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Dust Bunny
2025 106 min United States of America, Canada, Hungary R 18+
★6.8
Fantasy, Action, Horror
Director: Bryan Fuller
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Description
Ten-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.
US Gross:
$584,724
Worldwide:
$928,164
Starring
Mads Mikkelsen
Actor
Sophie Sloan
Actor
Sheila Atim
Actor
Awards
3 wins & 5 nominations total
Key opinion
Dust Bunny is a visually striking, dark fairy tale that blends whimsical aesthetic influences with gritty genre tropes. While critics generally admire the stylistic ambition and the chemistry between the leads, the narrative is often viewed as a thin or disjointed foundation for its high-concept visuals.
| Acting | Mads Mikkelsen delivers a charismatic and multifaceted performance that anchors the film’s central relationship. | |
| Production | The production design is highly effective, creating a distinct, immersive world through an art-nouveau aesthetic and symmetrical composition. | |
| Originality | The film succeeds as a genre-bending exercise, blending humor, action, and horror in a way that remains consistently engaging. | |
| Screenplay | Opinions on the screenplay are divided: some appreciate the dark, fairy-tale allegory of trauma, while others find the plot thin, repetitive, and plagued by underdeveloped characters. | |
| Pacing | The film’s structure and runtime are debated; proponents find the pacing fluid and entertaining, while critics argue the material feels stretched, as if a short film were expanded into a feature. |