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      Legally Blonde

      2001, Comedy/Romance, 1h 36m

      150 Reviews 250,000+ Ratings

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      Though the material is predictable and formulaic, Reese Witherspoon's funny, nuanced performance makes this movie better than it would have been otherwise. Read critic reviews

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      REESE WITHERSPOON stars as Elle Woods in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy. REESE WITHERSPOON (left) and LUKE WILSON star in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy. REESE WITHERSPOON (right) and MATTHEW DAVIS star in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy. REESE WITHERSPOON (right) and JENNIFER COOLIDGE star in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy. REESE WITHERSPOON (right) stars with OZ PERKINS (left), MEREDITH SCOTT LYNN (center left) and KELLY NYKS (second from right) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy LEGALLY BLONDE. REESE WITHERSPOON, ALANNA UBACH (left) and JESSICA CAUFFIEL (right) star in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy. REESE WITHERSPOON (right) and SELMA BLAIR star in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy. REESE WITHERSPOON stars as Elle Woods in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy. REESE WITHERSPOON (right) and "BRUISER" the chihuahua star in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy. REESE WITHERSPOON (right) and "BRUISER" the chihuahua star in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy. REESE WITHERSPOON (right) stars with (L to R) SHANNON O'HURLEY, VICTOR GARBER, and LUKE WILSON in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy. (At table, L to R) REESE WITHERSPOON, LUKE WILSON, ALI LARTER, (Rear of table, first row, L to R) JESSICA CAUFFIEL, ALANA UBACH, MATTHEW DAVIS, and (Second row, left) VICTOR GARBER. REESE WITHERSPOON (top center) and ALI LARTER (bottom center) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy. REESE WITHERSPOON (center) and her sorority sisters in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy. REESE WITHERSPOON stars in Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Pictures' comedy LEGALLY BLONDE. RAQUEL WELCH stars in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy LEGALLY BLONDE. SELMA BLAIR (center) and HOLLAND TAYLOR (right) star in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy LEGALLY BLONDE. ROBERT LUKETIC directs Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy. ROBERT LUKETIC directs star REESE WITHERSPOON in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy. REESE WITHERSPOON and LINDA CARDELLINI (left) star in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' comedy.

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      Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all. She wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But there is one thing stopping him (Matthew Davis) from proposing: She is too blond. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back.

      • Rating: PG-13 (Sexual References|Language)

      • Genre: Comedy, Romance

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Robert Luketic

      • Producer: Marc Platt, Ric Kidney

      • Writer: Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith, Amanda Brown

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $96.5M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

      • Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Marc Platt Productions

      • Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, DTS, SDDS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR

      • Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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      • May 04, 2015

        Movies rarely attack female stereotypes the way Legally Blonde does: it starts out by showing us Elle Woods (played by the energetic Reese Witherspoon) as a rich, early-twenties sorority girl with very little to lose. She's overly-bubbly, overly-perky, and seemingly dim-witted. She checks off just about every stereotype an American blonde girl could possibly have. When she gets accepted into Harvard (a hilarious scene showing the admissions department watching her video essay and finding reasons to admit her just because they think she's hot), she goes with the intention of winning back her ex-boyfriend, Warner. She instead gets herself lost in her pursuit of her law degree, in which she quickly learns to transform her attention to detail (which she uses towards beauty and fashion) into the case she is helping out with. It's not only funny seeing these stereotypes brought to life by Reese Witherspoon and the hilarious characters that she meets along the way, but it was also eye-opening to see her crush her obstacles and name-callers along the way by proving that there is often more than meets the eye. As long as there are breathing women in America, Legally Blonde would remain timeless among the people who can see past "blonde moments".

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      • Mar 21, 2013

        Got made to watch this when I was ill all weekend and if i'm honest it wasn't Nowhere near as bad as I thought, Ok it's silly and poorly acted but I couldn't give it a lower star rating than this.

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      • May 06, 2012

        pretty funny but not one I'll rewatch over and over again

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      • Dec 02, 2011

        Legally Blonde may be great for women, and even I chuckled a few times, but most men probably wont find it entertaining.

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