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The House Bunny (2008)

Directed by Fred Wolf

Comedy | Romance

Most recently watched by elisabethwithns, vivalaserdisc

Overview

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.

Rated PG-13 | Length 97 minutes

Actors

Anna Faris | Colin Hanks | Emma Stone | Kat Dennings | Hugh M. Hefner | Christopher McDonald | Beverly D'Angelo | Katharine McPhee | Rumer Willis | Kiely Williams | Dana Goodman | Kimberly Makkouk | Monet Mazur | Tyson Ritter | Sarah Wright | Rachel Specter | Owen Benjamin | Holly Madison | Bridget Marquardt | Kendra Wilkinson | Tyler Spindel | Sara Jean Underwood | Lauren Michelle Hill | Hiromi Oshima | Dan Patrick | Sean Salisbury | Matt Leinart | Shaquille O'Neal | Nick Swardson | Jay Hayden | Danni Katz | Matt Barr | Chris Titone | Michael Bernardi | Mike Falkow | Marlon Hunter | Josh Richman | Tony Ervolina | Tanner Alexander Redman | Michelle Fields | Nikki DeLoach | Linsey Godfrey | Alison Coen | Jackie Benoit | Katheryn Cain | Amanda Columbus | Katheryne Ashley Covert | Aya Nagasaki | Rachel Saydak | Ashley Schneider | Jennifer Tisdale | Adam Shapiro | Angela Shelton | Julia Lea Wolov | Jonathan Loughran | Kathleen Gati | Missy Stewart | Robert Harvey | Ryan Rottman | Mitch Gibney | Ben Lyons | Dale Thomas Cizmadia | Charles Robinson | Emily Wilson | Allen Covert

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Viewing Notes

I was expecting more of the subversion I’d heard about in a few critics’ reviews in The House Bunny. Unfortunately it’s not what I got. Maybe if I paid more attention but this isn’t the kind of flick that you want to give such focus. I kinda expected this and purposely threw this on to follow up the intensity of Funny Games. Anna Faris looked damn good. I had a hard time buying the quick turnaround via makeover of the nerd girl sorority despite it being a fantasy comedy. Not terrible but not great.

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