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Legally Blonde

Play trailer Poster for Legally Blonde PG-13 Released Jul 13, 2001 1h 36m Comedy Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.
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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.

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Alonso Duralde The Advocate If her dazzling turns in Election, Freeway, and The Man in the Moon weren’t enough to convince you that Reese Witherspoon is one of her generation’s greatest actresses, Legally Blonde will close the deal. Apr 5, 2022 Full Review Christy Lemire Associated Press The movie is a lot like 1995's Clueless, which was also totally cute, in that it has a brain and a heart. And like its heroine, it's a lot smarter than it looks. Oct 25, 2018 Full Review Nell Minow Common Sense Media Bombshell discovers her brainy side in fun romp for teens+. Rated: 4/5 Dec 25, 2010 Full Review Michael D. Reid Victoria Times Colonist (B.C., Canada) Clueless meets Election in this breezy, utterly disposable high-concept chuckler. Rated: 2.5/5 Apr 30, 2024 Full Review Dan DiNicola The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) See this delightfully silly comedy just for the performance of Reese Witherspoon, who, after her Oscar-worthy coup in Election, proves once more that she is for real an American treasure. Rated: B Apr 30, 2024 Full Review Michael Cuby them. Legally Blonde is chock-full of instantly iconic lines, but I’ve always adored the scathing specificity of, “Don’t stomp your little last season Prada shoes at me, honey!” Sep 27, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C Funny in 1 hour and 36 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Sexual References and Language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $96,500,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/04/25 Full Review Jasmin M I mean it’s heaps better than the second one Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/18/25 Full Review Kevin P A sweet and clever spin on the oversaturated "dumb blonde" tropes of the early 2000s that thankfully subverts the tropes we've seen a million times with this kind of setup. Reese Witherspoon is really funny and likable in the main role and avoids most of the cliches of the time. She gets to stay bubbly and traditionally "girly" while still genuinely earning and finding passion into law school. She forms a funny friendship with Jennifer Coolidge without any cliche "makeover scenes" to help her out. Her friend group is supportive and the only cat fight she has turns into another friendship after they both realize they're pawns for the same man. The movie defies objectification of the era without pitting all of its female characters against each other. All while still being a very funny movie with clever courtroom scenes at the very heart of the movie. It's a movie I always dismissed as a kid and assumed it was overrated. But after finally getting to watch it, I can confirm it won me over and I finally get the hype. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/12/25 Full Review thiago s Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, o elenco é bacaninha, e só a Reese whiterspoon ajuda a melhorar o filme, a história é mais ou menos, os personagens sao fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes para fazer o filme ser bom, e o final que o personagem da linda cardelinni admitir ser a culpada foi ruim demais, com tudo isso, eu não recomendo esse filme. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/07/25 Full Review sally k LOVED THIS!!!!!! watched it first time yesterday since I was bored and kept popping up on YouTube shorts to the point I have to watch it. Definitely eased my boredom, Reese was amazing, definitely familiar faces. Definitely a must watch Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/01/25 Full Review Keith N Well, I didn't expect to like this that match. The parts without the goofy girl crap that was in the beginning, it started to become a good movie. Had to watch this for my Film Story Analysis class final. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/22/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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.
Director
Robert Luketic
Producer
Marc Platt, Ric Kidney
Screenwriter
Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith, Amanda Brown
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Marc Platt Productions
Rating
PG-13 (Sexual References|Language)
Genre
Comedy, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 13, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 29, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$96.5M
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, DTS, SDDS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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