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The House Bunny

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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Michael Ordona
Among the sunnier, funnier films of the year, thanks largely to the zest with which Faris embodies a mental vacuum.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
The picture is sharp, in a warm, fuzzy way, about the ways women can sometimes inflict cruelty on other women in the name of feminism. Feminism doesn't have to be the enemy of kindness, but sometimes -- alarmingly often -- it is.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Nathan Lee
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 Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
The movie flaunts its comedy roots like a messy bleach job.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
The movie is a commercial for Hugh Hefner that makes his magazine seem like "Seventeen."Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
Bunny is fashioned as a bawdy comedy with heart, but its reliance on formula undercuts the amusing moments.Read Full Review »
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Slate: Dana Stevens
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 Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
Despite a winning performance by Anna Faris, the cutest thing in platform shoes since Goldie Hawn, the film falls on its keister so many times that before long the perky pinkness turns bruising black-and-blue.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
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 Full Review »
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