Bunny and the Bull - London Film Festival

The much anticipated release from the guys behind the Mighty Boosh: "Bunny and the Bull" featuring our favorite Simon Farnaby (from the post on the Merah opening), had its final showing of the BFI London Film Festival last night at the Genesis Cinema in East London. While it was surprisingly less glamorous than some of the Leicester Square showings it was still a cool vibe and felt much more appropriate for a film made in the grim style of the Boosh crew's more recent work.

While Farnaby and Edward Hogg were the main characters of the film I am afraid to say that the Spanish (and faux-Spanish) actors really stole the show. Veronica Echegui (of "Yo Soy la Juani" fame) was absolutely adorable in her role as a potty-mouthed waitress working in a dodgy seafood restaurant in Poland before taking off with the boys on their adventure to "the fiesta" in her town in Spain where people were said to laugh, drink wine in the street and make love in the street.

While the story was not your normal "road-trip" story it did provide an accurate and only-funny-because-it-wasn't-happening-to-you portrayal of what happens when two guys go after the same girl and only one actually cares about the girl.

The film left me a bit down and while I cannot agree with The Times who gave the film 5-stars I'm perfectly comfortable giving it 3.5-4 stars. There were some moments of comic genius - most notably Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade's roles -- and some moments of genuine sadness interspersed with some pretty incredible visual effects and cinematography. Additionally, the opening credits were incredibly clever and there were a lot of references to prior Boosh storylines and characters that made the film even more enjoyable for any fan of the gang's work.

At the end of the day you really wanted the film to end like "Wristcutters" (a film of which it was very remniscent)... whether or not it did, well you'll have to see for yourself.

Is it as hilarious as you might have hoped for from such a talented cast? Probably not. Should you see it anyways? Yeah, most definitely.