Legally Blonde
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Movie Reviews of Legally Blonde
Movie Review: Joyce & I Had Great Time; Hubby Would Call Chick Flick
Summary: 5 Stars
.... ...my friend Joyce and I went ...and had a grand time. The number one reason to see the movie is Reese Witherspoon. I've been watching her since her first film, "Man In the Moon," a solid dramatic movie. She showed incredible talent in that film, that continued to show itself in every film of hers to date. This is Witherspoon acting on the entire other end of the spectrum, in very broad comedy, and she pulls it off. She plays Elle, a beauty queen, sorority president and blonde Bel Aire, CA, girl who everyone assumes is a dumb blonde. However, she has a 4.00, albeit in fashion merchandising. When her boyfirend dumps her because she doesn't fit his image for his girlfriend while he's going to Harvard Law School, she applies to the same school and gets in with her 4.0 and high LSATs. She shows up with all of her sorority sensibility and frou frou clothing and accessories and becomes the butt of all the intellectuals' (everyone elses') jokes. How can she get her former boyfriend to see her as an equal at Harvard and will she want him when she does? This is the jist of the movie and it stretches credibility greatly. However, it is a great comic vehicle for Witherspoon and she milks it for all it is worth. When we saw it, it was the #1 movie in the USA and I was so glad that all of her solid work over the years had finally paid off in an enormous hit for her.Movie Review: A great feel-good movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a really good movie. Before I saw it, I thought it was about an annoying ditz pretending to be smart-however, it is now one of my favorite movies. It's also a great movie to watch after getting dumped (trust me, I know this from experience). In Legally Blonde, Elle Woods, a sorority girl who is a fashion major, gets dumped by her boyfriend, Warner, because she is not serious enough for him. She decides to show him that she is indeed serious by going to Harvard Law School. Everyone (especially Warner) assumes she will fail but she gets the ultimate revenge-proving all of them wrong and becoming a great lawyer. Reese Witherspoon was hilarious in this movie. I was laughing the whole time. She is one of those rare people who can be intelligent and funny and still look good doing it. Luke Wilson was also good-a great contrast to Elle's first boyfriend in the movie, Warner. This is a great girl power movie. Even though the whole basis of it seems a little farfetched, it still has several great messages-that everyone has the potential to succeed if they work for it, and not to judge people by appearences. Also, the DVD has a lot of cool extra features (several behind the scenes featurettes and a lot of funny deleted scenes). I actually bought it after renting it because I liked it so much. This movie is great for all blondes (and everyone else, too)!Movie Review: Very, very cute
Summary: 5 Stars
I agree with other reviews that this is a movie you must see if you liked "Clueless." Yet, although Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) acts clueless at times, she is actually very smart. This movie is full of hilarious lines ("whoever said orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed!"), lots of laughs, and a strange view of what college life is about. But Reese Witherspoon, a fantastic actress in my opinion, has another great role in this movie. A dumb blonde who is actually not blonde. A blonde who can do anything. A blonde who will take over the world! Elle Woods, sorority president, fashion major and owner of a chihuahua, expects the love of her life to propose to her, but instead he breaks up with her, telling her that he cannot be with her since she is not a Jackie Kennedy Onasis, but a Marilyn Monroe. Since he is going off to Harvard law with aspirations to be a senator, Elle decides that the way to win him back is to enter Harvard law school as well. And, amazingly, this blonde gets in with a hilarious admittence video and a very impressive LSAT score. Yet, when Elle arrives at Harvard, she realizes that being a lawyer may be more appropriate for her than a Victoria Secrets model. Definately recommend this movie for everyone. It is pretty predictable, but who cares? It still is entertaining until the end.
Movie Review: "lighten up Francis"
Summary: 5 Stars
Laughing out loud funny. Sweet. Nice people winning in the end.
This is a movie of the "summertime popcorn" tradition. Don't try to analyze it legally, socially, sexually, etc., and just enjoy the happy goofiness.
No it's not realistic. If a beautiful blonde in a Porsche shows up at the law school dorm, no guys are going to make "Malibu Barbie" jokes, because they'll be tripping over their tongues to get a closer look. This is just one of a thousand things that aren't realistic or plausible in the movie. So what!?
A girl gets crushed by a jerk. Pulls herself up by her own bootstraps (color coordinated and in the correct fabric, of course). Makes it "her way". And her way happens to be an honest, principled, hard working way. She has a lot of luck and wins in the end, while both delivering lines any "cosmo girl" would be proud of, and realizing that the jerk who dumped her wasn't worth what she went through, but it was a good thing after all.
Life pretty much never works out that way, but man, wouldn't it be great? It's just a fantasy. Enjoy it like the "Princess Bride" or "Stripes".
Full disclosure: I'm a self employed male divorced parent, 15 year consulting engineer/programmer; i.e. I'm pegging the anal retentive meter. If I can love this movie, anyone can. Just "lighten up Francis".
Movie Review: Shiny Blonde Fabulosity On DVD!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the most surprisingly brilliant and funny movies of 2001, and can't be missed on DVD! The deleted scenes are great, and the two behind-the-scenes documentaries are quite interesting (the way the young director was found and hired; the selling of the author's first novel, the pain of having to find just the RIGHT blonde shade for Reese's hair, etc.) The studio has wisely split the extras up on to two sides of the DVD, so that everything can be easily played on any DVD player (some DVD players have trouble playing DVD's that have too much compressed information on them).
There's also pop-up trivia that comes up that tells you all about the making of the movie, history of cast and crew, etc. (You can turn this function off if you just want to watch the regular movie.) As far as the movie goes- Reese Witherspoon turns in yet another spectacular performance. Is she America's new sweetheart? Why, yes! I think she is! This movie was sort of marketed as a stupid, mindless comedy- which is a shame because it's not really that at all. This movie has got a lot of heart and hilarity- great story, acting, EVERYTHING is perfect. Jennifer Coolidge turns in yet another HILARIOUS performance (check her out in "Best Of Show" is you haven't seen that)- she should be a major comedic star soon!