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Summary: One of the funniest, most touching films of the year
Review: Alrite, this movie just plain rocks! =) It's one of those feel-good movies that also makes you laugh all the way through. Reese Witherspoon delivers a powerhouse performance as Elle Woods, a ditzy yet lovable blonde who has, for her entire life, never been regarded as the "serious" type. Nobody has ever seen her that way, and that has never bothered Elle before, but it really gets to her when her cocky boyfriend Warner dumps her for that very reason and heads off to Harvard Law School. Thinking that she might still have a chance of winning back Warner's heart, Elle also decides to enroll. Her remarkable imput on things gradually brings her to the head of her class, but throughout most of the movie, love is the one thing she's after. In an attempt to find a "serious" girlfriend, Vivian is Warner's top choice. This girl is serious, all right, and she's Elle's biggest competition. While working on her studies and striving to get Warner back, Elle helps her insecure manicurist find love and works on an important trial case which profiles Brooke Taylor--Elle's biggest fan--suspected guilty of murder. With her evident charm and intelligence, Elle proves herself worthy of being taken seriously, and by the time the movie is over, all you can do is admire her for everything she's done. Reese Witherspoon played the part perfectly, and I can't imagine anyone playing this designated role with more energy and spunk. This is one of those movies that's so bright and funny, it's almost impossible not to like it. Do yourself a favor and watch this movie. It's perfect, no matter what mood you're in. If you need a movie that's gonna lift your spirits and make you laugh, "Legally Blonde" is the one!
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Summary: Clueless Goes to Harvard
Review: In "Legally Blonde," - which could well be re-titled "Clueless Goes to Harvard" - the delightful Reese Witherspoon stars as a ditzy, fashion-obsessed airhead who winds up (through plot complications too elaborate to go through) taking that Ivy League law school by storm. Needless to say, there is not a single believable moment in the film, but that is generally the case with most fish-out-of-water scenarios anyway. What "Legally Blonde" does have is a warm spirit, a bubbly demeanor and a breezy charm that reflect to a tee the personality of its main character.Although the film does not exhibit the same level of comic genius we found in "Clueless," Witherspoon's letter-perfect rendition of the bubblehead stereotype earns the film a great deal of audience goodwill, a factor that helps us to get over some of the movie's flatter moments. For indeed, throughout the course of this tale, we do hit a number of arid stretches where we feel that we should be laughing an awful lot more than we are. In fact, "Legally Blonde" occasionally feels more like a concept in search of a movie than a full-fledged work in its own right. But, just as you are about to give up on it, the filmmakers hit upon a hilarious concept, sight gag or line of dialogue, which help to set the movie back on track. Clearly, Witherspoon is the big selling point of this film. As an actress, she exudes such an air of intelligence, confidence and compassionate goodwill that she invests even her dumb blonde character with those seemingly paradoxical traits. "Legally Blonde" isn't always at the top of its form, but Witherspoon wins the case for the film hands down anyway.
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Summary: I've seen worse!
Review: This definitely was not a bad movie. Although predictable and cheesy at times, I thought the underlying theme of believing in oneself came thru nicely. In this story, Elle seems to be the stereotypical ditzy blonde, but despite her sunny Valley-girlishness is very bright and is burdened by being too pretty to be taken seriously. She makes matters worse for herself and follows a snobbish ex across the country after being dumped for being less than the debutante he thinks he deserves. But, she realized early on that no matter what she did, he would never appreciate her and gave up on him but never gave up on herself. The only down side to the movie is it's overly sweet at times (enough to give you a toothache!).
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Summary: blonde? yes ... hit? no
Review: As "achievement" movies go, this one was barely credible. The star keeps referring to people only treating her as "a blonde with big boobs." Well, her boobs were not that big- but she WAS a blonde. To think that she could change her personality and education level so quickly to pass the LSAT's, well ... you'd have to be blonde to like this show I suppose. ;)
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Summary: "Clueless" - The College years
Review: That could have been the title of this movie. If you liked "Clueless", you'll like this one. It's about a "dumb" blonde who isn't taken seriously buy her boyfriend. So she decideds to go to Harvard Law School to get him back to prove that she's smart enough for him.
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Summary: a feel good comedy
Review: Legally Blonde is the perfect movie to make you feel better. I love the way that Elle (Reese Witherspoon) totally proved everyone wrong about her. This movie proves that blondes are not dumb! Witherspoon has so much charisma!
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Summary: Best Blonde Film Since Clueless
Review: This movie is so fun and cute! I have to admit, as a blonde, I loved Reese as Elle Woods, the cute, sweet California girl who goes to Harvard and proves them all wrong. She tries to get her boyfriend back, but in the end she gains so much more. All I can say is this film has GIRL POWER!!
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Summary: Good, politically incorrect fun
Review: I will confess to a prejudice in favor of this movie: having worked at Harvard for six years as a non-tenure-track junior faculty member, I love to see that tweedy, stuffy old institution take a good skewering, and Reese Witherspoon gives it one in this very entertaining if totally implausible comedy. Reese is Elle Wood, the beautiful Valley Girl whom no one will take seriously because she's too pretty and fashion-conscious for somber, earnest Cambridge, MA, and because her main object in attending law school -- at least when she first arrives -- is to win back her snobbish ex-boyfriend. Will Elle discover that law is her true calling? Will she turn out to be brilliant? Will she amaze everyone in a courtroom scene? Are you kidding, does the sun rise in the east? The courtroom scene is about as plausible as the idea that she'd be allowed to keep her pet Chihuahua in a university residence hall, but hey, who cares? Part of the fun, if you've ever been near Harvard, is that although the Cambridge types are caricatured, they're not exaggerated all that much. I've met the brilliant, eccentric guy with a facial tic, the militant feminist, and a lot of others there. And though I'm no California fashion plate, I was labeled and dismissed as a frivolous female, too, for posting cartoons on my door and having a copy of the Miss Piggy Art Treasures calendar. So it's great to be vicariously vindicated by the beautiful Ms. Witherspoon.
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Summary: Let's All Feel Good
Review: Barbie gets a brain transplant and a new hot pink wardrobe. And, oh yes, goes off to Harvard Law Scool in pursuit of an ungrateful yuppie boyfriend. After the first ten minutes the remainder becomes transparently predictable, but never boring, thanks to Reese Witherspoon who grins winningly through thick and thin. Critiquing a movie like this is pointless. Like cotton candy and Disneyland, it exists in a world of its own with little or no relation to reality. I would have liked the result better had the stereotypes not been crafted by the numbers, as though political correctness can suffice for social conscience. It can't, not even when promoting the worthy cause of feminist empowerment. And somebody should be slapped hard for slotting in the manicurist in such condescending style. Still, pretty, perky Witherspoon glows, making this saccharine bon-bon an easy if lumpy swallow.
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Summary: What a hoot!
Review: You couldn't ask for a better performance than that delivered by Reese Witherspoon. Absolutely charming. A fun film for the family.
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