"As Jason Bateman steps behind a set of drums, the series slides from its groggily desaturated color palette into grimy black-and-white. Suddenly, Black Rabbit goes from being a thriller about a pair of codependent fuckup brothers to a flashback music video showing them at the height of their coolness, and it is simultaneously ludicrous - that wig! - and undeniably convincing."
"As brothers Jake (Law) and Vince Friedkin (Bateman), these two have swagger, they are at ease in front of a camera, and they are going to be famous forever. The crash back down to earth when Black Rabbit returns to their present-day problems of debt, loneliness, and despair is a bummer, but it's also instructive. In the span of only 30 or so seconds, Law and Bateman convey everything this duo had, and everything they lost."
"It combines Mississippi Grind's sprinting-toward-danger vibe with Wes Anderson's fraught familial dynamics and Michael Mann's eye for urban geography. But at Black Rabbit 's core is the relationship between restaurant owner Jake and gambling and heroin addict Vince, two men who constantly disappoint and protect each other,"
Black Rabbit follows brothers Jake and Vince Friedkin, once glamorous musicians now mired in debt, addiction, and loneliness, as they struggle to protect and disappoint one another. The eight-episode series shifts visual styles between desaturated present-day scenes and gritty black-and-white flashbacks to convey past coolness and current despair. Major themes include unresolved paternal trauma, sexual abuse within the nightlife industry, and violence tied to underground bookmaking. The pacing emulates frenetic NYC restaurant life, blending tense urban atmosphere with darkly comic and tragic familial dynamics, anchored by compelling performances from Jude Law and Jason Bateman.
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