The result isn't very funny, and its sexual politics are as muddled as you'd expect, but Faris is sweet and likable as the sort of wise dumbbell Judy Holliday used to play.
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12/17/08
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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.
Theatrical Release:Aug 22, 2008 Wide
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
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Top Critic[Faris] gives an A performance in the kind of farce from which she's more than ready to graduate.
08/28/08
Top CriticThe House Bunny gets the difference between being openhearted and empty-headed.
08/22/08
Top CriticPuts 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.
08/22/08
Top CriticHouse Bunny's Legally Blonde roots show.
08/22/08
Top CriticThe House Bunny may be what some boys like, but there are doubtless moviegoers out there of both sexes who would like to see Faris hop into some decent onscreen material.
08/22/08
Top CriticThe plot is beyond predictable. Seriously, write down every scene from Legally Blonde and Revenge of the Nerds on index cards, shuffle and then deal your movie.
08/22/08
Top Critic[A] hodgepodge of unfunny, sophomoric humor and PG-13 T&A, frosted by a sheen of appallingly nauseous 'drama.'
08/22/08
Top CriticThis is pretty much a one-woman show for Faris, and she doesn't get much help from director Fred Wolf.
08/22/08
Top CriticSomebody, somewhere save Anna Faris.
08/22/08
Top CriticIn The House Bunny, Anna Faris steps up to her first full-fledged leading role and falls right on her adorable face.
08/22/08
Top CriticFactory made, nothing new... and really funny.
08/22/08
Top CriticThe transformed Shelley loses some of her Tammy Faye eyeliner but little of her precious dimness, careful not to violate the broad streak of anti-intellectualism that Hollywood has always reflected and reinforced in the American psyche.
08/22/08
Top CriticSay this for Faris: Even though The House Bunny may be, she's not -- dumb.
08/22/08
Top CriticIt 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
Top CriticDespite a winning performance by Anna Faris, the film falls on its keister so many times that before long the perky pinkness turns bruising black-and-blue.
08/21/08
Top CriticThe 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
Top CriticBy imposing a predictable message, it obscures the satire.
08/21/08
Top CriticA terrific Anna Faris keeps this formulaic campus comedy hopping.
08/21/08
Top CriticThe House Bunny is a blissfully broad comedy that should catapult Anna Faris into a singular kind of stardom.
08/21/08
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