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Bookmark this pageThe House Bunny (2008)
Director: Fred Wolf
Movie review
From Time Out London
Anna Faris capitalises on her vacant-blonde routine in this sunny, silly comedy. She’s Shelley, a dim-witted, relentlessly cheerful Playboy Bunny who’s been kicked out of the mansion and on to the streets. Implausibility reigns supreme as she’s hired as a house mother for an ailing college sorority group full of misfits begging for makeovers. But it’s hard not to be won over by the script’s cheery humour that affectionately mocks Shelley while rooting for her all the way. ‘You’re so vapid,’ someone sneers at her. ‘Thanks very much!’ Shelley coos in genuine delight.Faris nails moments like this with charm, creating catchphrases out of lines a lesser actress might toss away. It’s a shame the supports aren’t stronger – not to mention the half-hearted message that tries to meet brainboxes and bimbos somewhere in the middle. This aims for ‘Legally Blonde’/‘Mean Girls’ status, but ends up being a throwaway, if entertaining, plea for casting directors to start taking Faris more seriously.
Author: Anna Smith
Time Out London Issue 1990: Oct 7 - 15, 2008
User reviews of this film
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- pinklady said...
- Posted on Aug 31 2009 17:55 I absolutely love this film, could not stop laughing i would love it if someone made a house bunny 2 would defintley see it, loved everybody in it
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- Dan woooo said...
- Posted on Feb 04 2009 15:29 Ok.. this film is terrible. the only people who actually like it are girls aged 13-16 that dont even know how to spell. It is terrible. Thank god for every other good film to cancel out this gripe
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- KJ said...
- Posted on Nov 06 2008 16:54 *sighs* Just another stupid, boring predictable bimbo flick...
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- caitlin said...
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Posted on Nov 06 2008 16:08
Cherelle if you took the time to actually READ my comment properly you would see that I actually loved the house bunny I was just saying to all thos stupid people who think that it encourages teenage girls to be porn stars that they are wrong so no I will not shut my mouth but I htink that you should actually read the comments properly before putting in a comment!!!!
I know that this sit is for reviewing films so I will just say that I thought the house bunny was fab - Report as inappropriate
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- leigh nd sadie nd stacey said...
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Posted on Oct 29 2008 16:57
y did it make u whont to spueeeee ???????
we are going to whoch this film tomoz at 12:30
in the mornin nd it looks good nd it sounds gd we dont cere about the sex or enny think ousewe are just goin to have a gd time lol not like some people xxxxxxxxx
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- jawz said...
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Posted on Oct 29 2008 10:24
I Couldnt Get To See It
As I Live In A Fish Tank! - Report as inappropriate
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- Ali. said...
- Posted on Oct 27 2008 18:02 This film was bloody mint! Havent laughed so much at a film. If you havent seen it already, then you need to! OX.
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- Jess said...
- Posted on Oct 27 2008 12:52 I think house bunny is GREAT i have already seen it once but i am going to see it again with my friend Tara it is so good .
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- kimmy said...
- Posted on Oct 26 2008 16:05 i luved it it is so cool and is not boring so shut up
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- princess said...
- Posted on Oct 26 2008 13:01 house bunny is the best film i have senn in years :d
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- Racheal x said...
- Posted on Oct 25 2008 10:51 this film is wikid i was pissin ma self it was bare funni xxx wanna go c it again :P xx
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- cherelle said...
- Posted on Oct 25 2008 08:17 i saw it last week it was friggin halerious i luved it me n my 2 best m8s were lafin all wayy fthrough it .shut ur friggin moths tilda n catlin i dont no wt ur talkin bowt !!!!!!!!!!
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- Sarah said...
- Posted on Oct 24 2008 20:37 this film encourages porn? i think it discourages it, by showing it isnt a career choice, she does get thrown out at 27
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- caitlin said...
- Posted on Oct 20 2008 16:32 I agree wif tilda as I have said before it is just a bloody film!!! It dosen't encourage teenage girls 2 become porn stars I am ateenage girls and I wasn't influenced!! All u people who are complaining about it would have known wot it was going 2 be about before they saw it and if you knew wot it it was about and know u are complaining well that is reely your own fault 4 going to watch it in the first place
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- tilda said...
- Posted on Oct 20 2008 16:25 Calm down, it's just a film. It doesnt encourage porn and if u think that u need to get a better education and stop being so stupif
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Cast & crew
Director: Fred Wolf
Cast: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Kat Dennings, Julia Lea Wolov, Hugh M. Hefner, Christopher McDonald, Beverly D'Angelo, Leslie Del Rosario, Katharine McPhee, Rumer Willis full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Rated: 12A
Duration: 97 mins
UK Release: Oct 10 2008
US Release: Aug 22 2008
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