In The House Bunny, Anna Faris steps up to her first full-fledged leading role and falls right on her adorable face.
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08/22/08
The House Bunny (2008)
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Reviews Counted:120
Fresh:47
Rotten:73
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Anna Faris is game, but she can't salvage this middling, formulaic comedy.
Theatrical Release:10-10-2008
Synopsis: Comic actress Anna Faris (LOST IN TRANSLATION, SCARY MOVIE) shines in her starring turn in THE HOUSE BUNNY, a hilarious and heartfelt tale of female empowerment. As the film opens, Shelly... [More]
Starring: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Katharine McPhee
Director: Fred Wolf
Reviews for The House Bunny
The dog days of summer have arrived, and Im not talking about the weather.
08/22/08
Factory made, nothing new... and really funny.
08/22/08
Top CriticFaris' clueless innocence and pretty features make stupidity charming, even sweet. It's a performance that nearly redeems an utterly formulaic comedy, and affirms her position as one of our brightest comedians.
08/22/08
Perhaps one day Anna Faris will appear in a movie as funny as she is.
08/22/08
The closest thing to laughs in the movie are Shelley's many pratfalls, but those get old faster than a thirtysomething Bunny, and in the end, you're not sure what anybody has learned.
08/22/08
If the filmmakers had focused more of their time and energy on having fun with the ditsy bombshell stereotype (where Faris is obviously having a blast portraying that) and left her that way without any unnecessary character growth, this could have been so
08/22/08
The transformed Shelley loses some of her Tammy Faye eyeliner but little of her precious dimness, careful not to violate the broad streak of anti-intellectualism that Hollywood has always reflected and reinforced in the American psyche.
08/22/08
Bunny is caged in some outdated, male-centric world, where sexy women are bimbos, smart women are frumps and all are willing to change themselves to score guys.
08/22/08
Say this for Faris: Even though The House Bunny may be, she's not -- dumb.
08/22/08
Anna Faris, you're a funny person. Or at least you can be funny in the right material, which is why you deserve better than The House Bunny.
08/22/08
The House Bunny gets its hop from the terrific Anna Faris.
08/22/08
It doesn't turn any corners, it's lazy, and it's content to keep playing dumb long after it's really funny.
08/22/08
Revenge of the Nerds gets a feminine twist in this entertaining and uplifting chuckler.
08/22/08
...entirely and hilariously lovable.
08/22/08
When you get beyond her adorable looks, Faris is a hilarious comic actress.
08/22/08
Although the film is yet another in a long line of hackneyed, low-brow comedies this year, it is rescued by the witty charms and bubbly personality of its star.
08/22/08
This is one of those flicks that you almost feel bad liking as a critic but I could not help laughing throughout this entire film.
08/21/08
You've heard the term sex bomb. Now hear this: The House Bunny is a nuclear sex bomb, a radioactive weapon deadly to all forms of life...
08/21/08
Faris' ability to turn an otherwise mediocre exercise into a charming farce may not earn her any awards, but it gives us something to look forward to - namely, her next movie.
08/21/08
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