Legally Blonde
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Movie Reviews of Legally Blonde
Movie Review: Reese Owns The Film
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the one that's going to finally do it for Reese Witherspoon. A slight variation on her darkly brilliant comedic turn in the satirical ELECTION, Witherspoon plays Elle Woods, a blonde bombshell concerned as much with her social calendar as her scholastic one. When her boyfriend dumps her upon his entrance to Harvard Law--he wants a "Jackie, not a Marilyn"--Elle is determined to win him back--so she applies and is accepted to Harvard(upon first witnessing her on campus, her ex remarks"YOU got into Harvard Law?!?", to which Elle retorts, "What, like it's hard?"). Among the supporting players, Matthew Davis strikes a nice balance between weasel and nice guy, and Jennifer Coolidge is very funny as Elle's manicurist friend(and used to much better effect here than in the insipid AMERICAN PIE). Also funny is Alana Ubach as one of Elle's old school chums(she delivers several funny one-liners, including a brief, but hilarious, dialogue with an Asian manicurist--spoken in the manicurist's native tongue, no less). As Davis' new fiancee, Selma Blair, that most nondescript of actresses, continues her seemingly endless string of playing one-dimensional, one-note characters(though she's not bad, she has yet to find a role that distinguishes her as anyone with some talent). Witherspoon, of course, literally owns this movie, and hopefully this will serve notice to the uninformed of this actress' stunning comedic skills.Movie Review: Fun film, Outstanding special DVD features
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Movie Review: A Feel-Good Film You'll Watch It Over and Over!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie. It is positive, upbeat, and just plain fun. You will always feel good after watching it. Instead of being the typical rich, snotty, elitish sorrority queen, Reese Witherspoon' s Elle Woods is warm, endearing, funny (especially when she cries during the breakup scene with Warner; her hilarious crying is reminscent of Doris Day's in "Pillow Talk"), and intelligent.
For once the tables are turned and the popular sorrority girl finds herself an outcast with Harvard's staid law school students and professors. But with pluck, determination, and a positive outlook, Elle forges on and eventually wins them over.
The scene where Elle introduces herself to some classmates during Orientation is priceless. After she utters the classic line, "Whoever thought orange was the new pink is seriously disturbed," the reaction from her classmates is absolutely hysterical. I laugh everytime I see it.
The only REALLY dippy-dumb part was the "Bend And Snap" portion. That was really LAME, and really did not fit into the film all that well. To me, that temporarily transformed Elle back into the mindless, air-headed blonde. It just didn't fly.
Other than that portion, this is a cute, fun film. The soundtrack is superb--being from Hawaii, I am a fan of Hoku's music. It's nice to see a local girl make good. (For all of you who don't know, Hoku Ho is Don "Tiny Bubbles" Ho's daughter!)
Movie Review: A Laugh Out Loud Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Legally Blonde is by far one of the funnier movies out there. I never really saw previews for it, I just happened to see it at a friends house and fell in love with it. I just rented it again last night on dvd, and the special features are great too. If you are a fan of Reese's, I definately recommend this movie for you. It shows you both her funny and serious sides. It starts out with Elle in a typical California college, parties and such, and she believes her boyfriend, Warner, is going to propose to her that night. Instead he breaks up with her for someone more serious, if he is going to be a senator, he needs someone a bit more down to earth. Elle is frustrated, and decides to apply to Harvard Law. She somehow manages to get in, but she sticks out like a sore thumb. Her first class doesn't go over too well, and she only finds out that Warner is engaged to some preppy girl. She doesn't make friends very easily at first, and she starts to think law school was a bad idea. Finally, she decides to prove everyone wrong, by getting her act together, and be prepared for her classes. Everything is going great and when a teacher chooses 4 first years to help assist him, Elle is one of them. As it turns out, their client was in Elle's sorority house, only before Elle was there. Elle sets her heart out to win the case, and, well, I'll just let you watch the movie to find out the rest.
Movie Review: This movie was SO not stupid at all!
Summary: 5 Stars
I went into watching "Legally Blonde" with low expectations. I get tired of movies portraying rich valley girl bimbos that have good luck in life because of their looks. Well, now there is sweet revenge because this girl's got a brain!Reese Witherspoon is funny, charming, bright, etc. as Elle Woods, the fashion-design major who sets out to become an attorney to keep her snobby boyfriend Warner. She meets adversity because of her Barbie doll looks and wealthy lifestyle, but she actually sets out to prove that she can work just as hard as everyone else and earn respect and success. How very noble of her.
And the character is worthy of respect. The audience will undoubtedly root for her as she makes her way from being late to class to assisting in a sensational trial. The rest of the cast is great as well, but Witherspoon just can't help but outshine them. One exception might be Selma Blair who gave an excellent performance as the icy classmate who has stolen Warner's affection.
There are plenty of funny, even some ridiculous moments in this movie, most of them involving Elle trying confidently to fit in in Harvard's schoolbook-serious environment. But there is also some drama to keep things interesting. And it's not just a chick flick. It's the kind of movie that both men and women can find humorous. Overall, a nice, lighthearted, enjoyable movie.