Guest Author - Sarah Fierro
House Bunny is a Happy Madison Productions movie about an orphan Playboy model and the new friends she discovers in a group of outcast college girls. Anna Faris plays Shelley Darlingson, a Bunny who gets kicked out of the mansion. She loses her chance to be the Miss November centerfold for the Playboy magazine and instead moves out on her own. Shelley has to find her own place in what she learns can be a vicious world.
Shelley finds a home in a sorority house as House Mother. Emma Stone (Superbad) plays Natalie, the leader of the group who welcomes Shelley and convinces the others to give her a chance. Kat Dennings (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) is one of the members. The sorority girls aren’t the most popular in their college, so she takes to reshaping their lifestyles and making them the top of the school.
Makeovers and lessons in flirting technique are enough to make the sorority members feel like they fit in. Another group decides they are threatened by the growing popularity of the house and tries to destroy it. Together the girls and Shelley try to save the sorority house and its reputation.
Shelley has a harder time adjusting than the girls. Colin Hanks is Oliver, a guy who won’t fall for any of Shelley’s tactics. She tries to become a different person for him before realizing that she can only be herself.
Even my husband found reasons to laugh in this chick flick! It is a great slumber party movie and we found it pairs well with a takeout dinner and ice cream shakes.
The movie is written by the same Screenwriters behind Legally Blonde. Anna Faris’s character is similar to Reese Witherspoon’s in personality, but differs in her comprehension abilities. At times when Shelley sounds the most like she isn’t making sense, there is a real reason for her words.
Hugh Hefner makes an appearance as himself, with some of the bunnies at his side. The mansion is also featured in the film.
Did we discover the lesson behind this adorable and motivating movie? “Love is just kindness with its work boots on.” – Shelley in House Bunny
Anna Faris was recently seen in Mama’s Boy and in 2007 and Scary Movie 4 in 2006. She will be coming out in Young Americans and Observe and Report as well as several other films in 2009.
