One of my all time favorites.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

The House Bunny used a tired, old plot line and. . .didn't do much else with it - it's the same old plot line. Even Anna Faris couldn't save the annoyingly over-the-top characters and the misled attempt at trying to have a message/moral. I am disappointed - this was even dumber than I expected.

Shelley Darlingson was raised in an orphanage, but when she blossomed into a hot girl and moved into the Playboy Mansion. But she's summarily evicted on her 27th birthday, because she's too old. In desperation she takes a job as house mother for a sorority of misfits losing their house for lack of members. They have a few months to find 30 pledges, or a sorority of popular girls will take over their place. Shelley figures that girls will pledge a house that boys find interesting, so she sets out to make the girls alluring, not act too smart, and host great parties........It's from Happy Madison pictures, so don't expect something too clever. If you like Adam Sandler side projects, like Grandmas Boy, and Deuce Bigalow, you will know what to expect.It's as subtle as a sledge hammer, the humour is mostly gross out and inane, but there is also a little bit of heart to it.Fairs is great as the playboy bunny, and she doesn't overdo the popular girl schtick too much, in fact, she's one of the most sympathetic characters in the whole film, showing that she probably could have been a success if she chose the right path.As usual, the not so pretty girls turn out to be really hot ala She's All That, and despite connotation toward Mean Girls, there's not much reference.Its a fun ninety minutes, nothing too serious, or too stupid.It won't do you any harm.

.....then to ever see this vile excuse for a comedy ever again....I watched this movie in the hope that it was going to be a send up of typical gender stereotyping and make a mockery of the sexist ideals perpetuated through the media and Hollywood. Unfortunately this was not the case. I feel robbed of 2 hours of my life, initially it did look as though the film was going to prove to be what I had hoped when Shelley is evicted from the playboy mansion. However, I soon realised the movie was about to take an almighty nose dive and proved to be far worse than my worst nightmares. I almost could not believe what I was seeing when Shelly managed to become 'house mother' to the group of unoriginal 'misfits', another example of Hollywood throwing a pair of geeky glasses on a beautiful young woman, some piercings and oversized clothes on another joined by and allegedly unattractive and overweight girl and you have got your cringe worthy mix of All - American mis-fits, soon to be made over by their very own fairy god mother, Shelly. In an attempt to try and gain more female pledges the idiotic, nauseating character shelly decides the girls need to make themselves 'The Hottest girls on campus' in order to win pledges and boys attention, cue five minutes of makeover movie time and they are quickly transformed into what Hollywood deems beautiful and yet in reality look like a group of cheap street walkers. The irony of Shelly being dubbed Vapid, is ironic given how completely vapid the story and script of this film is. Add in the fact that Shelly is somehow full of amazing ideas to save these girls whilst running round in a thong and wonderbra, later to start attending college to become more intelligent whilst writing with a fluffy pen and piling up books in the library whilst wearing a pink mini skirt and you have the makings of one of the most mortifying 'comedies' I have ever seen. It is not only embarrassing, it's offensive, I mean, come on! What I found more shocking is that this movie is written by two women, this misogynistic, vapid, and altogether flawed 'comedy' is merely another example of how utterly insipid Hollywood movie making actually is, this unoriginal, offensive pathetic excuse for a movie is not only a waste of time, but it is actually quite worrying that things with such blatant sexism, gender stereotyping and irresponsible portrayals of how women should act to get male attention exist in today's society. When Shelly get's made under to look more intelligent, it only makes things worse, the idea that you are either hot and stupid or clever and ugly is the oldest, more unoriginal stereotype in the book - ARGHHHH! Do people actually still think like this? URGH there are not enough words to describe my hatred for this film, what's more is how these women allowed themselves to be involved in it and willingly exploit themselves, whether they thought they were 'sending themselves up' i don't know, it was all I could do not to reach for the fork from my dinner plate and gouge my eyes out. The writers of this film are another example of women perpetuating and promoting self exploitation amongst women - the whole message of this film is tired, weak, and above all BORING!!! Come on Hollywood, are you really that easily pleased? Yuk.

I heard about this film because of the leading actress, and the title made it obvious that it was something to do with Playboy, but it is not something seedy or full of gross jokes, a typical fish out water style story, and one I looked forward to trying. Basically Shelley Darlingson (Scary Movie's Anna Faris) is a bunny girl working at the Plaboy mansion, and she celebrates her twenty seventh birthday, but is shocked to be told in a note from Hugh 'Hef' Hefner that she will have to leave, being too old (in bunny years). With nowhere to go she packs her things and looks around to start a new life, and following some pretty girls who remind her of herself, and she finds herself in a luxury sorority house. The girls living there being completely stuck up, and Shelley not being a student, she is rejected, but she finds the other sorority house, Zeta Alpha Zeta, which is less luxurious and full of girls that are all socially awkward. They at first reject her too, but bespectacled virgin Natalie (Zombieland's Emma Stone) makes the other girls change their minds, and soon enough they realise their new house mother's pulling power. As time passes Shelley helps the girls gain more self confidence, including with their image change, and they certainly get more attention from boys, and Shelley herself meets retirement home worker Oliver (Colin Hanks, Tom's son), and ironically, she needs flirting tips. There is a point when she is becoming more popular than the sorority house and other girls, and they blame her for this, and at the same time Hef is calling her from the Playboy mansion offering her a photo shoot, he never wanted her to leave, the note was faked by another bunny. Shelley realises she can't see herself going back to her old life, and she cares too much for the girls, who are in danger of losing the sorority house, due to lack of pledges, more are interested in the rival Phi Iota Mus. Dean Simmons (Christopher McDonald) is about to take away the house, but the house bunny comes back and gives a stirring speech about what she has learnt about love and acceptance, and girls start raising their hands to pledge. In the end, with the thirtieth pledge they needed coming from the friend of mean Ashley (Sarah Wright), they keep the house, and Shelley, who does find happiness with Oliver as well, stays with them, keeping in contact with Playboy. Also starring Kat Dennings as Mona, Beverly D'Angelo as Mrs. Hagstrom, Katharine McPhee as Harmony, Kiely Williams as Lilly, Rumer Willis as Joanne, Dana Goodman as Carrie Mae, Kimberly Makkouk as Tanya, Tyson Ritter as Colby and Shaquille 'Shaq' O'Neal. Faris, who rose to fame film by film, plays the dumb blonde to the hilt, but is not too annoying and is a lovable character, and the supporting cast of ugly ducklings turned prettier are alright too, as well as the other stars. It is a story you may think, with a Playboy storyline, it would contain softcore pornography and lots of nudity, or it would be trying to make you laugh with sick and stupid gags, but it is a bit more grown up than that, I will confess the script is a bit simple and predictable at times, but it is a nice and funny story all the same, a fun comedy. Worth watching!