The House Bunny Release Date: August 22, 2008 Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony) Director: Fred Wolf Screenwriter: Karen McCullah
Lutz, Kirsten Smith Starring: Anna Faris, Colin
Hanks, Emma Stone, Kat Dennings, Dana Goodman, Katharine McPhee, Rumer Willis,
Christopher McDonald, Beverly D'Angelo Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sex-related humor, partial nudity and brief
strong language) Official Website:
TheHouseBunny.com
Plot Summary: In Columbia Pictures' comedy "The House Bunny," Anna Faris
charms as Shelley Darlington, a Playboy Bunny who teaches an awkward sorority
about the opposite sex – only to learn that what boys really like is what's on
the inside.
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
EN 5 Second Review:
We REALLY wanted to love this movie, it has laughs and
playboy bunnies what more could you ask for? We are not sure, but it
just doesn't come together quite right. It's a T&A Movie for young
girls. Just strange.
The
House Bunny is a blissfully broad comedy that should catapult Anna Faris
into a singular kind of stardom John Anderson: Variety
She's funny, she's sexy, and her movie distinguishes itself
grandly from a mostly gore-and-groin-fixated summer comedy season.
Titles are sometimes dumped in mid- to late August, but good buzz could
help this Fred Wolf-directed laffer break out beyond its young-femme
target audience...more
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 Carrie Rickey: Philadelphia
Enquirer
After Hugh Hefner (himself) metaphorically kicks Shelley to
the curb, she finds a home as the upbeat house mother to a
sorority of gloomy feminists lacking interpersonal skills.
Within days she has them playing dumb and dressing like
bimbos, as a flock of frat boys swoops down on them...more
Matthew Allen Clasby and Michael Troy
take you behind the scenes for a special peek behind
the tails and ears of this hare-raising comedy
classic! - hilarious
EN 5 Second Review:
We REALLY wanted to love this movie, it has laughs and
playboy bunnies what more could you ask for? We are not sure, but it
just doesn't come together quite right. It's a T&A Movie for young
girls. Just strange.
