“The Mighty Boosh”: The Movie. That was how Bunny and the Bull was first pitched to me and, while it doesn’t involve any of the Boosh characters, that description could not be any more accurate. The film involves just about all the actors from the Boosh doing a similar schtick, only without the limitations of TV censorship, and was written and directed by Boosh director Paul King.

The basic story revolves around a young man (Hogg) who has become a shut-in for months after a disastrous holiday. Walking around his grungy apartment and looking at the souvenirs he picked up along the way he remembers that trip. How both he and his best friend Bunny (Farnaby), never one to resist a bet, won the money for the holiday. How they both became involved with a young Spanish lass. How they visited the least exciting museums in all of Europe (curated by Richard Ayoade). How they met a strange Eastern European wolf lover (Julian Barratt), literally living under a bridge. How an elaborate bullfighter (Noel Fielding) told them of the glory of fighting a bull. How Bunny decided he had to fight a bull.

Bunny and the Bull is brimming with oddball laughs as the pair of travellers hop around Europe attempting one bizarre, ridiculous dare after another. Though it will likely never reach the legendary status of “The Mighty Boosh”, this is a cult film in the making.

To assist newly settled refugees in England fit into a local community they are given small land allotments on which they can create their own garden. For the allotment holders in Blacktree Road this gift comes with a price – they are ruled with an iron fist by committee chairman and ex-cop Big John. The fractured nature of this committee becomes all too apparent when a mobile phone company offers $5,000 for one of the plots to construct a mobile phone tower. Since none of the established allotment holders will sell their land it falls to which of the political refugees will sell.

Big John is intent on controlling this transaction, as he controls his family, the committee and just about anyone who crosses his path. But his attempts to bully everyone around him towards the path he’s chosen for the little community are steadily turning a group of diverse individuals into a united army – an army with one single agenda – a new chairman.

This is a gentle British comedy, dragging a crazy bunch of Brits and a strange bunch of foreigners together and forcing them to try to not only understand one another but find a way to work together. Reminiscent of the scenes in The Castle with Darryl briefing the neighbours, it’s a fun night out which will definitely leave you smiling.