Movie

The Brown Bunny

2003 · 93 min

A slow, lonely drive through empty landscapes, heavy with unspoken grief and quiet desperation.

Tagline: ADULTS ONLY
Overview: Bud Clay races motorcycles in the 250cc Formula II class of road racing. After a race in New Hampshire, he has five days to get to his next race in California. During his road trip, he is haunted by memories of the last time he saw Daisy, his true love.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, dark and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, guilt, memory, loneliness
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
guilt
memory
loneliness
isolation
Places: road trip
big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong