Legally Blonde

Name: Legally Blonde
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2001-07-13
Duration: 96 min

Boldly going where no blonde has gone.

20011h 36mcritics 6.8/10

Comedy

Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods has it all, but, she wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But he dumps her before heading to Harvard Law School. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. While there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just good looks.

starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis

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Read from 53 comments (25 from Metacritic, 24 from Reddit, 4 from TMDB reviews) — 4 of them described how it moves.

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Reddit15 read

“half way through the movie it stops being a rom com and becomes a legal courtroom “drama”, and does both exceptionally well”
jackundo▲ 10about 50–100% inread it ↗
“One thing that this movie did well (and the follow up show, Elle, does well also) is that it understands that Elle is naive, slightly dizzy, but not STUPID. She's incredibly smart, but is missing a little bit of common sense and life knowledge Writing a character that is smart, but a little ditzy, is really hard but the movie pulls it off really well”
vanillawafah▲ 59read it ↗
“I've said this before and I'll say it again, this is the movie that should be taught in schools on how to write a script.”
GECollins▲ 42read it ↗
“The chair turn in the salon to reveal Stromwell is still perfect. Amazing what a mentor can do when they push you to be the best version of yourself.”
would_do_again▲ 35read it ↗

Metacritic26 read

“The first ten minutes encompassed the central theme: subversion of stereotypes. This primed the audience for the final conflict resoltion.”
Lahyteabout 0–10% inread it ↗
“Finally, the conflict resolution was great.”
Lahyteabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“A lot of the jokes, especially in the first half land pretty well.”
bradens584about 0–50% inread it ↗
“Any early potential this film has as a comedy gets drowned out quickly by the self-indulgent, preachy whine of "See? Girls can do smart stuff too!"”
CooterPatooterabout 0–33% inread it ↗

TMDB3 read

“An entertaining movie that with the title alone alerts you that it is brazenly silly, though Reese Witherspoon's character Elle Woods has challenges that make you cheer for her. Awkward social situations are well handled by the character and credit to the writers and director for resolving these with good morals. All of the major cast roles are well done.”
gnawboneread it ↗
“Surprisingly funny and good. I was expecting this to be a dumb movie honestly. They did a good job. Yeah she was a blonde and acted like blonde, but she was legally smart at being an attorney.”
Andre Gonzalesread it ↗
“<em>'Legally Blonde'</em> is good. There is plenty of cheese and you can see where the story is heading from basically the get-go, though it is all brought to life by an impressive Reese Witherspoon performance. There are amusing moments, plus it has a pleasantly short run time. Overall, I did find it enjoyable.”
r96skread it ↗

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