One Big Stereotypical Bunny

Written by Dani

The House Bunny Alright. Raise your hand if you think dumbified chick flicks about becoming your true self should be ousted from the movie formula book. Good grief, I am. Well don’t hold your breath because Sony Pictures is throwing us yet another one.

The House Bunny, starring Anna Faris, is out in theatres this Friday. You can read the studio’s synopsis on their official site, but I thought I would give you the run-down in my own words.

Pretty girl gets tossed into the real world. Comes across pro bono project to assist the socially less fortunate. Finds seven subjects, complete with all the fixings – baggy t-shirts, glasses, pigtails, flannel, no make-up and brown or red hair. Jocks and popular girls mock them for being “different”. Pretty girl sees her opportunity to help others; enter the montage of heels, make-up, pedicures and mini-skirts all in an effort to catch the male eye. In comes unexpected leading man, intelligent and current event savvy, who somehow

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develops an interest in pretty girl. Pretty girl pulls out all the typical flirting stops, but to no avail. Leading man likes the real her. Pretty girl clues into this and poof, epiphany! What guys actually want is not arm candy with no brains, but a smart and confident woman. In the end, I’m predicting they walk off into the sunset with less cleavage and toned-down makeup to find true happiness.

And this is what movie-going girls are watching. Oy vey! While the media often appears to be making efforts to embolden young women, it simultaneously shoves these kinds of films off the assembly line.

Will you go see The House Bunny? What do you think about the ideas it is communicating to audiences, especially young women?