| | | Brains. Beauty. Bravery. These Girls Got it All...They Just Don't Know it Yet.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
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.
"A blissfully broad comedy that should catapult Anna Faris into a singular kind of stardom." John Anderson, Variety
"Manages to stand on its own two skyscraper heels thanks to the comic force of nature that is Anna Faris." Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter
"For all her chops as a dramatic actor, [Faris is] our new Judy Holliday and Goldie Hawn, only even sharper." Robert Koehler, Christian Science Monitor
Editor's Note
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 Darlingson (Farris) is Big Bunny on Campus at Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion. With her 27th birthday approaching, Shelly eagerly anticipates fulfilling her dream: to be centerfold of the month. But when she learns that she's being booted from Bunnyland, Shelly finds herself with no family or place to call home. Desperate for both, she lucks across the socially inept sisters of the Zeta Alpha Zeta sorority. With no hope of attracting new pledges and the consequent threat of losing their sorority, the girls of Zeta take in the bubbly Shelly as their new "house mother." Shelly immediately sets to work helping the Zetas bring out their inner glamazons, luring in boys while drawing the ire of rival sorority Phi Iota Mu. Shelly also catches the eye of Oliver (Colin Hanks), who forces her to realize that it will take more her Playboy Mansion ways to win over a good man. Plus, Shelly discovers that her social insights have transformed the Zetas into the very superficial types they once railed against. And when Hugh Hefner calls to offer Shelly her dream centerfold shoot, she must choose between returning to the family that loved her best and saving the family that needs her most. Faris (who co-produced the film) is a comic delight as Shelly, with a perfect blend of sexy charm and sweet-natured cluelessness. Supported by an excellent cast of fresh faces and seasoned veterans, THE HOUSE BUNNY is an irresistible tale of inner beauty and "sisters" sticking together.
| Features | "I Know What Boys Like" Music Video | | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Deleted Scenes | | Dubbed: French | | Featurettes: House Bunny Style, The Girls Of Zeta, Calendar Girls, Anna Faris - House Mom, The Girls Upstairs, Colin Hanks - Mr. Nice Guy, House Bunny Memories, From Tour Bus To Trailer - Tyson Ritter, From Song To Set - Katherine McPhee, Look Who Dropped By, Zetas Transformed, & Getting Ready For A Party | | Interactive Menus | | Introduction To "I Know What Boys Like" | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | The House Bunny - DVD Review By: Jesse Hassenger - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 12/12/2008 4:33 PM | |
In The House Bunny, Anna Faris looks significantly more glammed up than when she came into movies as the star of Scary Movie. In that film, she was stuck in a poor man's Neve Campbell role by design -- a spoof of a minor star, a winking knockoff. Faris stayed through the franchise throughout four installments, and coming out the other side, she still plays bimbos and cast-offs like Shelley Darlington, a second-string Playboy bunny who has turned 27 without hitting centerfold, and is summarily ejected from the Playboy mansion....read the full review |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 1/26/2010 |
| Running Time: 97 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2008 | | Catalog ID: 25299 | | UPC: 00043396252998 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Emma Stone | | Colin Hanks | | Anna Faris | | Katharine McPhee | | Beverly D'Angelo | | Rumer Willis | | Shelly Johnson - Director of Photography | | Waddy Wachtel - Composer | | Kirsten Smith - Screenwriter | | Karen McCullah Lutz - Executive Producer | | Jack Giarraputo - Producer | | Anna Faris - Executive Producer | | Adam Sandler - Producer | | Heather Parry - Producer | | Karen McCullah Lutz - Screenwriter | | Kirsten Smith - Executive Producer | | Allen Covert - Producer | | Fred Wolf - Director |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"Faris is endearing as the innocently ditzy Shelley Darlingson. She is a talented comedian and has some funny moments here..." 08/23/2008New York Times
"Anna Faris proves herself a faux-bimbo par excellence in this breezy, ditzy comedy about a Playboy bunny who goes back to school." 08/22/2008 Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "Faris' considerable comic talents and endless frilly outfits fluff this workaday cautionary tale into an easy-watch whirl of sweetness and light colours." 11/01/2008 p.58 Entertainment Weekly
"Faris displays comedic chops that reach heights taller than her eight-inch stilettos." 12/19/2008 p.46 ReelViews 5 of 10
The House Bunny has a screenplay written with ten-year olds in mind about a subject that deserves an R-rating. The resulting hodgepodge of unfunny, sophomoric humor and PG-13 T&A, frosted by a sheen of appallingly nauseous "drama," makes for such a noxious brew that it's amazing viewers stay in their seats for the entire production. Then again, it takes absorption of the full 100 minutes for the movie's vomit-inducing power to become evident. The House Bunny isn't the worst movie I have ever seen. In fact, it's not even the worst of 2008. But it's bad enough to warrant a heartfelt warning to potential viewers. One wonders if there's a special place in hell reserved for filmmakers who foist this kind of tripe on the public...In essence, The House Bunny is Revenge of the Nerds with girls, although, by comparison, the quality of this production makes that of the 1984 feature seem like the work of the Royal Shakespeare Company...At a time when so many filmmakers are attempting to do new and interesting things with comedies, a forgettable throw-back like this is intolerable. There's not a single fresh idea or moment present in the entire movie, and watching the predictable comedy unfold is like hearing your uncle tell the same old jokes (that weren't that funny to begin with) for the dozenth time. The House Bunny deserves credit only for reminding viewers what it's like to lose two hours of one's life and get nothing in return. - James Berardinelli
Reel.com 7 of 10
In The House Bunny, Anna Faris looks significantly more glammed up than when she debuted as the star of Scary Movie. In that film, she was stuck in a poor man's Neve Campbell role by design--a spoof of a minor star, a winking knockoff. Faris stayed through the franchise throughout four installments and coming out the other side, she's still playing a bimbo in The House Bunny. This bimbo is Shelley Darlington, a second-string Playboy bunny who has turns 27 without hitting centerfold and is summarily ejected from the Playboy mansion...The best you can say about The House Bunny is it gives Faris a character and a framework and gets out of her way. In this case, that nearly qualifies as high praise. The bare-bones story: Shelley wanders into a run-down sorority house and offers her services as "house mother" to the misfit Zeta girls, whose lack of pledges threatens their chapter's survival. Makeovers, house parties, revenges of nerds, and lessons follow...The next step, of course, is for Faris to bust out of this likable but rickety Sandler-esque wheelhouse. But here's the thing: many of the best comedies don't make room for leading women to create full-bodied comic characters. Think of the roles afforded to Amy Poehler or Kristen Wiig--they're all cameos, mostly, or close to them. It's tempting to knock The House Bunny as the empty space in which Anna Faris performs. But it gives her that space and it's just about enough. - Jesse Hassenger
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