The Death of Bunny Munro

“Matt Smith is perfectly cast as a puffed-up yet oddly weedy and naff monster. A cracking soundtrack, including music from Nick Cave and his collaborator Warren Ellis, sits like a dollop of tasty cream over the swaggeringly stylish visuals. The scenes of childhood neglect and adult selfishness hit hard, but it’s rare to find something so depressing executed so sensitively.”
Ben Dowell, The Times

“I hated almost every sleazy minute of it. Bunny lies, steals and generally behaves like the worst person in the world. It’s as if Cave has absorbed Martin Amis’s most despicable characters and thought he could go one better, but without any of Amis’s wit… [Still] it is well-directed and generally well-acted, and I guess we should be grateful that Sky is taking a chance on divisive dramas like this rather than playing it safe.”
Anita Singh, The Telegraph

“The depths that Bunny plumbs are so abhorrent that there were times I could scarcely watch this brilliant Sky adaptation. As with Cave’s music, horror and beauty writhe together in a gothic odyssey – here, on the south coast, where a dour, grey-skied milieu adds to the atmosphere of depravity… But for all its pervading gloom, The Death of Bunny Munro ultimately finds a flicker of light in the darkest corner of the human psyche. Much like Cave’s songs, then.”
Patrick Smith, The Independent

“The Death of Bunny Munro is only six episodes long, and their run times vary between around 30 and 50 minutes. This is generally a mark of quality and confidence and Bunny Munro is a perfect example of why – there is no padding here, no eking out, nor desperate compressions. Each act of the story is given the time it needs, and should stand as an example to others who are tempted to bloat or stymie their narratives instead of exploiting the great advantage modern broadcasting has given creators by uncuffing them from rigid time frames and forced ad breaks.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian