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Oh dear. A
film about blondes proving they're not dumb.
Recipe for
disaster? Don't you believe it. This is great fun and a real turn-up
for the books.
Nigel
Bell
Legally Blonde?
The title hardly sells the film and the images (goofy looking blonde
girls) suggests a movie to be avoided at all costs.
That would be
a criminal mistake. Please, put away all those preconceived notions
(which I managed to do after the first 10 minutes).
If you are down
and need a lift you won't find a better film to help you out of
the gloom.
Elle Woods (Witherspoon)
is the most popular girl around. She's going on a date with long
term boyfriend Warner. He's a dish and, what's more, he's going
to propose marriage.
That's what
Elle and her buddies think so it's an understatement to say she's
disappointed when he dumps her.
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| Try and
take my man and I'll scratch your eyes out |
Elle's too blonde.
Who would take a "senator by the time I'm 30" seriously
with dippy Woods by his side.
Elle determines
to prove Warner wrong by following him to Harvard law school.
It's the age
old story of how the dizzy girl is rejected by all these well to
do, brainy types, but eventually wins them over.
She gets involved
in a high powered murder trial which, with her beauty knowledge,
she manages to crack.
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those dinosaurs behind me darling. |
It's a good
time story with little of the toilet humour associated with films
like American Pie 2. The
crudest you get is lines like "I've got a package" and
"I got a big one for you" (both spoken by a postal worker
in case you were wondering).
A lot of the
film is predictable. For example, you don't have to be a Harvard
graduate to know who Elle will end up with. But that's part of it's
old school charm.
Legally Blonde
is helped by some impressive performances from Reece Witherspoon
and Selma Blair as the horrible Vivian Kensignton. Even Rachel Welsh
turns up.
Funny and uplifting.
Put your troubles behind you.
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