The House Bunny (2008)

Movie review: The House Bunny

The House Bunny is a film from 2008. It is catalogued under Romance, Comedy. Its listed tagline is “For the girls of ZETA house college life was no party, until Shelley showed up.”

Story

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.

Audience reaction

TMDB records an audience rating of 5.7/10 based on 2,075 votes.

Production

Release date: August 22, 2008 · Runtime: 97 minutes · Original language: English · Reported budget: $25,000,000 · Reported revenue: $70,442,940

Official trailer

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Cast

Anna FarisShelleyColin HanksOliverEmma StoneNatalieKat DenningsMonaHugh HefnerHugh HefnerChristopher McDonaldDean SimmonsBeverly D'AngeloMrs. HagstromKatharine McPheeHarmonyRumer WillisJoanneKiely WilliamsLilly

Themes

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