The Justice of Bunny King

This little gem was co-written and is the first full-length feature film directorial debut for New Zealand filmmaker Gaysorn Thavat, and she gave us an exceptional piece of filmmaking. This film reminds me a lot of To Leslie starring Andrea Riseborough, as it highlights real-world socioeconomic issues that tug at your heart-strings. It has many depths and layers of emotional intelligence, with exceptional character study on the undeterred spirit of a mother held back by societies systems. It is told with conviction and anger, with some great occasional moments of dark comedy. But great directing and storytelling needs an equally great performance, and Essie Davis as Bunny brought that authenticity needed to elevate the filmmaking to the top shelf. For that matter, all casting and performances deserve praise, as does the cinematography and score. It's a definite must-see and well deserved 9/10 from me.

Wow! I just finished watching "The Justice of Bunny King" and I have to admit, I'm emotionally drained. What a powerful piece of filmmaking. The acting is absolutely superb. And the story kept me hooked right until the end. It's all about the desperate situation a mother gets into when her children are taken from her. She's basically living on the streets, earning money by washing windshields at busy intersections.

And the state seems to have almost no compassion for her situation. In fact, when a friend invites her to stay with his family, who happen to be Maori, you notice immediately that they have far more compassion than the government does. They immediately welcome her as part of their family.

Bunny desperately tries to be reunited with her two children. However, it's a struggle that seems to be insurmountable. What a moving and emotional story. If you're looking for something different to watch, I highly recommend watching this remarkable film.

I've been using IMDB for over a decade, and have been loving films for the last twenty years. Despite that, I've never left a review up until now. I went into this film knowing nothing, but finished watching it with a sense of sadness and an overwhelming feeling of empathy towards any parent who's ever been in a seemingly hopeless fight for their children. This film was absolutely fantastic in every regard. The cinematography was superb, the acting was top class, and the storyline had suitable twists in all the right places. I really wanted to leave a review because I feel all those involved earned it - 221 reviews doesn't do this film justice at all. If you enjoy social issues, the peculiar and untimely dilemmas of life, and aren't afraid to watch something raw and honest, give this a go. I'm glad I did, thank you to you all for making it so great.

The protagonist "Bunny" has to find back to her place in the world, but since the society wont make it easy for an homeless women and institutions, who are used to help her, are failing her in any way, she's forced to find her own way by breaking a few laws.

The idea is simple, an homeless woman is trapped in a circle of poverty: in order to see her kids she has to get a home, in order to get a home she has to get work, also she has to look like "i'm-not-homess" in order to get a home or work. So it's difficult to get to her children, but she is trying anyway.

In addition to that, her niece "Tonya" experience the horror, and Bunny confronts her sister with it, but she doesn't believe her. So Bunnys mission throughout the movie is rescuing Tonya and celebrating her daughters birthday, while nobody will listen to her. To achieve that, she makes uncomfortable decisions like lying, exploiting or destroying.

The movie contains just a few characters, so Essie Davis ("Bunny") and Thomasin McKenzie ("Tonya") had to deliver and they did. I would recomment this movie to everyone who likes emotional dramas.

For me it's a good movie, I will watch it a second time some day.

The cards and dice have fallen the wrong way, the fine lines have been drawn, and now you're left astray, in a world that doesn't care, you're driven further to despair, but in a fight for what is right, you'll have your say. Alas the powers in control have put up walls, and they are deaf to all your pleadings and your calls, there's a process to be followed, they must make sure that you're hollowed, and even then there's further steps that you must crawl. But your passion and your instinct keep you spurred, to do what's right, you will no longer be deterred, you may have hit the rocks, but you're pulling up your socks, and fighting to be seen, and to be heard.

Essie Davis is outstanding as the mother who's done nothing wrong but is punished to extremes for trying to recover the kids she loves and seeks to protect.