“I thought Matthew’s favorite holiday tradition was making nativity scenes with Marvel Comics action figures.”
The House Bunny is like Legally Blonde, but with sex appeal. It’s about the characters finding what they are made of and to use it to make a way in the world. And it’s about the bunny costume. But most of all, it’s a remake of Revenge of the Nerds from a woman’s perspective.
Anna Faris plays the eponymous bunny girl, Shelly. She’s kicked out of the Playboy mansion because of some nefarious playmate machinations. She looks for another home wherein the ladies are the best pals, and naturally (sarcasm!) she finds it in a sorority house. The girls of this sorority are the geekiest of the geekiest, worst than omega mus because they can’t even keep more than seven members. Shelly teaches them to be cool and popular. She also learns to be studious and smart from them. But it is all about being true to yourself, and neither the sorority sisters nor Shelly act that way until the script allows them too.
Admittedly, I went for the bunny girl costume. Anna Faris is supposedly Goldie Hawn of the aughts. Maybe, but she needs better scripts and a better leading man than Colin Hanks. The movie was fun, but not funny. Dumb, but not making you dumb while watching it. Stupid, but all in good fun. It’s popcorn for the brain. Too much isn’t good for you.
3 of 5 stars.
