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The House Bunny (2008)

Film · 1h 37m · Rated PG-13

Comedy, Romance

A ditzy playmate brings raunchy humor and uplifting whimsy to a sorority of social outcasts.

Feel-good, with big broad humor. A date-night pick at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

Streaming on YouTube (free).

The House Bunny parents guide

For a PG-13, this one goes further: moderate sex and nudity. Beyond that, mild language and no real violence.

Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the PG-13 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.

Scare
Not scary
Jump scares
None noted
Gore
No gore
Violence
No real violence
Sex and nudity
Moderate
Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
Language
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

What is The House Bunny about?

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.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

Yes. It lands on a happy note.

Cast and crew

Directed byFred Wolf
StarringAnna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Kat Dennings, Hugh Hefner, Christopher McDonald

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