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The House Bunny

  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
87K
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Anna Faris in The House Bunny (2008)
A romantic comedy film, directed by Fred Wolf
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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.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.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
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    87K
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    POPULARITY
    2,070
    381
    • Director
      • Fred Wolf
    • Writers
      • Karen McCullah
      • Kirsten Smith
    • Stars
      • Anna Faris
      • Colin Hanks
      • Emma Stone
    • 174User reviews
    • 126Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Anna Faris
    Anna Faris
    • Shelley Darlingson
    Colin Hanks
    Colin Hanks
    • Oliver
    Emma Stone
    Emma Stone
    • Natalie
    Kat Dennings
    Kat Dennings
    • Mona
    Hugh Hefner
    Hugh Hefner
    • Hugh Hefner
    Christopher McDonald
    Christopher McDonald
    • Dean Simmons
    Beverly D'Angelo
    Beverly D'Angelo
    • Mrs. Hagstrom
    Katharine McPhee
    Katharine McPhee
    • Harmony
    Rumer Willis
    Rumer Willis
    • Joanne
    Kiely Williams
    Kiely Williams
    • Lilly
    Dana Goodman
    • Carrie Mae
    Kimberly Makkouk
    • Tanya
    Monet Mazur
    Monet Mazur
    • Cassandra
    Tyson Ritter
    Tyson Ritter
    • Colby
    Sarah Wright
    Sarah Wright
    • Ashley
    Rachel Specter
    Rachel Specter
    • Courtney
    Owen Benjamin
    Owen Benjamin
    • Marvin
    Holly Madison
    Holly Madison
    • Holly Madison
    • Director
      • Fred Wolf
    • Writers
      • Karen McCullah
      • Kirsten Smith
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    • Trivia
      Anna Faris chose to appear nude in one scene instead of using a body double. The reactions from the other actresses are genuine when she walks out nude. "It was my first nude scene and it wasn't supposed to be me," she explained in an interview. "I had a body double and we had some complicating factors with her. It was sort of a last minute thing, where I said, 'I'll just go ahead and do this.'" She also said she felt like it's what her character Shelley would do, so she should do it too. She even turned her head during the shot so people would see it was her and not a double. Faris said that that she broke her "no nudity" clause to do it but , she thought the whole thing was uncomfortable. "This crew that I'd been working with, that knows me when I put on my producer hat, suddenly sees me naked. It was really humiliating. I definitely think I lost some street cred as a producer with the whole crew, being naked in front of them. You have to wear little pasties. You can't wear a full bra and it's not even like covering up. It was a little embarrassing but I'm used to that now. Keenan (Wayans) told me that early on, 'There's no vanity in comedy. You can't be vain and funny at the same time'. So I've really tried to embrace that idea, that you just have to be fearless."
    • Goofs
      (at around 3 mins) When Shelly is getting her hair done before her party it is clear that the person actually doing her hair is using some form of straighteners/curlers but isn't touching her hair.
    • Quotes

      Shelley: The eyes are the nipples of the face.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Girls Next Door: House Bunnies (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      I Know What Boys Like
      Written by Chris Butler

      Produced by Chad Hugo, Kenna

      Performed by Katharine McPhee

      Katharine McPhee Appears Courtesy of RCA Records/19 Entertainment

    User reviews174

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    6/10
    Faris is good but the movie doesn't make her a centerfold
    "The House Bunny" has a funny concept and what looks like a "Legally Blonde" form of execution. If Anna Faris, most commonly known as the one portraying/making fun of the Neve Campbell "Scream" role in the "Scary Movies" was ever going to become the next big female comedienne the time would be now. She showed she was willing to make fun of herself in those movies but I still wonder if she can play a sincere, actual human being rather than a character meant to be the punch line most of the time. "Bunny" was written by "Blonde" screenwriters Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith so that could be good news but a lot of the weight of this movie is going to rest on the shoulders of it star. Reese Witherspoon made that movie what it was and the big question here is, can Faris do the same?

    She plays Shelley, a ditzy playboy bunny with big dreams of becoming the next centerfold who instead is tossed out on her ass by Hugh after her 27th birthday. Shelley went from the orphanage to the mansion so she never quite got the fill gist of the outside world. Now homeless and with very few survival skills, she has no idea what to do next. Just through happenstance, she encounters something that looks like a mini Playboy mansion but is in fact the best college sorority on campus. They decline her for house mother but she finds a home with the Zeta sorority, a group of misfit girls, led by Natalie (Emma Stone), who seriously need to improve their image and attract new members in order to stop the college from closing their house. Enter Shelley to give the girls make-overs.

    This movie made me laugh out loud twice. One involved the manhole cover joke in the trailer, and the other was a really good jab at Bob Saget. The rest of the movie is likable and has a nice message but really can't seem to wring that many laughs out of a good premise. It's a parody against the bimbo ideology, first having Shelley turn the girls into mindless, skimpy-looking prostitutes only to realize later that you also have to have substance too. Sometimes it gets a few chuckles and other times it comes off looking embarrassingly sitcom-ish, like when Shelley tries to look brainy to impress a guy by wearing very thick glasses that make her dizzy, but overall the script isn't as smart or funny as "Legally Blonde" and that hurts its chances. The movie also treats some of the secondary characters in really bad taste, like a girl whose such a misfit she actually talks like Frankenstein and walks like Igor, and I was confused by some others, like a girl who supposedly is bad with boys and yet is pregnant.

    I was also confused by the mental abilities of the main character. At times she seems dumber than dirt and at other times she seems almost profound. That she works regardless of this has less to do with the script and more to do with Anna Faris. I don't think this will be the star-making role I thought it would be for her but she gives Shelley a very sweet, genial nature and she is willing to throw herself into silly situations with an innocent and goofy charm. Emma Stone is also pretty funny in this movie, dialing up the dorky meter to about an 8. I feel bad for Colin Hanks though. This kid just doesn't seem to be getting many chances to shine, and here he's wasted as the romantic lead in a movie that's pretty low on the romance.

    "The House Bunny" begins, middles, and ends like most college movies do, just unfortunately its not funny or clever enough to distract from the generic plotting. Most of the secondary characters are also wasted as well but maybe, it will put Anna Faris on some people's radars. She is a very funny comic actress and with the right script, its possible she could be the next big thing.
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    • Release date
      • August 22, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • MySpace.com
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • I Know What Boys Like
    • Filming locations
      • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Relativity Media
      • Happy Madison Productions
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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $48,237,389
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $14,533,702
      • Aug 24, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $70,439,696
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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