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The House Bunny |  | Actor: Anna Faris
Studio: Sony
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.94
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Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 4290
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 043396252998
UPC: 043396252998
EAN: 0043396252998
ASIN: B0018CNNV2
Theatrical Release Date: November 7, 2008
Release Date: December 19, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Follows an ex-Playboy bunny as she helps to keep a group of socially unskilled sorority girls from losing their house.
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"I'm an expert in parties and boys. I'm a Bunny! Men write to me from prison--sometimes in their own blood!" So declares ex-Playboy Bunny Shelley, tossed out of the Mansion by a rival for her advanced age (27--"59 in bunny years," she's told). As played by the utterly fearless and appealing Anna Faris, Shelley becomes an unlikely post-feminist heroine, who finds a great use for her not-too-considerable expertise: being sexy. With nowhere else to live, Shelley finds herself as the house mother for a dying sorority, the Zetas, who are the audience for the rallying cry above. And the slightly misfit sisters, though wary, end up giving Shelley a sisterhood she could never have built back at the Grotto. To help build up the sorority, Shelley gives the young women her own peculiar tutorials in charm school--helping them raise their campus profile and recruit new pledges in the process. "When I'm done, every girl on campus will want to pledge Zeta!" Ignore her at your peril, girls. If the formula is a bit predictable, the pace is lively and the cast, headed by the wide-eyed Faris, is aces. American Idol contestant Katharine McPhee is a natural on camera, as is Rumer Willis, daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis. The supporting cast includes the capable Colin Hanks and Beverly D'Angelo, and a bit too much screen time for the real-life Hugh Hefner, who maybe should have stayed on the set of The Girls Next Door. Still, Faris channels the cheerful, girly determination of Reese Witherspoon's Elle Woods--no surprise since The House Bunny was cowritten by Kirsten Smith, who wrote Legally Blonde. Fans of silly romances, hop to it.--A.T. Hurley
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 Another comic tour de force for Anna Faris August 17, 2010
Larry VanDeSande (Mason, Michigan United States)
"House Bunny" is the silly story of a Playboy playmate cast from the Playboy mansion through a misunderstanding. She goes off to become a sorority mouse mother and takes a dozen losers, turning them into beauty queens and making them the envy of college boys and other sorority sisters. The film looks like it's going to have an unhappy ending but it winds up much differently.
That's about all there is to this 2008 film, which by modern standards is a throwback to classic screwball comedies like It Happened One Night (Remastered Black & White), A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Importance of Being Earnest - Criterion Collection. These films, both the originals and remakes, rely on slapstick, farce, situational and romantic comedy to draw in their audiences and keep them involved. They also do not insult the intelligence of their audiences. And so does "House Bunny."
The enduring qualities are all on display in here abetted by a magnficent comic peformance from Anna Faris, one of the best comic actresses in Hollywood who was so good in Smiley Face where she played a stoner trying to land a job and instead ending up in hilariously funny situations. For male viewers, there is another extra: Faris's fabulous figure, barely but tantalizingly covered by the skimpy outfits she adorns.
Faris isn't the whole show here. She is helped by good support from Colin Hanks (Orange County, 11:14) who plays her budding boyfriend, and Emma Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Ultimate Edition) [Blu-ray], Zombieland [Blu-ray]), the most astute of the Zeta sorority sisters, who morphs from a turnip to a rose under Faris's tutelage but helps her mentor learn the world or love and relationships.
This is a darling movie with almost no objectionable content or characterisitcs. It is full of scenes of young women in tight dresses and brief outfits, and there are a plethora of scenes of sorority parties but little overt sexuality and no sexual scenes. This is a homespun film about a young woman with a big heart that learns how to make good decisions and passes them onto her mentees, who in turn help her become a better person.
I liked this film a lot; it is much more entertaining than pretentious big budget movies I've seen recently including Inglourious Basterds (Single-Disc Edition). While "House Bunny" is not an important film and probably won't go down in history as a movie that reignited the screwball comedy genre, it's entertainment value is as high as any movie ever made. It is a delight that I recommend you rent, borrow or buy at your earliest convenience.
Hilarious! August 5, 2010
LKC (Kansas City, MO)
This movie is cute & funny! Makeovers, Anna Ferris' unique humor, and most everything pink - what's not to love?
 A Guilty Pleasure July 12, 2010
Nicholas J. Kasperson (USA)
I will admit that the acting is not the greatest but this is one of my favorite guilty pleasures. I laugh out loud a few times. I enjoy the casting of the lead singer of the All-American Rejects and of the son of Tom Hanks as the love interest. Over all the whole thing is just a fun movie to watch.
Excellent July 6, 2010
Morgan Burnett (Rainbow City, AL, US)
I was pleased with how fast this order was shipped out and recieved. Very speedy.
Well done!!! May 16, 2010
M. Hardy (Colorado)
This under rated movie was very entertaining! Adam Sandler did a nice job with this one. The critics are taking this a bit too seriously... it's a movie... relax.
Great casting and interesting characters. Anna Faris was perfect and very funny.
You will watch this more than just once - it's like a potato chip...
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