The House Bunny (2008)

After Playboy bunny Shelley is kicked out of the playboy mansion, she finds a job as the house mother for a sorority full of socially awkward girls.

Director:

Fred Wolf

Writers:

Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith

Stars:

Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anna Faris	...	Shelley Darlingson
Colin Hanks	...	Oliver
Emma Stone	...	Natalie
Kat Dennings	...	Mona
Hugh M. Hefner	...	Himself (as Hugh Hefner)
Christopher McDonald	...	Dean Simmons
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Mrs. Hagstrom
Katharine McPhee	...	Harmony
Rumer Willis	...	Joanne
Kiely Williams	...	Lilly
Dana Goodman	...	Carrie Mae
Kimberly Makkouk	...	Tanya
Monet Mazur	...	Cassandra
Tyson Ritter	...	Colby
Sarah Wright	...	Ashley

Storyline

Finding family. Shelley Darlingson was raised in an orphanage, finally happy when she blossoms into a fox and moves into the Playboy Mansion. Unfortunately, she's summarily expelled on her 27th birthday(she's now too old). In desperation she takes a job as house mother for a sorority of misfits losing their house for lack of members. They have but a few months to find 30 pledges, or a sorority of mean girls will take over their place. Shelley figures that girls will pledge a house that boys find interesting, so she sets out to make the Zetas alluring, not act too smart, and host great parties. Can she succeed, and what about her own makeover? Sabotage is everywhere, plus it's hard to be one's self.

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Plot Keywords:

playboy | sorority | playboy mansion | party | makeover | 

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Taglines:

For the girls of ZETA house college life was no party, until Shelley showed up.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

MySpace.com Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 August 2008 (Canada)

Also Known As:

La Bunny du campus

Filming Locations:

Playboy Mansion - 10236 Charing Cross Road, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£894,188 (UK) (10 October 2008)

Gross:

£2,931,090 (UK) (31 October 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Happy Madison Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Zeta sorority in the movie is based on the co-ed Zeta fraternity (which was women only until recently), at Occidental College, which writer Kirsten Smith graduated from.

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Goofs

In the opening shot of the movie, Shelley is walking beside the swimming pool of the Playboy Mansion. She walks past two Playmates having a conversation while standing at the edge of the pool, Hiromi Oshima, wearing yellow shorts, and Sara Jean Underwood. Shelley then hugs Playmate Lauren Michelle Hill who is standing next to lounge chairs. When Shelley turns around to yell over to Hugh Hefner and the Girls Next Door, who are sitting at the bar. Hiromi, now wearing white bikini bottoms, and Lauren are standing blowing bubbles behind Hefner and the Girls Next Door. Then Shelley turns around to walk down some stairs next to the pool. Hiromi, with the yellow shorts back on, and Sara Jean are following Shelley several feet behind her while Lauren is standing in the background next to the lounge chairs.

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Quotes

Shelley: I gotta meet this freakin' bird!

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Connections

Spoofs Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

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Soundtracks

I Know What Boys Like
Written by Chris Butler
Performed by Colleen Fitzpatrick (as Vitamin C)
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Just good summer fun

If you want to see a cute, feel-good movie that doesn't require a lot of thought and will leave you with a smile on your face, this is the movie to see. You'll laugh out loud at much of the humor, and you'll fall in love with Anna Faris. It's just silly fun. Anna Farris plays a ditsy blond who gets kicked out of the Playboy Mansion (Hugh Hefner is a good sport in this movie!), ends up homeless, and ends up as a house mother for a sorority of "loser" girls (smart girls who don't know how to attract boys). The sorority is about to lose its charter because they can't get enough pledges, and of course Faris saves the day for the sorority by teaching the girls how to be popular, and, along the way, she learns a few lessons herself. You'll enjoy knowing that her love interest is played by Colin Hanks, son of Tom Hanks, and that some of the people in the Playboy mansion and at the party at the mansion are played by themselves. Also, Rumer Willis, daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore and Katherine McPhee from American Idol are girls in the sorority. I thoroughly enjoyed this light movie.