The Elle Woods sequel sees our hero moving to Washington DC to free her adorable chihuahua Bruiser’s mother from an animal testing facility.
With the help of her usual outgoing golden retriever energy, Elle lands a job with a congresswoman. She makes plenty of friends as usual, and also draws criticism because she’s an outsider. Her direct boss, in particular, is extremely mean and discourages any attention towards “Bruiser’s Bill” and Elle, who is uninterested in helping the congresswoman’s team in their normal work
Although she’s doesn’t have to be as stubborn in overcoming folks’ assumptions about her blonde cheerleader look, in the sequel she definitely faces plenty of obstacles, mostly bureaucratic. The powers that be reject her anti-animal-testing bill for multitudinous reasons, many stemming from regular old fashioned apathy. And unfortunately in real life Congress is one of the most notoriously slow moving bodies in the world, with the possible exception of the DMV
But our Elle soldiers on, creatively and boldly finding a way around every obstacle Washington puts in her way. She has the help of a very knowledgeable and helpful footman who repeatedly helps point her in the right direction, but she is very much the protagonist, leading the team to get the bill on the floor of Congress over and over
She is as likable and indefatigable as ever, and I’m sure you will also enjoy cheering for her as she dodges, ducks, dives, dips, and dodges every hurdle
4.75 / 6 stars
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