Bun-Bun

I just saw this film at Muskegon Film Festival. Fantastic production value. Sharp and taut short film. It is a shame, from a moral point of view, how the story ends. I would not condone what the parents ended up doing but given the information that we have been given they really have no apparent choice.

I saw this film on HBO and on Cinemax in the last month. It is tremendous. The story and script are so diabolically clever, sophisticated and ultimately moving. When you combine that with the wonderful performances, incredibly high end production values, and some truly imaginative and well executed direction - you have easily one of the best short films I've ever seen.

Gave a very realistic depiction of the dynamics between two different parenting styles: the one parent comes from the "when they cry, don't pick them up" school and the other comes from the "when they cry, give them love" school. Who's right? Is the child testing the parent's will or is Bun-Bun really that important to her? Well, it's hard to say, because their kid doesn't just cry: it cries and cries and cries, and then won't eat, etc. As any parent knows the implications here are non-trivial: if the kid is being willful, she's just learned a way to get whatever she wants, but if this is the kid's true love, she'll always remember how her parents went to bat for her. I liked the ending, as it too, is pretty realistic. It reminded me of the conversation between Martin Landau and Woody Allen at the wedding scene near the end of "Crimes and Misdemeanors", where they are discussing the consequences of doing something bad. Anyhow, whatever your position on child psychology and parenting is, I think it's well worth a look.

I loved it, who cares about names? Anyone who has a first child has lived this. I can see my wife and I doing the same thing! As a matter of fact I felt like crap knowing how those parents feel and what they went thru. Thanks! when my children are married I'm going to show them this so they can see what we went thru. The little girl did a wonderful job of of destroying the mother and father. It also shows how something as stupid as a stuffed animal could ruin a couple. Its funny to sit back and watch a part of your life played out. You can see other couples who are happy and the envy that comes with it, all in all, it was very well done

"BunBun" is a cautionary tale, in the black humor mode, of expediency triumphant over deeply held principles of honesty, generosity and equality of responsibility. Children can be so demanding and`stubborn that parents will do anything for`peace.

One viewer comment on the site called for discipline; is that viewer a parent? Parents feel guilty, ambivalent and anxious and csn only exert so much, non-abusive, control. All this is captured in only 15 minutes. The protagonists know they are transgressing but just want a good night's sleep. It may be immoral, certainly unethical, but it's also funny.