Boldly going where no blonde has gone.
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.
Reese Witherspoon
Elle Woods
Luke Wilson
Emmetten Richmond
Selma Blair
Vivian Kensington
Matthew Davis
Warner Huntington III
Victor Garber
Professor Callahan
Jennifer Coolidge
Paulette
Holland Taylor
Professor Stromwell
Ali Larter
Brooke Taylor Windham
Jessica Cauffiel
Margot
Alanna Ubach
Serena
Osgood Perkins
Dorky David
Linda Cardellini
Chutney Windham
Bruce Thomas
UPS Guy
Meredith Scott Lynn
Enid
Raquel Welch
Mrs. Windham Vandermark
Samantha Lemole
Claire
Kelly Nyks
Arrogant Aaron
Ted Kairys
Gerard
Michael B. Silver
Bobby
Kimberly McCullough
Amy
Director
Robert Luketic
Writers
Kirsten Smith, Karen McCullah, Amanda Brown
Anthony B. Richmond
Director of Photography
Rolfe Kent
Original Music Composer
Garth Craven
Editor
Anita Brandt-Burgoyne
Editor
Missy Stewart
Production Design
Sophie de Rakoff
Costume Design
gnawbone
7/10/2021
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.
Andre Gonzales
7/10/2023
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.
CinemaSerf
9/2/2023
Reese Witherspoon ("Elle") is the archetypal sorority success. Gorgeous, glamorous, clever and dating the most handsome man at her school "Warner" (Matthew Davis). Then, all of a sudden he decamps to law school and leaves his naturally blonde girlfriend behind. She's having none of that, follows him to Harvard determined to win him back from his new sweetheart "Vivian" (Selma Blair) and the battle is on. She goes from being queen of the castle to struggling girl with alarming speed, and as she comes to terms with her new status. she reappraises her sense of priorities - especially when she alights of simple old "Emmett" (Luke Wilson). Not remotely her type, or is he? Perhaps if I were American, I could get more from the "frat" culture that this is predicated on, but I'm not and so it just came across to me as a pushy girl used to getting her own way, having to deal with a few bumps in the road. There is comedy, but it is pretty puerile and one only hopes Harvard has since beefed up it's entrance exams. Witherspoon is good - she evokes well something I found detestable about the character she portrays; but I'm afraid I just found it all just a bit too predictable. By no means the worst from the spate of rom-coms that started off this new millennium, but that doesn't make it good either.
r96sk
1/14/2025
<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.
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