So The House Bunny is NOT in the same class as Citizen Kane...hell, the House Bunny is not in the same class as The Hangover. That being said, it really is not terrible either.
Starring Anna Faris as the Playboy bunny who gets kicked out of the mansion (via nefarious plans of a rival bunny), the movie is about perceptions, misconceptions and judgments.
Shelley (Faris) has to find a new place to live when she gets kicked out, and she finds a college with a wayward sorority that is about to lose its charter. The girls are misfits, and do not fit in, but Shelley can help. She starts making them up, starts putting on events and starts teaching them how to be social, not social misfits. And it is a lesson these girls sorely need.
But Shelley becomes too good a teacher, and the girls start becoming vacuous airheads, where formerly they held at least some intelligence, despite their anti-personas. So where is the line?
I think that question is what redeems this flick. It asks for a compromise, not selling the sorority sisters out to some mindless sex appeal, but not ignoring the idea that you also have to have some social skills and make the most of the appearance you do have, to make it in this world. And The House Bunny answers that in a reasonable manner...and while it may be a bit predictable, it is also kinda fun.
Faris is fine in the titular role, and the appearance of Hef and the original Girls Next Door adds to the authenticity of the film. All in all a fun and entertaining movie, if much less than a great movie. But who can watch Citizen Kane every night?!
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