Boldly going where no blonde has gone.
Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods has it all, but, she wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But he dumps her before heading to Harvard Law School. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. While there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just good looks.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Sep 20236/10
Reese Witherspoon ("Elle") is the archetypal sorority success. Gorgeous, glamorous, clever and dating the most handsome man at her school "Warner" (Matthew Davis). Then, all of a sudden he decamps to law school and leaves his naturally blonde girlfriend behind. She's having none of that, follows him to Harvard determined to win him back from his new sweetheart "Vivian" (Selma Blair) and the battle is on. She goes from being queen of the castle to struggling girl with alarming speed, and as she comes to terms with her new status. she reappraises her sense of priorities - especially when she alights of simple old "Emmett" (Luke Wilson). Not remotely her type, or is he? Perhaps if I were American, I could get more from the "frat" culture that this is predicated on, but I'm not and so it just came across to me as a pushy girl used to getting her own way, having to deal with a few bumps in the road. There is comedy, but it is pretty puerile and one only hopes Harvard has since beefed up it's entrance exams. Witherspoon is good - she evokes well something I found detestable about the character she portrays; but I'm afraid I just found it all just a bit too predictable. By no means the wo
Read the whole review on TMDB - gnawboneon TMDB · Jul 20217/10
An entertaining movie that with the title alone alerts you that it is brazenly silly, though Reese Witherspoon's character Elle Woods has challenges that make you cheer for her. Awkward social situations are well handled by the character and credit to the writers and director for resolving these with good morals. All of the major cast roles are well done.
Read the whole review on TMDB - r96skon TMDB · Jan 20257/10
<em>'Legally Blonde'</em> is good. There is plenty of cheese and you can see where the story is heading from basically the get-go, though it is all brought to life by an impressive Reese Witherspoon performance. There are amusing moments, plus it has a pleasantly short run time. Overall, I did find it enjoyable.
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Cast
- Reese WitherspoonElle Woods
- Luke WilsonEmmetten Richmond
- Selma BlairVivian Kensington
- Matthew DavisWarner Huntington III
- Victor GarberProfessor Callahan
- Jennifer CoolidgePaulette
- Holland TaylorProfessor Stromwell
- Ali LarterBrooke Taylor Windham
- Jessica CauffielMargot
- Alanna UbachSerena
Crew
- Robert LuketicDirector
- Kirsten SmithScreenplay
- Karen McCullahScreenplay
- Amanda BrownNovel
- Anthony B. RichmondDirector of Photography
- Rolfe KentOriginal Music Composer
- Garth CravenEditor
- Anita Brandt-BurgoyneEditor
- Ric KidneyProducer
- Marc PlattProducer
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