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Summary: Great fun!
Review: Reese Witherspoon is hilarious and perfect in her role as a stylish, sorority girl dumb blonde who makes it into Harvard Law school in an attempt to win her boyfriend back. I love the premise of the movie, and there are laughs the whole way through.
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Summary: Unreal!
Review: Elle is a living Barbie doll.She's blonde,perfectly styled,rich and always happy.She is also incredibly sweet.NAturally,she's considered dumb and her snooty law-student boyfriend dumps her for this reaason.To be near him,she enters law school herself.She only makes it in to the class because the instructor hopes to proposition her.Soon,though,Elle is proving that she is smarter than most of them!It is a really fun,great movie that girls love.
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Summary: Light fun.
Review: The formulaic young female blonde is a familar object in American Movies, particularly in recent years; invariably "Clueless," shallow, vain, and blended with a little streak of mean that always gets, in the end, its just desserts.
I watched "Legally Blonde" with low expectations, expecting to see this bit played tirelessly to the hilt. I was pleasantly surprised to see a few unexpected elements added to the standard mix in the character of Elle Woods played so warmly by Reese Witherspoon, the most notable of such elements being intelligence, integrity, and that rarest of things in modern film, a sense of ethics. Witherspoon plays the role finely, with an overweening optimism that breathes real life into a script with almost as many unbelievable plot twists as, say, "The Fugitive." Here however there are no amazing special effects to make up for the plot, unless of course you count Ms. Witherspoon's winning smile, which somehow does more than Harrison Ford can do by jumping off a dam.The rest of the cast is pretty good too: Of special note is Matt Davis, as Werner Huntington III, the boyfriend who jilts Elle for a fellow Harvard Brahminette, played by Selma Blair. Davis plays Warner like a latter day George W. Bush, a mindless self satisfied far overrated automaton who relies on connections and an unearned sense of birthright to push himself far beyond the realms in which he might safely function. Ms. Blair is also especially good as Vivian Kennsington, the new girlfriend, an ice queen before the fall. Also worth noting is a little throwaway role played by Bruce Thomas, the UPS guy. He does it perfectly. Definitely worth watching, even if the plot is preposterous.
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Summary: Did you say "Clueless"?
Review: Instead of a "high school" setting the storyline mentality is in a "college" setting. Definitely a girl flick to watch with the gal pals. If you liked the movie "Clueless" with Alicia Silverstone, then you'll love Reese Witherspoon in "Legally Blonde". It's so like funner! (I've watched it at least 8 times.) It is just a cute and happy story to watch.
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Summary: My New Favorite Movie!!!
Review: This movie is the best!! It's all about girls doing what they want and feeling good about themselves. It makes you feel like you can go out and do anything you want to. I have two daughters (ages 10 & 7) and they love it too. It also has the best music...order the CD too!!!
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Summary: Not as funny as I thought it would be,but still OK
Review: This movie was OK..it wasn't as funny as I thought it would be,though.i wouldn't bother to buy this movie-just rent it if you're curious.it's just about this bimbo girl who goes to law school to get her boy-friend back.it was kind of stupid.there were only a few funny parts(during the murder trial).
Don't waste your money buying this-buy Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter or something!
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Summary: Wonderful Movie!
Review: This movie is one of my all time favorites. The acting is fabulous, Reese Witherspoon is a great actress and she definitely was shining in this roll. Wonderful story line, a great feel good movie.
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Summary: hilarious fish-out-of-water story!
Review: LEGALLY BLONDE is actress Reese Witherspoon's follow-up to her breakthrough performamce in the underrated comedy ELECTION. She once again proves here why she is one of Hollywood's most talented actors. Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) is a carefree young girl who is in love with the man of her life - Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis) when he promptly dumps her when he is accepted into Harvard Law. She decides to quality for enrolment at Harvard in order to win him back. This is a fish-out-of-water story. But Elle is really a metaphor for the everyman, trying to fit into a place that an everyman would be at odds to fit into. Elle goes to Harvard with the shallow idea of trying to please a man and change herself in hopes of doing it. The bigger picture is inspiring and thought-provoking, as well as utterly hilarious! Also featuring Holland Taylor, Victor Garber, Selma Blair, Luke Wilson, Jennifer Coolidge, Ali Larter, Jessica Cauffiel, Alanna Ubach and Raquel Welch. The DVD includes commentary, featurettes, deleted scenes, trivia track, trailers and music videos.
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Summary: Strong cast - weak script = fluffy entertainment
Review: I suspect one's gut reaction to "Legally Blonde" may hinge upon two things: fondness (or lack thereof) for Reese Witherspoon and her frothy LA sorority girl character, to whom this film entirely belongs; and any personal experience with college and/or law school that allows the predictable script to seem funnier or more believeable than it is. The plot is a variation of the fish-out-of-water theme and offers few surprises but some mild laughs. Witherspoon creates a very credible proto-bimbette, and her dynamic expresisons and careful timing wring the most out of every line and reaction. But there isn't anything very challenging about the film's message of "Just be yourself" as a key to success and happiness -- all fine and good when you have money, beauty, and privilege, as Witherspoon's "Elle Woods" does. What Elle is forced to discover in the course of her Harvard Law School adventure is that she has a brain as well, and this along with one massively convenient plot twist after another allows Miss Woods to conquer all by film's end (which is itself the most outrageously convenient and smiley-faced section of the movie). I'll be generous and grant three stars to "Legally Blonde" because it is occasionally clever and has a good heart (like our chirpy heroine) and because Witherspoon is a genuine comedic talent -- comparisons being made to a young Goldie Hawn are, if anything, understated, with Reese showing a much wider range at a far younger age. She is going to have a long and fantastic career, no doubt about it. But this movie is unchallenging and ultimately as filling as a big hank of cotton candy. Nothing wrong with that, but it's no solid meal. And sad to say, in real life, sororities and fraternities are not nearly as egalitarian, supportive, or sweet-natured as depicted in this fantasyland, and the Elle Woods who reside within them are more likely to be intolerant, smug, and elitist jerks and bullies -- just like the villains of this picture, not the good guys. Such is the skewed, rosy-eyed worldview of "Legally Blonde" -- no wonder Elle wears so much pink!
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Summary: Legally Blonde - and very smart...
Review: This was an above average portrayal of what "blondes" tend to go thru in their lives, but to have someone believe in her for who she is while proving to herself she can do it was very heartwarming. I enjoyed it with my husband, my neice's children, and several in-laws. Good entertainment, with a good moral story and a nice finish!
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