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Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Mohamed Abdalla Don't get me wrong from the Summary,it's not a movie on a plane, but it's about a missing child that the police doubt her existence.It's a straight to the point movie without any extra unnecessary events, it starts with a scene of the child's family moving from US to England.Then when the mother goes to retrieve the daughter from the school after her first day there, she does not find her and what make it worse that no one saw or had a trace of the child.The movie has a good rhythm and you will not get bored easily watching it, watching the performance of actors is really a great experience, specially the always worrying look on the face of "Carol Lynley".The few characters involved gave the movie a good spirit,however it didn't affect the quality of the plot but it enhanced it by the variety of theories trying to explain the accident.Finally, it's a good classic mystery/thriller movie that will give you a good finale but it lacks the adrenaline rush throughout it.

ma-cortes Suspenseful film that will have you on the edge of your seat until an amazing finale . Intriguing film is packed with thrills , suspense , plot twists , and results to be quite entertaining . An American woman (Carol Lynley) and her brother (Keir Dullea) report that her young daughter is missing from a nursery kindergarten , but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed . As the main trouble the police led by a cunning inspector (Laurence Olivier) and his helper (Clive Revill) soon face is : Does the child really exist? . No one admitted while the clock is ticking! Stirring as well as exciting yarn packs intense drama , thrills , suspense , puzzled events , twists and turns . This is a suspenseful flick that really thrills . The atmosphere and perverse intrigue enhance as well as the relationship among protagonist develops . From start to finish the intrigue and thrilling scenes are continuous till a striking ending . Penélope and John Mortimer's script along with uncredited Ira Levin is plenty of enjoyable incidentals and interesting events . Screenplay does something strange by the end : it actually removes the stakes of everything that came before with its surprising revelation that had been built up by that point about the strange missing . Very good cast gives perfect interpretation such as Laurence Olivier as an obstinate cop , Carol Lynley at her best , as an unsettling mother , though Columbia Pictures wanted Otto Preminger to cast Jane Fonda as Ann Lake, who was eager to play the role, but Preminger insisted upon using Carol Lynley ; furthermore , Keir Dullea as the suspect brother . Very good support cast such as Clive Revill as an intelligent deputy , Noel Coward as a drunken old intellectual with a vast collection of sadistic-looking sculptures d'art , Finlay Currie as a doll maker who undergoes surgery at a macabre dolls' hospital , Anna Massey as a nursery attendant and Martita Hunt as a nutty old mistress who records childhood's fantasies . Plus , other Brit secondaries in brief appearances as Adrienne Corri and Percy Herbert . Evocative and adequate photography in black and white by professional cinematographer Denis Coop . Atmospheric and appropriate musical score by composer Paul Glass . A remake to this film was planned during the period of 2007-2009 , Reese Witherspoon was attached to the project which was ultimately shelved. This engrossing , riveting picture was effective and compellingly directed by Otto Preminger . At the beginning he became a stage director and subsequently a notorious secondary actor . Otto directed several films , nowadays many of them are considered as classic movies . He made ¨Laura¨ that was released in 1944 and Preminger ranked as one of the top directors in the world . He realized all kind of genres as Court drama such as the great success ¨Anatomy of a murder¨, ¨Court martial of Billy Mitchell¨ , Noir film as ¨Laura¨ which made him an A-list director in Hollwyood , ¨Angel Face¨ , ¨Man with a golden arm¨, Religious drama as ¨The Cardinal¨ , Musical as ¨Porgy and Bess¨, ¨Carmen Jones¨ , Western as ¨River with no return¨ and historical as ¨Saint Joan¨, ¨Exodus¨ though also had some flop as ¨Rosebud¨ getting scathing reviews , though with ¨The human factor¨ won him respectful notices . However , his powers began to wane after and by the end of the decade of the 60s he was considered washed-up . ¨Bunny Lake is missing¨ resulted to be one of the his best films . Rating : Better than average . Worthwhile watching .

Coventry I didn't hesitate for one second when I was offered the unique opportunity to watch this movie on a big cinema screen, when a modest genre festival in my country programmed it in their theme of "obscure British cult gems". And does "Bunny Lake is Missing" ever fit into this category, or what! The film is acclaimed Austrian/American director Otto Preminger's rare foray to the London metropolis for a captivating and tense, albeit flawed, drama-thriller full of eccentric characters and philosophical as well as disturbing undertones. The stunningly beautiful but vulnerable Ann Lake just arrived from the US to her new home in the center of London, where her devoted and caring brother Steven arranged everything for her. Ann drops of her four-year-old daughter Bunny at school, but when she can't find any of the teachers, she agrees with the school's cook to keep an eye on the little girl. When Ann returns to pick up Bunny a few hours later, she isn't there. Moreover, nobody in the entire school has seen or heard about the girl. While Ann panics and Steven accuses the school board of sheer incompetence, the experienced Scotland Yard inspector Newhouse discovers that there's no evidence whatsoever to prove Bunny's existence. Is he dealing with a delusional mother and her over-protective brother or is the kidnapping of little Bunny Lake a perfect crime? "Bunny Lake is Missing" doesn't feature any action or violence throughout three quarters of its running time, and yet Preminger creates a truly ominous atmosphere and unbearable tension through mind-penetrating dialogs, mysterious characters and depressing images of an asocial London community. The subject of a child gone missing is automatically worrying, but add to this mentally unstable relatives and potential danger lurking behind every street corner and you've got yourself a gripping thriller. It's remarkable and praiseworthy for how long the script actually manages to keep everyone (the audience, in particular) guessing whether Bunny is real or imaginary! I must admit the climax is overlong, disappointing and severely damages the credibility of literally everything that happened earlier in the film, but luckily "Bunny Lake is Missing" already became an indestructible classic in my book by then. Under Preminger's surefooted direction and craftsmanship, the lead actors Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley and Keir Dullea put down stupendous performances. The most noteworthy performances, however, are coming from some of the supportive cast members like Martita Hunt (as a former school principal with an obsessive interest in children's dreams), Noel Coward (as the despicable and self-centered homosexual landlord) and – last but not least – the contemporary British cult band "The Zombies" who magically appear on every radio and TV-screen in the whole of London. And, finally, as a massive admirer of his work, I simply must also mention that Saul Bass' marvelous titles sequences also contributed a great deal to the powerful impression this film made on me.

FilmCriticLalitRao "Bunny Lake is missing" is a first rate psychological thriller which keeps its viewers guessing until the very end about the real motives of a crime and the person behind a horrible crime.As the knots are untied only till the very end,Otto Preminger has been able to direct a taut thriller which is able to reveal itself as a rewarding experience only for those viewers who watch this film as a mental exercise of catching innocent looking criminals whose identities betray their real motives. An effect of suspense is created by constantly asking questions about reality.What is real ? Who is real ? What is an illusion ? Why does X appear as an illusion ? Although the film is spread over a long,tiring day Otto Preminger still manages to show different people at work.His viewers get to see methods of policemen who are dealing with ordinary people.There are also casual scenes from a children's school where parents leave their children thinking that their wards would be safe.One of the film's major highlight is the manner in which Otto Preminger has nicely handled taboo subjects such as incest and the plight of the unwed mother.Lastly Otto Preminger-a cinéaste who needs no introduction at all to all those cinéphiles who are aware of great films made in the past.For those who are watching this film for the first time,it would be nice if they make efforts to watch his other films.