Movie Review: The House Bunny
Director:Fred Wolf
Starring: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Katharine McPhee, Rumer Willis
Screenwriter: Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith
Producer: Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, Allen Covert, Heather Parry
Rated: “PG-13″
Theatrical Release: Aug 22, 2008 Wide
Synopsis: In this Columbia Pictures’ comedy, 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. –© Sony Pictures
The House Bunny is a nice little comedy, with a pretty decent cast. Anna Faris is one of the Hollywood’s best comedic actors and she was hilarious in this movie. The film is written by Legally Blonde screenwriters Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah Lutz, so while not as good as Legally Blonde, I think if you enjoyed that movie, you will enjoy this.
Anna Faris is the shining star in this, so Faris haters need not apply here. Although I have no idea how you could possible hate this impossibly cute comedic wonder. She has a natural talent for physical comedy, and her portrayal of the dim-witted blonde is perfect. The rest of the cast turns in pretty go
od performances (the other standout was Emma Stone who you can catch in The Rocker).
Story wasn’t anything original, pretty much a female version of Revenge of The Nerds and other similar comedies.
The one thing that might offend people is the way female personality is treated in the movie. At the start of the film the “nerdy” girls all have individual identities but are socially inept. Anna Faris’ character (who isn’t the brightest bulb in the shed, but has nice boobs) comes in and helps them become more popular by dressing them up and applying makeup to the nerds. Now it’s all fine and dandy that they got these makeovers (in fact I really enjoyed the nerds after the makeover :D) but it’s at the expense of their individuality. It’s almost like saying “ok girls, the way to popularity is conformity to the MTV idea of what pretty is.” That being said, I normally don’t look too deeply into things like that and I had a good time at The House Bunny. Good comedy, fun story, and good cast/acting.
This is one bunny I’d love to have at my house.
