Friday, February 21, 2025

Movie review: Legally Blonde

The classic Reese Witherspoon romantic comedy made me laugh, despair and cheer for Elle.  And we know we’re supposed to love Elle because she’s constantly effortlessly surrounded by fan girls!  But seriously, Elle’s reputation is deserved; she’s always helping random strangers and is full of beauty and social tips

If you haven’t seen the movie, let me walk you through the plot more linearly, avoiding major spoilers as usual.  Elle starts the movie anticipating her long term boyfriend Warner’s marriage proposal   She is a senior in undergrad, the president of her sorority, and has a great GPA in her fashion major, besides her high profile romantic relationship with Warner

But she’s about to be dealt a major blow, which will soon not be a spoiler, even if you don’t watch the whole movie.  Elle’s resilient reaction to this major life change starts us off, and she continues to resiliently tackle challenges because of how she looks throughout the movie.  Everyone stereotypes her because she’s obviously fabulous, with great shoes and beautiful blonde hair to boot.   

But despite all these judgments, Elle really grows up and starts succeeding in her career due to her hard work, great memory, creativity, perky optimism, generosity and overall likability 

She makes new friends along the way and makes us laugh and root for her

An oldie but a goodie!

5.4 / 6 stars


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