Country Boy: A weird little trip into rabbit chaos

Is this actually worth your time?

Honestly, only if you are the type of person who digs 1930s curiosities that feel like they were filmed in someone’s backyard. If you want a polished, faithful adaptation, you will probably hate it. It is disjointed, chaotic, and oddly loud.

Watching this felt like stumbling across a forgotten home movie that somehow got a release. Peter Rabbit is less of a cute bunny here and more of a nuisance who just won't stop moving. 🐰

The cast, including Jan Duggan and Bernice Hansen, seems to be operating on a different frequency than the rest of the world. There is this weird energy to the whole thing that makes it hard to look away, even when nothing much is happening.

I found myself staring at the background extras more than the actual story. Sometimes it feels like they were told to just stand there and look confused, and they nailed it.

It definitely lacks the charm of something like Spring Antics. That one had at least a bit of structure, whereas this just feels like a collection of scenes glued together with a prayer.

Small observations from the couch:

• There is a moment near the middle where the pacing just... stops. Like, the film needed a nap.
• The music is constant. It is like they were terrified of a single second of silence.
• Count Cutelli is doing his best, I guess.

It is not a good movie by any stretch of the imagination. But it is interesting in the way a car crash is interesting. You don't want to stare, but your eyes won't move.

I kept thinking about how much better the tone would have been if they leaned into the weirdness instead of trying to make it a lighthearted romp. It reminds me a bit of the frantic pacing in Looking for Trouble, but with way more bunnies.

Anyway, don't go into this expecting a masterpiece. Expect a mess. A very old, very strange, and slightly frantic mess. Sometimes that is exactly what you need on a Tuesday night. 🥕