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The Weekend Rent: There's Something about Anna Faris
All signs point to What's Your Number? not being the best use of Faris's talent, which is why we've compiled a guide that navigates the highs and lows of this funny lady's career. Most people first took notice of Faris in 2000's Scary Movie, a spoof of teen horror films such as Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Faris played Cindy Campbell—a slapstick role she once told this writer was "an amoeba of a character"—who helped elevate what could have been just another parody flick to something much more in this and its three sequels, all of which are available on both DVD and Blu-ray.
Another one of Faris's best roles is Shelley Darlington, an aspiring Playboy Playmate who lives at the Mansion in The House Bunny. Faris co-produced this pet project in which her character is tricked into leaving the Mansion and ends up becoming a sorority house mother to a bunch of misfit girls on a college campus. Shelley is somewhat clueless and warped after years of frolicking at the Mansion, but her heart is in the right place as she helps the girls attract men's attention and tries to impress Colin Hanks, who somehow keeps a straight face as Faris becomes kookier and kookier on their date. The House Bunny co-stars funny ladies Emma Stone and Kat Dennings and is available on both DVD and Blu-ray.
In other movies, a little Faris goes a long way. She was fun as the lascivious lesbian vet assistant who comes on to the titular character in the horror film May, the Cameron Diaz-ish actress bumbling through a karaoke session in Tokyo in Lost in Translation, a big-haired beauty and one of the only bright moments in Brokeback Mountain, and a woman with a secret crush in My Super Ex-Girlfriend. All of them showcase Faris's unwavering commitment to giving us something to laugh about.
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