The Justice of Bunny King
“These two actors really seem at this point unstoppable. They just have faces you want to stare at, surrounds be damned.”
MOVEABLE FEST
ESSIE DAVIS plays Bunny King, a mother of two with a sketchy past who works as a squeegee bandit washing windows at a traffic lights. Bunny uses her warmth and wit to charm money from gridlocked motorists, saving every cent to get custody of her children. When Bunny promises her daughter a birthday party, she finds herself struggling against the social services to keep her word. After Bunny is thrown out of her sister’s house, she is now with no money, no home and her niece Tonyah (THOMASIN MCKENZIE) in tow. With no help from social services, Bunny must break the rules to deliver the birthday and rescue her niece.
“Davis delivers another Oscar-worthy performance in Gaysorn Thavat’s sublime directorial debut”
ROGER EBERT
“Potent and Powerful”
THE PLAYLIST
“Essie Davis delivers a powerhouse performance in Gaysorn Thavat's moving directorial debut”
MOVIES FOR REEL
“Davis brings a rough-edged authenticity to this spirited portrait of a mother in crisis.”
SCREEN DAILY
FIREFLY FILMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NEW ZEALAND FILM COMMISSION PRESENT A FILM BY GAYSORN THAVAT
“THE JUSTICE OF BUNNY KING” STARRING ESSIE DAVIS AND THOMASIN MCKENZIE
CASTING DIRECTORS LIZ MULLANE RACHEL BULLOCK PRODUCTION DESIGNER ROSIE GUTHRIE
COSTUME DESIGNER KIRSTY CAMERON MAKE UP DESIGNER STEFAN KNIGHT
STORY BY GREGORY DAVID KING GAYSORN THAVAT SOPHIE HENDERSON ADDITIONAL WRITING BY GREGORY DAVID KING
COMPOSER KARL STEVEN CINEMATOGRAPHER GINNY LOANE EDITOR CUSHLA DILLON
SCREENPLAY BY SOPHIE HENDERSON PRODUCED BY EMMA SLADE DIRECTED BY GAYSORN THAVAT
© 2020 Bunny Productions Ltd
The Justice of Bunny King is an angry, funny and deeply loveable film - Stuff NZ
★★★★ 1/2
A mother's fierce love fuels the drama in The Justice of Bunny King -- and it's rendered even more combustible thanks to Essie Davis' incendiary performance
95% Rotten Tomatoes
This film burrowed under my skin and went straight to my heart. Potent and heroic - News Hub
★★★★★
By the end of the film, Bunny has been put through the wringer, and so have we. Davis outdoes herself - Roger Ebert
★★★★
Press
Roger Ebert - "People Who You Know: Essie Davis on THE JUSTICE OF BUNNY KING and NITRAM" by Mah Fagerholm
https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/people-who-you-know-essie-davis-on-the-justice-of-bunny-king-and-nitram
Newshub - The Justice of Bunny King went straight to my heart - 5 Stars
Stuff - The Justice of Bunny King: An angry, funny and deeply loveable gem of a movie - 4.5 Stars
“The Justice Of Bunny King is a shatteringly potent look at insolvency”
https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/first-take-mothers-missing-daughters-11698861.html
Screen International - ‘The Justice Of Bunny King’: Tribeca Review
Essie Davis brings rough-edged authenticity to a portrait of a mother in crisis
https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-justice-of-bunny-king-tribeca-review/5159959.article
The Playlist - Essie Davis is Potent & Powerful In The Wrenching 'The Justice Of Bunny King' (Tribeca Review)
https://theplaylist.net/essie-davis-the-justice-of-bunny-king-tribeca-review-20210612/
Movies For Reel - TRIBECA 2021 | "The Justice Of Bunny King"; Essie Davis Delivers A Powerhouse Performance In Gaysorn Thavat's Moving Directorial Debut
https://www.moviesforreel.net/home/the-justice-of-bunny-king-review
The Film Experience - Tribeca 2021: "The Justice of Bunny King" review
The Justice of Bunny King, first-time filmmaker Gaysorn Thavat's powerhouse drama that just premiered at Tribeca. These two actors, especially Davis, really seem at this point unstoppable. They just have faces you want to stare at, surroundings be damned.
http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2021/6/15/tribeca-2021-the-justice-of-bunny-king-review.html
Moveable Fest - Tribeca 2021 Review: There’s Truly No Place Like Home in Gaysorn Thavat’s Admirably Irreverent “The Justice of Bunny King”
...while “The Justice of Bunny King” may bend, it doesn’t break, embodying the spirit of its indomitable lead who, when describing her look to a Dress to Impress worker as “homeless squeegee bandit, but sexy” gives a pretty good idea of the wily and tender movie to come.
https://moveablefest.com/gaysorn-thavat-justice-for-bunny-king/
Cinema Femme - "Gaysorn Thavat on Her Sublime Directorial Feature Debut, 'The Justice of Bunny King'" by Mah Fagerholm
https://cinemafemme.com/2022/09/21/gaysorn-thavat-on-her-sublime-directorial-feature-debut-the-justice-of-bunny-king/