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Legally Blonde

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Laughter is the Best Medicine For This Cancer Patient
Review: I'm not going to repeat what everyone else has said. I loved the movie personally, I needed a good laugh as I am undergoing treatment for breast cancer. I especially loved the chihuahua, and ,yes, I own a chihuahua, and now have ideas on apparel for him. It was just one of those movies that tickles you. If you could use a good laugh I highly recommend this movie.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Fun film, Outstanding special DVD features
Review: If I were just reviewing the movie "Legally Blonde", I'd probably give it 4 stars. Reese Witherspoon is great, the dialog is fun, the characters are fun, and the plot, while adhering to every formulaic lawyer movie cliche in the book, is nonethless quite enjoyable.

Where this DVD really shines, tough, is in the special features. I'm not generally a big fan of DVD special features, but these ones are really worth watching. I especially liked the "trivia track", which adds "pop-up video"-style trivia bubbles throughout the film.

Another nice feature was the inclusion of crew commentary in addition to the one by the director and Reese Witherspoon. The crew can give a completely different perspective on the making of any movie, and I'd like to see more DVDs include this kind of material.

I also liked "The Hair That Ate Hollywood", a short documentary on what they did to Reese Witherspoon's hair for the movie. I never realized just how much work could go into making a beautiful blonde continue to look like a beautiful blonde, and it makes for an entertaining short.

My only complaint on the special features is that they put the supplemental material on the flip side of the DVD, rather than on a second DVD. I would normally like that approach, because I normally don't like the special features, but in this case, it would have been nice to have both parts playable on my DVD changer.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: rent, don't buy...
Review: It's a cute movie, don't get me wrong and it's great for pre-teens. But the movie depicts the general blonde stereotypes. The blonde is materialistic and very simple minded. The guy she's seeing doesn't want to see her anymore because she's not serious. To win him back, she applies for an upscale school to study to become an attorney. And eventually gets in the school with mostly her looks but also common sense...logic.

Blondes are stereotyped as dumb but if you think about it they are very logical in their judgments. And in the end Witherspoon's character uses logic to win her case!!

Nice one to rent but, in my opinion, unless you're young...it's not one for keeps.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Too fluffy
Review: I enjoy a great fluff movie as much as the next person, but this was just too over the top. This movie was just too cliche, had too many product placements (hello, Clinique) and was just full of too many holes. I know movies are full of holes, but these were just too big for me to overlook.

One of the holes I had the biggest problem with was that she took the LSATs at the last minute and breezed through it, and then turned around and applied to law school. This all seemed to happen within a few weeks, and this is actually something that takes over six months to do. Since this was actually vital to the plot, I just had a hard time looking past it.

If you want to see a good Reese Witherspoon movie, check out Election.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Tastless, unfunny concoction.
Review: From the flip title which should offend people with or without visual impairment, to the interminable male-bashing, to the gratuitous overuse of four-letter words, this "dumb blonde who's really smart" mess of a movie stands out as one of the poorest big-name efforts in years. Even in the most surreal, over-the-top comedies there has to some grounding in reality and some cohesiveness in storytelling and character development.
This picture needs to be re-edited so as to make it a satire of the kind of militant feminism which seeks to emasculate men and glorify women way beyond necessity. Reese Witherspoon's performance provides enough nuance for such a reworking.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Very Cute, Entertaining
Review: I purchased this DVD and everyone enjoyed it. It's a cute movie. If you liked "Never Been Kissed" with Drew Barrymore, then you should really enjoy this one.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Dear lord no!
Review: (...) If you must see a stupid teen movie, where the heroine is a spoiled valley girl, but smart as a cookie, and twice as annoying this is the movie for you. Otherwise go see a real movie like Empire Records, or even Ten Things I Hate About You.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: People LIKED this movie?!!!!?
Review: I went and saw this with my friend because we had anready seen everything else. By the time the 20 minute mark came we were sitting with our arms in the air saying "Why? Oh why did we waste our money?! WHHYYYY???" (don't ask, we were hyper). I thought it might be cute but it didn't even manage to be stupid in a funny way (like Pearl Harbor). It was pure stupidity. And I understand it was supposed it be...but people liked it?!?! When it got to the "Bend and snap!" part me and my friend were sitting with our head in our hands wishing we had gone to see Moulin Rouge again for the millionth time. But alas the all sacred Moulin Rouge had been bumped by this dumb movie...ggrrr...

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: It's so cute!
Review: When I began watching this movie, I thought it was kind of waste. Silly and unfunny. But it wasn't. Oh, yesssssss! It, really, wasn't. I have enjoyed this movie. Reese Witherspoon is wonderful. She's so beautiful and talented. Of course, it would never become a classics. Screenplay is not original, actors sometimes are overacting, but... But I really LIKE "Legally Blonde". It is one of the brightest pictures, I've ever seen.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Girl Powa and Great fun!
Review: This movie was a nice surprise for me. I was dead set against even renting this movie. Am I glad I did. While I haven't seen Reese Witherspoon in many movies, she is very good in this one. It is the perfect light-hearted movie with an encouraging theme for such serious times as we find ourselves in. Reese shines as a student who goes from a fashion merchandising school in CA then goes to Harvard Law school to get the man of her dreams. Her portrayal of Elle is great because, she never comes off dumb as stereotypes suggest. Au contraire. She comes off as independent, smart and very savvy in the wiles of womanhood. Bravo!

This will go good with the rest of my DVD collection. It will come in handy when I need that pep talk that says....GO GET IT!


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