more of that and less crazy map-worlds.
The film's ending also packed a surprisingly strong emotional punch for me. In fact, if the whole film had been as good as the ending... well, I'd be raving about this. Good plot can overcome weak comedy.
The lead actor is a bit crap, but Simon Farnaby is good enough as his 'sidekick' to drag him along with the help of cameos from Richard Ayoade, Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding (the film picks up every time one of them is on screen; they just behave as they always do, wheeling out a standard voice from The Mighty Boosh, but they have good enough comedy timing for it to still work).
So yeah, a film with lots of great ideas, but not exactly pulled off to perfection. Shame really, it could have been so much more. Oh, the music was nice too.
Personal enjoyment: 6/10.
Actual quality as a film: 6/10.
This review of Bunny and the Bull (2009) was written by Sol H on 08 Nov 2009.
Bunny and the Bull has generally received positive reviews.
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