The House Bunny

2008 "For the girls of ZETA house college life was no party, until Shelley showed up."
5.5| 1h37m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 22 August 2008 Released
Producted By: Columbia Pictures
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.thehousebunny.com/
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Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women will lose their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu. In order to accomplish their goal, they need Shelley to teach them the ways of makeup and men; at the same time, Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have - a sense of individuality. The combination leads all the girls to learn how to stop pretending and start being themselves.

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davidm-64016 I love Anna Farris, and I adore Emma Stone, and as for Kat Dennings she is pretty special. Add in Colin Hanks, then how do you get such a poor movie? The problem is that Anna Farris's character has a fraction of the charm of Elle Woods, and I think it's all in the writing, as we know that this cast has talent and can be funny in spades. I see that she Exec Produced this, and I'm all for women developing projects and making them happen, but I think this was a poor choice. It's possible that in the hands of another director, some of the slapstick would have been dialled down, and a little more time spent in making the House Bunny a believable, loveable character.I almost gave up four or five times during this movie, but persisted in the hope that it would get better, but I think I was disappointed.
bowmanblue I probably should find some sort of way of taking my name off this review. I am ashamed to admit it, but The House Bunny is actually quite fun.Anna Faris plays Shelley, a Playboy Mansion 'Bunny' who has been thrown out of the mansion for being too old ('old' meaning 27 - probably about right in the eyes of Hugh Hefner). She then goes on to act as 'house mother' to a bunch of 'unattractive' girls in a nearby college. She then goes on to help them prove themselves in the eyes of their peers, who constantly put them down for being such losers.It's possibly the most predictable story ever. Everyone should hate this. And everyone probably would if it wasn't for Anna Faris. Not only is she an added attraction for male viewers (just check out the pictures to see what I mean), but she's actually quite lovable. Many a blonde actress has played a blonde bimbo, but she carries it off without being too over-the-top and stupid. Yes, she makes the odd gaffe here and there, but you can't help warming to her as she does mean well in all that she does. In fact, some of Anna Faris' lines and mannerisms are downright hilarious and she would almost carry this on her own, had it not been for Emma Stone who compliments Faris' glamour in her 'geekiness.' Yes, this film is as dumb as any that openly puts a Playboy Bunny in the lead role. But it knows that, right? And anyone who watches it should too.Basically, watch it, enjoy it, laugh at it, but don't necessarily tell your friends you did.I'm now off to watch some arty foreign film with subtitles - just to try and convince myself I really do have taste in films.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/
Penelope Ana Mn I liked this movie because it's not raunchy. Yes there are sexual innuendo jokes but this is obviously not a movie for children. Anna Faris's acting is ideal. I did not know that she could do this style of acting and carry a film. The plot is not hard to follow and I like it how the film doesn't demean the audience by making jokes or plot lines that make no sense. The House Bunny is good for teens who aren't impressionable and for adults. The music at the end was great. Here's a list of the best scenes 1) The House Bunny is stuck out in the rain. 2) The House Bunny goes on a date and messes things up. 3) The ending scene where Katherine McPhee sings and there's dancing. 4) The sorority girls act snooty.
lokis_mistress I don't know what to say. I suppose as soon as I saw that it was Halfwit Productions I should have turned it off, but I was willing to give anything with Emma Stone and Kat Dennings in it a chance. The only real positive thing I have to say is that I like the colour scheme in the house reno. Uuuummmmmm.... yeah, no... that's it.Oh, LOL... I have to have at least ten lines, so... let me see. I must have something else I can say about it. OH, Hefner did a GREAT job! I was most impressed with his acting capabilities. I thought it was nifty that he played himself. And their hair... they had great hair. For the most part. Right. K, that should do it.