Hot chick can't save The House Bunny

The House Bunny

Although it was funny and cute at times, and with an overall good self-esteem message for young girls, The House Bunny is not a movie you should run out to see.

Shelley Darlington (Anna Faris) is a Playboy bunny, whose only dream is to become a centerfold. After her 27th birthday party, Shelley receives a letter from Hugh Hefner. Sure that it will be the letter that tells her she will be centerfold in the next Playboy, she rips it open. Unfortunately, the letter tells her to move out of the mansion immediately. With Hugh out of town, Shelley can't ask why the only family she knows is throwing her out on the streets, so she leaves, sad and alone.

A few days later, while sitting on the side of the road, she over hears people talking about an amazing party. She hurries after them, hoping to find something positive, only to be lead to ‘Greek Row,' where all of the frat and fraternity houses are. After being asked to leave due to her shocking attire, a habit from being a bunny for so long, someone lets her know that the Zeta Alpha Zeta house is looking for a den mother.


The ZAZ house is full of girls that don't fit in. They are smart, but not popular, and guys don't like them. Knowing that if they don't get 30 pledges within the next year, they will be shut down, and without a place to live, they all pray that something comes along to help them. Luckily for them, a bunny is on its way. Shelley convinces the girls to let her be their den mother, in exchange for helping them to get people to like them.

The road to popularity is paved with beauty makeovers, and parties, but also pain and sadness. When Shelley ends up falling for a smart guy, who doesn't fall for any of her “tricks,” so she is forced to get help to become smarter, while the girls in her house take the transformation in the other direction. For the girls at least, the transformation is a success, making them popular with the girls, and the guys. In the end though, they must decide whether being popular, and having guys chasing them is worth giving up who they really are.

The movie was funny and cute, making it worth watching, but it is not one of those movies that will become your new favourite. The laughs are mainly cheap ones, making it forgettable, and at times, dry. Aside of that, its message about self-esteem and beauty, is a good one, especially for a younger audience. Overall, The House Bunny is definitely lacking in substance.

Anna Farris (My Super Ex- Girlfriend) has played roles similar to this in the past, the stupid girl who gets by on her looks, but growing in the end is a change. I like her, and most of the movies that she has been in, and I definitely believe that there is no one better suited for that role than her. The girls in the ZAZ house are played by Emma Stone (Superbad), Kat Dennings (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist), Rumer Willis (Hostage), and Katherine McPhee (winner of “American Idol”). All of them where good in their roles, and I hope to see more of Stone and Willis. I recommend this movie to anyone who likes chick flicks, as long as you aren't expecting anything substantial.

Final Words: Saw it. Have nightmares about the creepy, manly girl from the movie.