Entertainment Weekly - 04.2020

HOPPING

SPREE

WITH PETER RABBIT 2: THE RUNAWAY HITTING

THEATERS APRIL 3, EW RATES THE MOST

LOVABLE (AND DESPICABLE) BUNNIES IN FILM

By Joey Nolfi

Bambi

1942

Bros before does? Thumper left

Bambi for the first woman he saw

in the woods. Not cool.

GOLDEN CARROT RATING:

Harvey

1950

Jimmy Stewart’s bond with a six-

foot rabbit: Cute? Disturbing? Our

therapist doesn’t know either.

GOLDEN CARROT RATING:

Fatal Attraction

1987

This little guy sacrificed himself

so Glenn Close could have a leg-

endary moment. American hero!

GOLDEN CARROT RATING:

Who Framed Roger

Rabbit

1988

Taking a—wait for it—dip into this

classic fantasy feels like a joy

buzzer to the heart every time.

GOLDEN CARROT RATING:

Space Jam

1996

Bugs tricked his team into thinking

they’re bionic athletes because

they drank tap water. His power!

GOLDEN CARROT RATING:

Donnie Darko

2001

Emo affection for this nightmhare

made you feel like the coolest kid

in eighth grade. Automatic icon.

GOLDEN CARROT RATING:

David Lynch’s Rabbits

2002

It made no sense, but where

else can you hear Naomi Watts’

voice coming out of a bunny?

GOLDEN CARROT RATING:

The House Bunny

2008

Anna Faris found freshness in the

“dumb blonde” Playboy Bunny

trope. We [gurgles] have to stan.

GOLDEN CARROT RATING:

The Favourite

2018

Sure, rabbits are cool, but as

pawns in Emma Stone’s plot for

royal superiority, they’re epic.

GOLDEN CARROT RATING:

Us

2019

Sorry, it takes more than just

bouncing in the background as

an extra to make it in this town.

GOLDEN CARROT RATING:

Jojo Rabbit

2019

The least rabbity rabbit on this

list. But we can’t knock anything

from the mind of Zaddy Waititi.

GOLDEN CARROT RATING:

Peter Rabbit

2018–2020

Who gave Beatrix Potter’s

beloved books permission to slap

this hard on the big screen?

GOLDEN CARROT RATING:

Lady Bunny → “A bunny that wants to be as iconic as me needs a sexy hop. If you’re Glenn Close’s bunny? Salt and pepper.”

BAMBI

: PHOTOFEST;

HARVEY

, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?

: EVERETT COLLECTION (2);

SPACE JAM

: WARNER BROS.;

DONNIE DARKO

: DALE ROBINETTE/NEWMARKET

RELEASING;

THE HOUSE BUNNY

: MELINDA SUE GORDON/COLUMBIA;

PETER RABBIT

: SONY PICTURES; LADY BUNNY: GUY FURROW

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