This puerile so-called comedy is a complete waste of the talents of Anna Faris, a cheeky beauty who is obviously channelling Marilyn Monroe – God forbid a remake of Some Like it Hot is in the works.
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09/26/08
The House Bunny (2008)
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Reviews Counted:120
Fresh:47
Rotten:73
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Anna Faris is game, but she can't salvage this middling, formulaic comedy.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Sep 25, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $48,237,389
Synopsis: Comic actress Anna Faris (LOST IN TRANSLATION, SCARY MOVIE) shines in her starring turn in THE HOUSE BUNNY, a hilarious and heartfelt tale of female empowerment. As the film opens, Shelly... [More]
Starring: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Katharine McPhee
Director: Fred Wolf
Reviews for The House Bunny
Top CriticIf you left Legally Blonde and Revenge of the Nerds DVDs in a darkened room for long enough, something like House Bunny would eventually totter out.
09/26/08
Top CriticFairly predictable
09/26/08
Top CriticThe film's only noteworthy features prove to be the scenes inside the Playboy mansion, where a wrinkled Hugh Hefner shows up, doing his weary best to put in a credible performance as himself.
09/26/08
Top CriticIt's computer-written stuff, stiffly directed by first-timer Fred Wolf, but it's light and fun and sports a decent quota of passable gags.
09/26/08
Top CriticStrictly for blondes who like pink, this ultra girlie chick flick meets the criteria for its target audience with likeable characters searching for acceptance as they are. If you take the film on its own level, it is a lot of fun, and teenage girls
09/18/08
Top CriticIf The House Bunny catches on with audiences, it could do for Anna Faris what Legally Blonde did for Reese Witherspoon.
08/26/08
Anna Faris gives one of the best performances of the year thus far in a movie that never comes within swiping distance of deserving it.
08/26/08
Not funny, not sexy, not even obnoxious enough to get anyone worked up, The House Bunny truly establishes a new low water mark for 2008 cinema.
12/14/08
Anna Faris is one of the funniest actresses in movies today, but you wouldn't know it from the wretched The House Bunny.
08/21/08
The purpose of this comedy is to serve as a showcase for Anna Faris, whose sunny disposition and solid comic timing make The House Bunny more enjoyable than it ought to be.
08/21/08
100 percent of the laughs come courtesy of Faris, who's particularly good in the early going, when her babe-in-the-woods act reaches Homer Simpson-like heights of comic obliviousness. As usual, the movie eventually lets her down.
08/22/08
The unstoppable Anna Faris has perk in her pipes and a pep in her step, but a bum script working at every turn to tear her down. That's a shame, because with the right material, Faris could do very well, indeed.
08/26/08
The screenplay inflicts a little more injury on Faris than it intends to by committing the very sins it half-heartedly attempts to parody.
08/21/08
It doesn't turn any corners, it's lazy, and it's content to keep playing dumb long after it's really funny.
08/22/08
The criminal waste of Faris' comedic gifts should have half of Hollywood locked up.
08/22/08
Although the film is yet another in a long line of hackneyed, low-brow comedies this year, it is rescued by the witty charms and bubbly personality of its star.
08/22/08
Faris is rarity in the industry: a legitimately hilarious performer with a virtuoso sense of timing and screwball articulation.
08/21/08
Their makeovers are not superficial. It's just basic interaction. It's not bad to dress like human beings. And making over that brace is a real triumph over adversity.
08/22/08
This tale of a 'Playboy' bunny would be flopsy mopsy without Anna Faris.
10/10/08
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