Available today for rental or purchas is Bunny, a dark comedy set in a tenement in New York, where the ragtag misfit residents pool together to help one of their own. the most immediately recognizable cast member is Henry Czerny, most known for being “that guy” in a hundred different things. Often typecast as a villain, the nominal screentime he’s given here is at least against type. But Henry can’t really save Bunny from itself.

It isn’t that Bunny is some travesty to cinema, but as a product of some friends who wanted to make a film, it suffered from “wouldn’t it be funny if?” Quite a bit. For example, there’s a joke where a character is trying to fart into a police car, which not only felt fake, but stupid. The sounds were effects, and no one farts like that on command. It’s a weird thing to point out, but far more frivolous than the darker problem I had, which is the films depiction of rape. Specifically, a male.

I think there’s a greater stigma about a guy being raped, because it is so often played for laughs, or as something that only happens in prison movies. But, it is a reality, and Bunny is raped as the inciting catalyst for this film. He seems to not have to time to really reflect on it, and Bunny certainly isn’t the brightest bulb, but he brushes it off every time someone mentions it. And, to be fair, the few times a supporting character hears his story, and is troubled by it, he just seems to move on. Not because of being traumatized, but just because the film never has the bandwidth or care to discuss it. After all, it’s much more fun to hide a dead body.

Couple that with what starts out as a bunch of very different residents eventually being glued together until they lack distinct personalities. I thought perhaps the film would let them each contribute with their own special set of skills, but that isn’t in the cards either.

I have certainly seen worse, but this is one of those times, where even if the film had met my accessibility needs, it is just too flawed to hop across to the fresh green grass.

bunny is a dark comedy of errors that is light on the comedy, and heavy on the errors.

Rotten: 444.9/10