Netflix’s Chaotic, R-Rated Comedy Is A Cult In The Making

Written by Robert Scucci | Published 17 seconds ago

Every once in a while, Netflix surprises me with an independent film like 2025 You have a rabbit and it makes me wonder why there aren’t more films like this in their catalog. A low-budget feature that thrives on chaotic character descriptions rather than smooth production values, You have a rabbit that’s what you get when you take a dialogue Clerks (1994) and error growth from The Big Lebowski (1998), add a dead body to the equation, and rely on the most reliably insane people you know to remove it.

It doesn’t take a second You have a rabbit that’s not chaos, but all the characters are rooted so hard you can’t help but root for them. There’s not much to the story on paper, yet You have a rabbit it ends up being good because of the facial expressions, those “dude, no” moments, and the kind of camaraderie that can only exist in a crumbling building that’s constantly crawling with the police at its worst.

Business, and Body

Rabbit (Mo Stark), our titular hero, is the most unpleasant actor you’ll ever see committed to making a movie, and his carefree attitude makes him a modern version of The Dude. He illegally exchanges his house as an Airbnb to make a quick buck and does everything he can to provide accommodation for his guests. His latest guest, Happy Chana (Genevieve Hudson-Price), is an Orthodox Jew about to meet her future husband who can’t use electricity on Shabbat, for example.

Living in one of the neighboring units is Linda (Linda Rong Mei Chen), who may be living in the US illegally, which makes officers Nadov (Liz Caribel Sierra), Cellistino (Ajay Naidu), and Belle (Michael Abbott Jr.) live nearby. It doesn’t help that Bunny has a penchant for criminal activity, he seems angrier than usual on this particular day, and the police bide their time until they can catch him doing something illegal and beat him up with a set of guns.

We’re also introduced to a host of colorful characters, including Bobbie (Liza Colby) and her estranged father, Loren (Tony Drazan), who shows up unexpectedly, full of anxiety and is quickly given a cocktail of drugs by Dino (Ben Jacobson), Bunny’s best friend.

As each character enters the frame, like Ciel (Kia Warren), who just wants to watch TV and smoke pot, much to Happy Chana’s annoyance, everyone keeps commenting on another foul smell wafting through the building. When a body is found in one of the units, Bunny and the rest of the gang scramble to figure out how to get it out quickly while drawing a little attention to themselves. The problem is that the police are always waiting outside. Fortunately, they are easily distracted by food recommendations from Bunny, Dino, and the rest of the team, which buys them time more than once.

Everyone’s Honestly Sketchy

You know how every group of friends has that one person who knows a guy, has a relationship with them, or puts everyone down with a story about the craziness they got into the night before? Every single character in the You have a rabbit that’s a person. Everyone has a reliable whistle. They are not bad people, but you never once ask why they live the way they do or how they process the situation in their negative ways.

Most importantly, the structure in the You have a rabbit it is a place without judgment. Everyone knows that everyone is kind of a screwup or at least someone who has made a few very wrong decisions in the past, forcing them to live under the radar and on their own terms. When the body is found, everyone becomes a team player and quickly puts together a plan with more holes than they can see, yet they still try their best to get it out of the area undetected no matter how many obstacles are stacked against them.

If you grew up on heavy indie films where one thing goes wrong, You have a rabbit it should be your next watch the next time you turn on Netflix. It’s one of the most chaotic films I’ve seen in at least a decade. It’s rare for me to say this, but it’s also one of those movies so vivid in its characterization, conflict setup and resolution, and overall vibe that I’ll revisit once or twice a year for the foreseeable future.

You have a rabbit is currently streaming on Netflix, and it’s the best movie of the past year that you probably haven’t seen yet. This is the oldest modern religion I have ever seen. We just need time to prove it.