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‘Dust Bunny’ Review: Mads Mikkelsen Is a Reluctant Hero in Morbidly Fantastical Shoot-’em-Up

Dec 11, 2025 3:20pm PT ‘Dust Bunny’ Review: Mads Mikkelsen Is a Reluctant Hero in Morbidly Fantastical Shoot-’em-Up ‘Pushing Daises’ creator Bryan Fuller makes his directorial debut with a stylized action dramedy about a girl afraid of the monster under her bed. By Carlos Aguilar Plus Icon Carlos Aguilar Latest ‘The Stories’ Review: An Improbable Connection Between Two People From Different Worlds Reveals Egypt’s Recent History 6 days ago ‘A Sad and Beautiful World’ Review: Evocative Romance Spans Three Decades Against the Backdrop of a Country in Constant Crisis 1 week ago ‘We Shall Not Be Moved’ Review: Mexico’s Oscar Entry Is a Scorching Chamber Piece About the Country’s Unhealed Wounds 3 weeks ago See All Gabor Kotschy Terrified of a seemingly imaginary creature under her bed, yet unfazed when street rats crawl around her while she hides under a dumpster, young Aurora (Sophie Sloan) has learned to be precociously independent. In writer-director Bryan Fuller’s morbidly fantastical shoot-’em-up “Dust Bunny,” Aurora tries to procure the services of her enigmatic and nameless neighbor (Danish star Mads Mikkelsen) to kill the monster she believes has swallowed her parents.

Dust Bunny

Dust Bunny

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Key Highlights

  • By then, the girl has already witnessed how he destroys a “dragon” in a dazzling action sequence amid colorful fireworks that illuminate the dark, gritty, unnamed city where they reside.
  • Aurora has vetted his credentials.
  • The first feature by the creator of “Pushing Daises” feels and looks like a rare cinematic concoction: “John Wick” by way of “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” with the highly stylized aesthetics of a Wes Anderson romp.
  • Though such a description may warn bizarreness, once cobbled together, it seems fairly cohesive, if not that original.
  • The strength of the performances and the filmmaker’s smart handling of ambiguity (is there or is there not an actual monster at play here?) do enough to keep one engaged.
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