Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

elvircorhodzic BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING is a psychological thriller film as a puzzling mystery about a little girl who disappears without a trace in her first day in a nursery school. It was based on the novel of the same name by Merriam Modell. The idea about a child who is born out of wedlock, and too close relationship between brother and sister is intriguing enough without mysterious background. Ann is a single mother who recently moved to London from New York. She wishes to drop off her daughter Bunny for the girl's first day at a new nursery school. However, Ann cannot locate any teachers or administrators, only the school's disgruntled cook. She is forced to leave Bunny unsupervised in the building's "first day" room, under the reassurance that the cook will be responsible for the child. When Ann returns in the afternoon, the cook has quit and Bunny Lake is missing. An administrator recalls meeting with Ann but claims never to have seen the missing child. Ann and her brother Steven, in desperation, call the police. However, some of the evidence pointing to the fact that the little girl actually never existed...A striking pair of possibly incestuous siblings comes in an eccentric environment. It is difficult to draw a line between a perversion and objectivity in the case of a missing child. It's about secrets from childhood, or some sort of guilt? The story and direction are somewhat illogical and unclear. The plots blend from bizarre, expressionist to surreal moments. In the background of all this is a tantalizing mystery of a motherhood, kindness, disbelief, skepticism and madness. The characterization could have been better.Carol Lynley as Ann Lake is scared and distraught mother, who has to quickly connect strings in her life. Keir Dullea as Steven Lake is her distressed brother who has managed to draw a thin line between madness and kindness. Their bizarre game at the end of the film is a sort of culmination of their trepidation.Laurence Olivier as Superintendent Newhouse has stole the show as a somewhat cynical, but very detailed inspector.

GusF Based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Merriam Model, this is a rather good psychological thriller which unfortunately loses much of its credibility towards the end. The plot concerns the disappearance of a four-year-old girl named Bunny Lake from the playschool Little People's Garden several days after she and her mother Ann moved from New York to London. As the investigation develops, it become clear that Bunny may never have existed at all. In this respect, the film is somewhat reminiscent of the earlier films "The Lady Vanishes" or "So Long at the Fair" but it is sadly not on the same level as either. The script by John and Penelope Mortimer is good for the most part. However, the last 10 to 15 minutes of the film are borderline hysterical and contain developments that happen not because they are logical but because it says so in the script, which is never a good thing. Otto Preminger's direction is good and he is able to maintain a decent level of tension for most of the film but it is never really as high as it should be. The film stars Laurence Olivier in an excellent performance as Superintendent Newhouse, who leads the investigation into Bunny's disappearance. Olivier plays the atypically down-to-earth role in a more understated fashion than is his wont. Newhouse is a silky smooth, fiercely intelligent and deeply methodical man who is more concerned with cold hard facts than gut instincts and intuition. As such, he comes to believe that Bunny may be a figment of her mother's imagination as he and his men are unable to locate any evidence that suggests that she existed. That would be a perfectly sensible conclusion under the circumstances but all that glisters is not gold. Carol Lynley is quite good as the understandably incredibly distraught Ann, though she is much more convincing when she has to cry than when she has to converse normally. I thought that that was a little odd since I generally find it to be the opposite when comes to second- rate actors. Lynley does fall into that category, I'm afraid, but she is certainly able to hold her own with Olivier in several scenes, particularly the one in the pub. Keir Dullea is perfectly fine as Ann's very loving and supportive elder brother Stephen but his performance does not really standout as much as I would have liked. I'd have preferred if a better actor had been cast instead, to be perfectly honest. Maybe someone like Donald Sutherland, who worked extensively in the UK in the mid 1960s. Noël Coward has less than ten minutes screen time but he nevertheless gives a wonderful performance as the Lakes' landlord Horatio Wilson, a self-described "poet, playwright and dropper of alcoholic bricks" who regularly reads poetry on the BBC. He is a lecherous old drunk who is into bondage, owns the Marquis de Sade's (alleged) skull and delights at the very thought of a policeman whipping him. I'm glad that he's not my landlord. Before his...hobbies were revealed, one policeman referred to him as a "degenerate" and I was more than a little worried that Wilson was going to be an example of the then common homophobic stereotype that all gay men were paedophiles. Thankfully, however, I was wrong on that score. Incidentally, Coward was not terribly convinced by Dullea's acting ability and he is rumoured to have quipped, "Keir Dullea, gone tomorrow." The film also features good performances from Martita Hunt as an extremely eccentric former teacher Miss Ford (whom I would have loved to have seen in a scene with Wilson), Clive Revill as Sgt. Andrews, Anna Massey as the playschool's administrator Miss Elvira Smollet and Lucie Mannheim as its obstreperous German cook. In his final film before his death in 1968, Finlay Currie is a one scene wonder as the kindly old doll maker.Overall, this is a pretty effective thriller for much of its running time but it eventually falls in on itself like a house of cards.

Martin Bradley If "Bunny Lake Is Missing" isn't one of Otto Preminger's masterpieces it is, nevertheless, a terrifically entertaining psychological thriller, beautifully directed, written and acted. It's about the disappearance of a little girl in London; the conundrum is, did she exist in the first place. It was adapted, by the Mortimers, John and Penelope, from a novel by Evelyn Piper and it allows a number of very fine actors, as well as Keir Dullea, the opportunity to strut their stuff superbly. There's Laurence Olivier as a pragmatic policeman, that fine and underrated actress Carol Lynley as the distraught mother, Noel Coward and Martita Hunt as eccentrics and Dullea, surprisingly good, as Lynley's over-possessive brother while there are several very neat cameos from a host of well-known British character actors. There are enough clues scattered through the picture to figure it all out long before the somewhat protracted denouement yet even after several viewings the film has lost none of its appeal. Special mention should also be given to Denys Coop's superb black and white cinematography, (it's shot in Panavision), as well as Paul Glass' wonderfully atmospheric score.

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 .