The House Bunny is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Fred Wolf and written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith.
The film stars Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, and Emma Stone. It follows the story of Shelley Darlington, a former Playboy bunny who is kicked out of the Playboy Mansion and finds herself at the Zeta Alpha Zeta sorority, where she must teach the girls how to be themselves and stop pretending.
Shelley Darlington, a former Playboy bunny, is kicked out of the Playboy Mansion after a rival gets jealous of her popularity. With nowhere to go, she finds herself at the Zeta Alpha Zeta sorority, where she must teach the girls how to be themselves and stop pretending. The sorority is in danger of losing their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu unless they can sign a new pledge class. Shelley must use her Playboy skills to help the girls become more popular and individualized.
The film features a talented cast, including Anna Faris as Shelley Darlington, Colin Hanks as Oliver, Emma Stone as Natalie, Kat Dennings as Mona, and Katharine McPhee as Harmony. The film was produced by Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions in association with Alta Loma Entertainment and Relativity Media. It was released in the United States on August 22, 2008, by Columbia Pictures.
The film received mixed reviews from critics, but was a box office success, making $70.4 million on a $25 million budget. The film has an approval rating of 43% based on 125 reviews, with an average rating of 5.10/10 on Rotten Tomatoes. The film was also released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 19, 2008, and was included in a 6-movie collection called The Laugh Out Loud Collection with other Happy Madison films in 2013.