The House Bunny Critic Reviews

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Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites

The movie is a commercial for Hugh Hefner that makes his magazine seem like "Seventeen."Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

The movie flaunts its comedy roots like a messy bleach job.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Michael OrdonaAdd Critic to Favorites

Among the sunnier, funnier films of the year, thanks largely to the zest with which Faris embodies a mental vacuum.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

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.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Peter HartlaubAdd Critic to Favorites

Screenwriters Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith may not have any original ideas, but they write some good lines and have a great actress to deliver them.Read the full review

Slate | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

The movie also has some embarrassing laugh-free stretches, but Faris holds everything together with bubbly intelligence, unexpected line readings, and a few deft pratfalls.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Michael RechtshaffenAdd Critic to Favorites

Manages to stand on its own two skyscraper heels thanks to the comic force of nature that is Anna Faris.Read the full review

The New York Times | Nathan LeeAdd Critic to Favorites

This particular wheel hasn't been reinvented, but at least it gets a nice fresh coat of bubblegum-pink paint and a star to pilot it with aplomb.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Critic to Favorites

Faris has mostly logged time in dire vehicles like The House Bunny, which are dumb-dumb to her smart-dumb.Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

Bunny is fashioned as a bawdy comedy with heart, but its reliance on formula undercuts the amusing moments.Read the full review

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