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.
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10/10/08
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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.
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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Reviews for The House Bunny
Hefner resembles a benign zombie these days and no doubt was pleasured by the free publicity for Playboy.
10/09/08
Faris's Marilyn Monroe-inspired breathy delivery feels forced and gets old fast. Only the scene-stealing Emma Stone shows any promise.
09/27/08
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.
09/26/08
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.
09/26/08
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.
09/26/08
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.
09/26/08
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.
09/26/08
Fairly predictable
09/26/08
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
09/18/08
Formulaic but fun, thanks to Faris.
09/09/08
Fans of comedies like Legally Blonde and Mean Girls should get a kick out of Anna Faris' amusing starring vehicle, even if this one isn't quite as sly or slickly produced.
09/09/08
The House Bunny manages the near impossible: to undercut the dignity of the Playboy brand.
09/05/08
For something that looked as potentially stupid as it did in the trailers, you'll be laughing a heck of a lot.
09/05/08
...breezy and banal...hops nowhere particularly interesting. Overall, there's nothing whimsical, fuzzy or provocative about this chosen Bunny.
09/04/08
a mixed message designed to sell what it purports to subvert, also known as having it both ways
08/31/08
One of the misfits is told by Anna Faris to try to strike up a conversation with some boys, so she goes over and says, 'Where's the crapper?' Credible? Funny? Not.
08/30/08
...there's a reason the movie's impossible not to like, and her name is Anna Faris...
08/29/08
Anna Farris is so perfect in the title role that she alone makes this a movie worth watching
08/28/08
[Faris] gives an A performance in the kind of farce from which she's more than ready to graduate.
08/28/08
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