nevertheless, "the brown bunny" still received mixed reviews from other critics and has a rating of 46% on rotten tomatoes based on 94 reviews with an average score of 5.17/10. the site's consensus states "more dull than hypnotic, "the brown bunny" is a pretentious and self-indulgent bore." metacritic gives the film a score of 51 out of 100 based on reviews from 30 critics.