... there is really only one surprise: It's funny. Dumb, yes, but funny.
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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
Offers more actual empowerment and inspiration to young women than the phony Sex and the City or Mamma Mia!, and it's a lot funnier to boot.
08/21/08
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
Her [Faris'] charisma and comic timing, coupled with the schizophrenic script by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, makes The House Bunny a recommendable comedy.
08/21/08
Like a modern-day Lucille Ball, Anna Faris is a pure and utter natural, brilliant at getting a laugh and just as adept at finding the pathos in the unexpected. This is the brightest comedy so far this year.
08/21/08
Faris is rarity in the industry: a legitimately hilarious performer with a virtuoso sense of timing and screwball articulation.
08/21/08
As much as the word 'vapid' is thrown around in the movie, it's also the perfect adjective to describe it. There are much better comedies out there right now to waste time on this one.
08/21/08
It's a movie that wastes the talents of up-and-comers (Emma Stone from Superbad), rising stars (the sublimely funny -- in other movies -- Anna Faris) and talented vets (Beverly D'Angelo, looking like she wishes she were anywhere else) alike.
08/21/08
Despite 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 CriticIf another dumb-blonde joke is something you've hoped never to suffer again, make every effort to avoid the protracted punch line that constitutes the bulk of 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
Top Critic[An] on-and-off comedy...as airheaded as its ditzy heroine. But it has a goofily good-natured quality.
08/21/08
By imposing a predictable message, it obscures the satire.
08/21/08
A 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
Top CriticAnna Faris has taken a lot of hits for Hollywood, most of them literal.
08/21/08
Anna Faris has been shaping up as the most inventive screen comedienne of her generation.
08/21/08
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
Approaches the idea of telling a compelling story pretty casually. The House Bunny knows from the outset its plot isn't very interesting.
08/21/08
What else can you say about a movie when Christopher McDonald counting to 30 is the funniest thing that happens in it?
08/20/08
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