
The House Bunny (2008)
For the girls of ZETA house college life was no party, until Shelley showed up.
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The House Bunny rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
With 43% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.6/10 on IMDb and 55/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About The House Bunny
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.
Cast of The House Bunny

Anna Faris
as Shelley

Colin Hanks
as Oliver

Emma Stone
as Natalie

Kat Dennings
as Mona

Hugh Hefner
as Hugh Hefner

Christopher McDonald
as Dean Simmons

Beverly D'Angelo
as Mrs. Hagstrom

Katharine McPhee
as Harmony

Rumer Willis
as Joanne

Kiely Williams
as Lilly

Dana Goodman
as Carrie Mae
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Kimberly Makkouk
as Tanya
The House Bunny facts
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $70.4M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Comedy romance uses fish-out-of-water premise for consistent humor
- •College sorority setting provides relatable young adult comedy backdrop
- •Light-hearted tone delivers feel-good entertainment without pretension
What the audience disliked
- •Plot formula relies on familiar sorority movie tropes and character stereotypes
- •Critics find comedy shallow and character development superficial overall
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