Release
The film premiered on January 25, 2025, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival as part of the U.S. Dramatic Competition. [3]
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| Directed by | Katarina Zhu |
| Screenplay by | Katarina Zhu |
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| Cinematography | Daisy Zhou |
| Edited by | Stephania Dulowski |
| Music by | Eli Keszler |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Bunnylovr is a 2025 American drama film written, directed and starring Katarina Zhu. The film follows a Chinese-American cam girl who navigates a toxic client relationship while reconnecting with her dying father.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2025.
A drifting Chinese American cam girl struggles to navigate an increasingly toxic relationship with one of her clients while rekindling her relationship with her dying estranged father. [1]
In October 2024, it was announced that filming wrapped in New York City. [2]
The film premiered on January 25, 2025, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival as part of the U.S. Dramatic Competition. [3]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 55% of 22 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.2/10.The website's consensus reads: "Bunnylovr is a daring debut by Katarina Zhu, but it's lack of focus makes its meandering plot more frustrating than effective." [4] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 53 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [5]
Lovia Gyarkye of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Bunnylovr's strengths are in its engaging character study of a languid young woman who came of age online. It's not a novel portrait, but Zhu makes it wholly her own. We watch Becca, a Chinese-American woman, float from one interaction to the next, eliding the intimacy of being present." [6] Katie Rife of IndieWire graded the film a B-. [7]
Chase Hutchinson of TheWrap wrote, "It’s a flawed debut feature — there is a fundamental distance between us and the film's main character — but Zhu shows immense promise." [8]
