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The House Bunny (2008)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:7

Rotten:14

Average Rating:5.1/10

Consensus: Anna Faris is game, but she can't salvage this middling, formulaic comedy.

Australian Rating: M [See Full Rating] Infrequent coarse language and sexual references

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Comedies

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... 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 Darlingson (Farris) is Big Bunny on Campus at Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion. With her 27th birthday approaching, Shelly eagerly anticipates fulfilling her dream: to be centerfold of the month. But when she learns that she's being booted from Bunnyland, Shelly finds herself with no family or place to call home. Desperate for both, she lucks across the socially inept sisters of the Zeta Alpha Zeta sorority. With no hope of attracting new pledges and the consequent threat of losing their sorority, the girls of Zeta take in the bubbly Shelly as their new "house mother." Shelly immediately sets to work helping the Zetas bring out their inner glamazons, luring in boys while drawing the ire of rival sorority Phi Iota Mu. Shelly also catches the eye of Oliver (Colin Hanks), who forces her to realize that it will take more her Playboy Mansion ways to win over a good man. Plus, Shelly discovers that her social insights have transformed the Zetas into the very superficial types they once railed against. And when Hugh Hefner calls to offer Shelly her dream centerfold shoot, she must choose between returning to the family that loved her best and saving the family that needs her most. Faris (who co-produced the film) is a comic delight as Shelly, with a perfect blend of sexy charm and sweet-natured cluelessness. Supported by an excellent cast of fresh faces and seasoned veterans, THE HOUSE BUNNY is an irresistible tale of inner beauty and "sisters" sticking together. [More]

Starring: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Katharine McPhee

Starring: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Katharine McPhee, Rumer Willis, Beverly D'Angelo

Director: Fred Wolf

Director: Fred Wolf
Screenwriter: Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith
Producer: Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, Allen Covert, Heather Parry
Composer: Waddy Wachtel
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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The 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.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
09/26/08
Sandra Hall
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald
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It'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.

Full Review Source: The Age (Australia) | comment Comment
09/26/08
Jim Schembri
Jim Schembri
The Age (Australia)
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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.

Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment Comment
09/26/08
David Stratton
David Stratton
At the Movies (Australia)
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If 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.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph (Australia) | comment Comment
09/26/08
Leigh Paatsch
Leigh Paatsch
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
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Fairly predictable

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
09/26/08
Alexandra Coghlan
Alexandra Coghlan
FILMINK (Australia)
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Strictly 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

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
09/18/08
Louise Keller
Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile
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Less than awesome.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
10/10/08
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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But there is a lunatic sense of adventure about Fred Wolf’s saucy comedy, and it smothers all sorts of unforgiveable sins.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
10/10/08
James Christopher
James Christopher
Times [UK]
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God bless Anna Faris, who’s so good that the second star at the bottom of this review is entirely down to her. Otherwise, this Bunny would be headed for the vet.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
10/10/08
Chris Hewitt (UK)
Chris Hewitt (UK)
Empire Magazine
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It takes sexism to a new low, and it manages to attack women in the last place on earth where they continue to outperform men -- in universities.

Full Review Source: MovieTime, ABC Radio National | comment Comment
09/26/08
Ruth Hessey
Ruth Hessey
MovieTime, ABC Radio National
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Puts a cheerful spin on its many cliches. This particular wheel hasn't been reinvented, but at least it gets a nice fresh coat of bubblegum-pink paint and a star to pilot it with aplomb.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/22/08
Nathan Lee
Nathan Lee
New York Times
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House Bunny's Legally Blonde roots show.

Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | comment 1 Comment
08/22/08
Joanne Kaufman
Joanne Kaufman
Wall Street Journal
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Factory made, nothing new... and really funny.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
08/22/08
Michael Ordoña
Michael Ordoña
Los Angeles Times
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By imposing a predictable message, it obscures the satire.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
08/21/08
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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The House Bunny is a blissfully broad comedy that should catapult Anna Faris into a singular kind of stardom.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
08/21/08
John Anderson
John Anderson
Variety
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