Legally Blonde

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Summary: It's a funny movie!
Review: I thought this movie was hilarious! I liked the bend and snap part, when everyone in the hair place got up and tried it. I liked how it showed you that if you set your mind to something, you can do it. Elle set her mind to becoming a lawyer and she did. I also like how she always helped people. She helped Brooke out of jail and she got the mail-man and the nail woman together. There was a few things I didn't like though. I didn't like Elle's ex boyfriend. I thought he was ugly and stuck up. I also didn't like when her professor hit on her. But other then that the movie was great!!

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Summary: All about Reese!
Review: Reese Witherspoon turns in a wonderful performance as a person whose worth is determined by her hair color, but it's the whole person that matters. Reese plays someone who is dumped by her boyfriend and laughed at because she considers going to Harvard. Once there she is not taken seriously by anyone except a fellow student who supports her. After receiving a reality check she becomes serious and proceeds to turn harvard on its ear.

This movie is not a classic, but it does show how appearance can affect the way people view you. There are many funny scences throughout the picture and some serious ones also- it was a nice blend. This movie was carried by Witherspoon and it was a great role for her. I would watch this movie again and I recommend to anyone who likes a nice old-fashioned movie.

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Summary: Legally Blonde takes comedy to it's lowest form
Review: It would probably hurt quite a bit to try and think of a film that I have seen in my nineteen years of living that is comically worse and more offensive to me as a viewer for wasting my time in a more pathetic way than MGM's Legally Blonde.
I can imagine the pitch now. Some probably already-accomplished writers looking for a sure win with a predictable and contrived plot based around the seemingly humorous idea of a sweet, blonde, rich girl making it happen at Harvard law. The MGM executive probably told them to throw in a few jokes about shoes and hair coloring, add a cute dog wearing a gucci sweater, and take out the sex scene to gear it toward a wider audience...bam, they had a movie.
Don't get me wrong, I am not usually this disgusted by pointless comedies. I have actually enjoyed a number of them, Billy Madison, Wayne's World, Earth Girls are Easy, all classics in my book. I believe the secret to comedy filmmaking success is all in the writing, and for the love of God, write for an audience with an average intelligence level that surpasses third grade. The main probelem that this film has is the storyline is terribly contrived, ignoring the entire 92 minutes of the film simply to reach the last scene. The comedy in between is poorly crafted, and the jokes are barely even able to be called jokes.
Take for instance a point in the movie when the main character, Elle Woods (played by Reese Witherspoon), discovers an important detail about a witness in a murder trial for which she is interning. The witness claims to have had an affair with the defendent, who is convicted of murdering her husband, and the affair is therefore proving the defendent's discontent with her marriage. Woods discovers that the witness is homosexual after he comments on her Prada shoes, and she quickly informs the cute grad student (played by Luke Wilson) that is assissting in the case of this fact so that they may discredit the witness. This is what she tells him, get this: "He's gay...he knew who made my shoes...gay guys know designers, straight guys don't." Okay, after I regained consciousness from this miraculuous truth of life being so plainly stated, I racked my brain for possible reasons that this premise, presented in this way, would be even remotlely humorous. I came up with nothing, but I did decide that the lack of effort on the writers' part to develop a better joke than...that...is part of the reason why this film is so poor. First of all, the concept that comedy has brought to light in recent years that homosexual males care a great deal more about fashion than do straight males, got old around the fifth episode of Will and Grace. However, If the writers are adament about using this concept in this part of the film, the absolute LEAST they could do is present it in some sort of comedic form. Bluntly stating something in this manner is a form of comedy that can work, but in this case it failed so miserably I barely made it to the restroom in time to puke. I won't even mention the fact that this heroic discovery is hardly enough to discredit the witness testifying, as being homosexual would not exactly make having an affair with the opposite sex and impossible feat.
The fact that I realized after sitting through this film is that Hollywood in cases like these assumes a large portion of it's audience are a bunch of mindless idiots that will enjoy this low, disgraceful form of comedy and laugh at all it's horribly failed attempts at jokes. I resent that assumption, and hope that the more people that don't purchase this film after reading this review are the more lives improved in this sense.
I realized about five minutes into the film that it is impossible to slit my wrists with a DVD case. I was therefore forced to take one for the team, and immediately publish all the reasons why this film should be avoided at all costs.

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Summary: Harvard
Review: This is a great story of what can be accomplished if you believe in yourself. My child now want to go to Harvard because of this movie!

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Summary: First Impression Is Not Always Right
Review: A friend lent me this DVD couple weeks ago and I absolutely had no expectation of the film. The film actually made its theatrical release during the time of the year when box offices tend to slack - after summer and before Thanksgiving-Christmas push. Anyway, the point made is that I'm so darn wrong about this film. The first impression is not always right. Legally Blonde is fun, inspring but not over-done.

