Bunny!! (2026) Review: A Psychological Thriller About Trust, Relationships, and Perception

 

Bunny! (Original Title: Tho oi!!) | 2026 | 2h 7m
Genre: Dark Romance / Erotic Thriller / Psychological Drama / Psychological Thriller / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Country: Vietnam
Director: Tran Thanh
Writers: Thao Nguyen, Tran Thanh
Starring: Tran Thanh, LyLy, Phao
IMDb: 5.6
My Rating: 6/10

Linh is a popular host of a relationship advice show, where she offers guidance to people struggling with problems in their romantic relationships. However, everything changes when one of her guests, "Bunny," begins to expose cracks in Linh's seemingly perfect marriage.

Content Warning

Violence, sexual content, suicide, and self-harm.

 

Synopsis

Linh is a successful career woman. She has a fulfilling job, a seemingly perfect personality, beauty, financial stability, and, on top of that, Phong, a loving and devoted husband. Her life appears to be completely flawless, especially when compared with that of her older sister, Lan.

Lan's relationship with her husband, Son, is frequently filled with arguments because of Lan's intense jealousy. Almost everything Son does can become a trigger for conflict between them, until eventually Son leaves the house and walks away from the marriage.

Meanwhile, Bunny, one of the guests on Linh's show, is dealing with a toxic relationship. Her former lover constantly harasses and manipulates her, and even engages in self-harming behavior, leaving Bunny emotionally exhausted. Following Linh's advice on the show, Bunny eventually tries to leave the toxic relationship behind. What Linh does not realize, however, is that Bunny is about to become a small crack in her seemingly perfect life.

Can Linh hold on to the happiness she has built all this time?

 
Review

A healthy relationship is built on trust. But what happens when that trust collapses? Is the relationship still worth holding on to? This is the question explored in Bunny!! (2026), a Vietnamese film that approaches psychological drama in a rather interesting way.

The story establishes the backgrounds of its characters quite effectively. The film opens with a fairly romantic scene between Linh and Phong, presenting their relationship as loving and seemingly perfect. Their trust is reflected in the way Linh never tries to intrude into Phong's personal space. To anyone looking from the outside, their relationship appears to be the kind of love story people would wish for themselves.

Linh's older sister, Lan, is introduced in a very different way. Her husband, Son, appears to have plenty of flaws and can sometimes be rather foolish, making him a sharp contrast to the seemingly elegant Phong. Lan's access to Son's phone initially suggests a certain level of openness between them. Yet, it turns out that this openness is not enough to create genuine trust between them. Their relationship continues to be dominated by arguments caused by Lan's jealousy.

Bunny then enters the story carrying a serious problem of her own. The toxic relationship she has experienced is conveyed quite clearly through her behavior and interactions. These three stories initially feel like a solid foundation for the narrative.

Presenting the story through several segments based on different characters' perspectives is an interesting approach. It gives the audience an opportunity to see the problems from different points of view. Unfortunately, this approach also becomes one of the film's weaknesses because some perspectives are not explored deeply enough. Certain elements, such as Son's story, feel as though they were forced into the narrative because they lack the depth needed to make them truly meaningful.

On top of that, it feels as though every character is trying to have an important role in the story. This causes the narrative to lose focus because too many conflicts are introduced, eventually leaving the audience somewhat exhausted. Although these layers of conflict are presented as though they are interconnected, those connections sometimes feel slightly forced.

Twist after twist then begins to emerge. However, they all seem deliberately designed to originate from a single problem: Bunny. The film appears to intentionally frame Son as the villain through Lan's jealousy, the name of another woman found on Son's phone, and even Bunny's account of how long she had been dating her new boyfriend. Little by little, all this information points toward Son.

Unfortunately, this framing is still too weak to make the film fully work as a psychological thriller. The audience is certainly encouraged to suspect Son, but the clues are so obvious that the psychological game—which should make viewers continuously question what is actually happening—never becomes particularly compelling. The film seems determined to surprise the audience with the truth, but the buildup toward that twist is not strong enough to make the revelation genuinely shocking.

Despite that, the ending is handled fairly well, with each character eventually reaching the conclusion of their respective stories, although not all of them receive a happy ending. The character development is also fairly clear throughout the film. Unfortunately, Bunny's fate, despite her importance to the story, is never actually shown.

From a technical perspective, the camera movement, transitions, and editing are handled quite well, even though some of the techniques feel different from what is commonly seen in films of this kind. One example is the use of recap sequences before a time transition or a shift to another character's perspective. This technique gives the film a distinctive way of presenting its story. The performances are also quite good, particularly in the way the actors portray changes in emotion and deliver their dialogue naturally.

Overall, this film actually has considerable potential to become a stronger psychological thriller, although that element is still not felt strongly enough in its current form. The multi-perspective narrative could have been one of its greatest strengths if each perspective had a clearer purpose and the psychological manipulation had been developed more effectively. A more focused narrative direction might also have made the conflicts feel tighter and prevented the story from becoming exhausting for the audience.

Still, I cannot help wondering why so many reviews have given this film such low scores. Despite its shortcomings, Bunny!! remains an enjoyable film, especially for viewers interested in stories about relationships, trust, and how a person's perception can change when the information they have is never truly complete.

Memorable Scene

Bunny reveals her true self and then asks Linh a startling question in the middle of their filming. It is a simple question about how Linh would react if she were in the position of a wife who discovered that her husband was cheating on her.

The question becomes significant because Linh, with her seemingly perfect marriage and her ability to solve other people's relationship problems, appears to have never experienced a dilemma of this kind herself. So what would happen if Linh were suddenly forced to lose everything she had?

The advice and opinions we give to other people are often based on standards shaped by our own experiences, traumas, and principles. Because of this, we may overlook one important thing: the position of the person actually facing the problem. It is easy to give an answer when we are standing outside someone else's situation, but we may not be capable of doing the same thing when we are the ones who have to carry the burden ourselves. Perhaps if we were in their position, we might make choices that are not so different from theirs.

Memorable Quote

"You two try to live happily."

Ending

Sad Ending

Recommendation

Okay to Watch

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Aluna Uwie