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The House Bunny

The House Bunny

For the girls of ZETA house college life was no party, until Shelley showed up.

20085.71h 37m

Overview

Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women will lose their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu. In order to accomplish their goal, they need Shelley to teach them the ways of makeup and men; at the same time, Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have - a sense of individuality. The combination leads all the girls to learn how to stop pretending and start being themselves.

Directed by Fred Wolf
Written by Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith
Produced by Allen Covert, Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo
Box OfficeBudget: $25.0MRevenue: $70.4M

Top Cast

Anna Faris

Anna Faris

Shelley

Colin Hanks

Colin Hanks

Oliver

Emma Stone

Emma Stone

Natalie

Kat Dennings

Kat Dennings

Mona

Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner

Christopher McDonald

Christopher McDonald

Dean Simmons

Beverly D'Angelo

Beverly D'Angelo

Mrs. Hagstrom

Katharine McPhee

Katharine McPhee

Harmony

Rumer Willis

Rumer Willis

Joanne

Kiely Williams

Kiely Williams

Lilly

Themes & Keywords

virginpregnancycollegeyogabikiniplayboyjailsororitymodelcar washfraternitypledge

About The House Bunny

The House Bunny is a romance, comedy film released in 2008 exploring themes of virgin, pregnancy, college, yoga, bikini, playboy. Directed by Fred Wolf, it stars Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone. Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women will lose their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu. In order to accomplish their goal, they need Shelley to teach them the ways of makeup and men; at the same time, Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have - a sense of individuality. The combination leads all the girls to learn how to stop pretending and start being themselves.

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