Dust Bunny: Should have been left undisturbed

Dust Bunny (2025) • View trailer2.5 stars (out of five); rated R, for considerable violence, implied gore and child endangermentAvailable via: HBO MAXBy Derrick BangFile this one under “Be careful what you wish for ... you might get it.” Writer/director Bryan Fuller developed a reputation in the early 21st century for creating adorably quirky television shows such as Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls and — most particularly — Pushing Daisies. He then got more serious last decade, putting his spin on television adaptations of established properties such as Hannibal, American Gods and Star Trek: Discovery. The restaurant setting may be attractively benign, but the barely veiled conversation thatflows between Aurora (Sophie Sloan, left), 5b (Mads Mikkelsen) and Laverne(Sigourney Weaver) is anything but.Surprisingly — after all this time — Dust Bunny is his first theatrical feature (although almost nobody noticed its fleeting big-screen appearances last December). It’s quintessentially a work of…

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