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Metascore®55 out of 100 | Mixed or average reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    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

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    Manages to stand on its own two skyscraper heels thanks to the comic force of nature that is Anna Faris. Read full review

  • 70
    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

  • 70
    Variety | John Anderson

    A blissfully broad comedy that should catapult Anna Faris into a singular kind of stardom. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The movie flaunts its comedy roots like a messy bleach job. Read full review

  • 63
    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

  • 50
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott Tobias

    Faris has mostly logged time in dire vehicles like The House Bunny, which are dumb-dumb to her smart-dumb. Read full review

  • 30
    Wall Street Journal | Joanne Kaufman

    Unfortunately, Ms. Faris has neither an adroit script -- House Bunny is a stale collection of dumb bunny jokes -- nor Ms. Witherspoon's wily charm. And the filmmakers do Ms. Faris no favors by inviting comparisons to Marilyn Monroe. Read full review

  • 25
    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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