The Brown Bunny

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The Brown Bunny

Released May 21, 2003

1h 32m

Drama

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A motorcycle racer (Vincent Gallo) journeys cross country in search of women to take the place of the one true love (Chloë Sevigny) of his life.

Critics Consensus

More dull than hypnotic, The Brown Bunny is a pretentious and self-indulgent bore.

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Keith Uhlich

Time Out

What was missed amid all the Ecclesiastical accusations of vanity was Gallo's bold exploration of a damaged male psyche.

Jan 6, 2021

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 4/5

Apr 1, 2006

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

For all its anti-action, The Brown Bunny gets its teeth in you and shakes.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 19, 2004

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

This film will not appeal to everyone for not everyone can maintain comfort through this much silence, this much emotion and this much stillness.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 4, 2020

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Dan Sallitt

Senses of Cinema

I couldn't appreciate Gallo the director's Cassavetes-like taste for the realism... But Gallo films locations with a stranger's lucidity and an impressive commitment to natural sound and undoctored images.

Oct 18, 2018

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Ray Pride

Newcity

Singular focus on failure, and a male rage so constrained, so constipated, you can't help but admire its concentration... Its powerful study of pathology is hardly cathartic. There's cumulative languor... sure to aggravate whatever following it finds.

Rated: 8/10

May 21, 2018

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Isa B

A subtle masterpiece of grief and loneliness. A Vincent Gallo Picture, doing what he does best. Making uniquely artistic films like no one else anywhere. I love this film! I highly recommend. 97/100

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/05/24

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Harrison R

My theory is that Vincent Gallo paid himself a fortune out of the budget, so the only thing he could film is him driving a car for 90 minutes. Then he used the rest of the money to pay Chloe Sevigny to give him real head twice. A truly bad person.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/04/24

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Jon W

If it was not for that famous, oral sex scene, toward the end, no one would be talking about this film. it is sad to see any movie needs to resort to sex to sell a movie and make us talk. not a fun road movie at all. though some call it an art film i see no in it art at all. the whole movie comes across like a bad amateur director shot it. A low budget and no class pretty much sums of this film. i have no idea how the director got Chloë Sevigny to star in this.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/01/23

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ryan p

‘At the time, it felt like the most important thing in the word' -VG My sentiments exactly (at that August 2, 2004, Century Cinema Chicago preview screening)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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andrew p

I've seen hundreds of films, this movie is definitely the absolute worst film I've ever seen in my life. The use of a person camera, the boring scenes throughout the film where nothing happens is terrible. This film is worse than the movie The Room easily.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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I'm going to reluctantly give it a fraction of a star just because the locations and a couple of the ideas and/or main theme are mildly interesting. The only reason this was made and accepted by Cannes is due to Sevigny and Gallo's reputation as established actors.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Synopsis

A motorcycle racer (Vincent Gallo) journeys cross country in search of women to take the place of the one true love (Chloë Sevigny) of his life.

Director: Vincent Gallo
Producer: Vincent Gallo
Screenwriter: Vincent Gallo
Distributor: Wellspring Media
Production Co: Vincent Gallo Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 21, 2003, Original
Release Date (DVD): Aug 16, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA): $365.7K
Runtime: 1h 32m