The animated film is produced by Yang Cheng, who produced Liu's previous film Have a Nice Day (2017), and backed by the production companies Nezha Bros. Pictures, Modern Sky Entertainment, and the Animation and Game Development Department of the China Academy of Art, where Liu teaches as a professor.

[11][12] Wendy Ide for ScreenDaily wrote in review, that the film, "evokes a specific time and a place so vividly that you can almost taste the stale cigarette smoke and cheap beer."

Ide added, "But perhaps the most pertinent message is Rabbit’s claim that anything can be art, something that Liu demonstrates throughout the picture, with the beauty he finds in the banality of the everyday object: the peeling paint, the broken windows, the stag beetle’s futile attempts to scale a wall.

"[13] James Mottram of South China Morning Post rated the film with 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Liu’s unique animation style is stunning, made more so with odd artistic flourishes such as a painting of Lili filled with babies, fish, cameras and more."

Concluding, Felperin talked about Liu's urge of using computers for expediency, and opined, "but trying to maintain a handmade vibe that fits the material, making this feel altogether like a lost graphic novel you find in a dive bar and love until the pages fall apart.