Elle (Reese Witherspoon), a graduating fashion marketing major from CULA, had next tried hard for anything in her life. Her well-to-do parents provide. She is home-coming queen and the head of the sorority house she stayed in. She is fashion savy and deeply in love with her boyfriend, Warner Huntington III. Expecting Warner to propose to her on a very romantic date, her boyfriend instead decided to break up with her and leave for Harvard Law School because Elle was not serious and scholarly (well, hmmm...because blonde is usually flashy and flaunty) enough to be his girlfriend and that in order to be a future senator, Warner demanded a woman of more political charisma. Her life collapsed and her dream shattered. Brokenhearted and shattered, Elle realized that her only chance of getting Warner back was to pursue his interest and apply for Harvard Law.

The first part of the film is quite predictable in its plot. What I really come to like about the film is the portrayal of Elle's character. It is inspiring to see her transform through the film. It also surprises many that though a fashion savy, Elle is not some stupid air headed bimbo as her appearance suggests her to be. Elle is likable, amiable, heart-warming, and good-hearted. The part where she befriends with the manucurist and helps her get the dog back really touches me. I'm sure that the audience must have felt for her and wanted to see her succeed among her colleagues in school and win the approval of the Harvard elite. Elle worked hard and exceled in her schoolwork. Later on when she worked as an intern on defending a murder case, she was confused and frustrated about how people didn't take her seriously. The result of that is maturing of her character. Elle herself taught us how our first impression is not always right. I don't want to give away too much of the story just so to ruin your viewing pleasure. But Legally Blonde is a warm comedy that is worth seeing.

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Summary: Worth watching (at least) twice
Review: Don't let yourself be put off by the title, the topic, or the opening scenes. I was expecting to see a movie about someone who embodied all the worst in blondeness, and in whom I would have little in common and for whom I would have little empathy.

Instead, Reese plays a wonderfuly endearing character, and I had to pause several times to recover from laughing so hard.

The movie was funny, uplifting, and had themes about the differences between USA culture on the east and west coast, about the way we sometimes prejudge folks based on their appearance, and about our motives for doing the things we do.

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Summary: Great movie for Courtroom Dramedy fans...
Review: I loved the movie. I thought Reese was wonderful. There are other comic oddities that you catch after viewing the movie a couple of times. It also has a pop-up video version that gives cool information about the movie, the stars and women in general. Overall a really great movie--considering the target audience.

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Summary: Legally Blonde is a triumph!
Review: LEGALLY BLONDE is a triumph film! It is about a Californian college-aged girl named Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon). Elle has the perfect life--she is pretty, has it easy, and has a handsome, intelligent boyfriend. She has her whole future set out. But then, her future dreams are shattered when her boyfriend takes her out to a fancy restaurant and dumps her! He claims that she is not good or serious enough to be his wife, especially since he's going off to Harvard Law School. Furious and outraged, Elle makes plans to go on a road trip to Harvard Law...where she will prove to her boyfriend that she is good enough for him. She somehow gets into Harvard Law and soon discovers that her boyfriend has found someone else. So Elle tries to win him back by becoming the best student at Harvard Law School.

LEGALLY BLONDE is hilarious...a great film and this is a pretty awesome DVD. The DVD for LEGALLY BLONDE includes deleated scenes, 2 featurettes, interviews with Reese Witherspoon and director Robert Luketic, and a trivia-type game. The acting by the entire cast is superb...Reese Witherspoon is probably at her best! The film stars Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, and Victor Gerber. For anyone in need of a good comedy or just a film that will thoroughly entertain you, I strongly suggest LEGALLY BLONDE!

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Summary: Reese again does wonders with poor material
Review: From start to finish, Legally Blonde was an enjoyable piece of brain candy. It is not a profound film, a biting satire, or a gripping drama. It is what it is....fluff. Having been in a sorority before, I know that the film's treatment of Elle's beloved Delta Nu is over the top, but little else is, including her treatment at the hands of the Harvard law student body.

The film has its high points...the liposuction conversation, Elle arriving at Harvard for orientation (Woods, comma Elle), and her conversation with her family about her future. It has its low points as well...and its low points are VERY low indeed. I know Elle needed a friend, but why on earth did they pick a dowdy, stupid beautician to be her friend? My god, that woman was irritating. The "bend and snap" scene shouldn't have just been left out of the film, it should have been burned so it couldn't be included in a future director's cut.

The film is predictable....you know Elle will win back her snobbish boyfriend, you know she'll win over the Harvard elite, and you know going into the film's final scenes that she will easily win the case.

This film is great fun on a dreary Sunday afternoon when there's nothing else on. I wouldn't buy it unless you're a big Reese Witherspoon fan...if you're not, I'd save my money and just rent it from Blockbuster.

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Summary: Believing in Yourself Never Goes Out Of Style!
Review: Legally Blonde is the best movie ever! She's a California
sorority girl who'll do anything to keep her man. Even if it
means going all the way...To law school! Reese Witherspoon(Election), Luke Wilson (Charlie's Angles)Selma Blair(Cruel Intentions, Matthew Davis(Pearl Harbor) star in a very lightweight comedy with heart of gold...and hair to match!
GO BUY THIS MOVIE...NOW!!!