THE HOUSE BUNNY stars Anna Faris, without a lot of clothes on, for most of the movie.  That Fact Alone would be enough to get any normal heterosexual guy to not just watch this movie, but add it to his collection.  Oh, and Emma Stone is in it, so let’s double-down. It also happens to be a lot of goofy fun, silly with a nice heart even while being predictable from one end to the other.  Yes, like in most ‘concept’ comedies, strain shows toward the end, but with Faris & Stone on view all is forgiven.

Thought being processed.

Without warning, cruelly cast out of the Playboy Mansion, clue-free bunny Faris discovers a sorority that needs a ‘house-mom’ to shape it, keep its charter and beat out the mean-girls sorority across the street. Also to meet guys. The girls from this loser sorority are, of course, all pathetic nerds…until.  Faris is so cute, so honestly sexy and so damn funny with her killer line readings and dumb-to-perfection expressions that she blows away 90% of the bigger-name, more recognized competition without breaking a nail. She’s a Great comedienne. Stone, on the way up (two more years before Easy A) is all that, just in red. Fun support from the always likable Colin Hanks and a sassy Kat Dennings, with Beverly D’Angelo thrown in to seal the deal.

Hosing imminent.

Faris was praised but the movie was lukewarm received by The Critical Community, who must have felt plagued by having to lighten up. It’s hard to see why someone of any persuasion would not be tickled in one way or another by these razor-smart gals. You do have to deal with a few minutes of Hugh Hefner, but don’t let that unctuous creep put you off Anna, Emma & Kat.

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Those squall-gray snurls too Serious to get with the joke feel free to stomp back to the p.c. aisle. Enjoy the company. Ah, Sexual Politics, where it’s safest to self-debate. Braving hazing, we’ll venture that ogling Faris in a halter and short-shorts for 97 minutes could save you thirty grand and years in therapy.

Done up for $25,000,000, rewarded by $70,400,000 at the boxoffice, #59 in 2008. Directed by Fred Wolf, written by Kirsten Smith and Karen McCulla Lutz. Has a fun soundtrack. With Dana Goodman, Sarah Wright, Katherine McFee, Kiely Willams, Christopher McDonald, Monet Mazur.