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Metascore
30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIt's hard to deny that Gallo has caught the freedom and melancholy, the intoxicating aimlessness, the lonely twilight beauty of a solo road trip in a way that no previous filmmaker quite has.
- 70VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyAn astonishing improvement on the original version. With 27 minutes excised, pic emerges from its mind-numbing undergrowth as a memorable -- if still highly specialized -- exercise in personal, '70s-style American filmmaking, with a cohesive feel and rhythm that marks Gallo as a distinctive indie talent.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanIt's genuinely elemental, embarrassingly sincere. You can't accuse Gallo of pandering to anyone but himself. Not just a one-man band, he is his own entourage -- and likely to remain so. And that anguished solipsism seems to be, at least in part, the movie's subject.
- 70The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasIf the independent film world were littered with alleged disasters like The Brown Bunny, the scene would be far richer for it.
- 60The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisNeither 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.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittGallo's earlier work suggests he has directorial talent, but here it's buried beneath too much ego to be detectible.
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe Brown Bunny is one long, self-indulgent bore topped off with a hard-core porn scene featuring Gallo and co-star Chloë Sevigny.
- 30Wall Street JournalWall Street JournalAn excruciatingly embarrassing display of ego and ineptitude.
- 25New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardIt is not the worst movie ever made, as some critics claim, but it does a passing imitation.
- 10The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttIn his second feature as a director, Gallo acts as writer, director, producer, star, cinematographer, production designer and editor. Thus, the failure is all his.