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Top Movies Eight Below Date Movie The Pink Panther Curious George Final Destination 3 Firewall Freedomland When a Stranger Calls Big Momma's House 2 Nanny McPhee New Releases Curious George Final Destination 3 Firewall The Pink Panther Date Movie Eight Below Freedomland Something New Failure to Launch When a Stranger Calls Top Celebs Reese Witherspoon Brad Pitt Paris Hilton Mariah Carey Lindsay Lohan Scarlett Johansson Phil Collins Britney Spears Angelina Jolie Jodie Marsh	Legally Blonde  Release Date - July 13, 2001 Nationwide  Distributor - MGM  Duration - 96 Mins  Type - Comedy  Writer : Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith.  Producer : Marc Platt and Ric Kidney.  Director : Robert Luketic.  Starring : Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Davis, Selma Blair, Luke Wilson and Victor Garber.  Synopsis Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all. She's the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But, there's just one thing stopping Warner (Matthew Davis) from popping the question: Elle is TOO blonde. Growing up across the street from Aaron Spelling might mean something in LA, but nothing to Warner's East-Coast blue blood family. So, when Warner packs up for Harvard Law and reunites with an old sweetheart from prep school, Elle rallies all her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. But law school is a far cry from the comforts of her poolside and the mall. Elle must wage the battle of her life - for her guy, for herself and for all the blondes who suffer endless indignities everyday.  Critic Reviews Elle Woods, well-played here by Reese Witherspoon, would certainly have gone to Debbie Reynolds or Sandra Dee. For this is a mild, somewhat sugary romantic comedy about a young woman with a perky personality who chases the man of her dreams to Harvard Law School only to discover she prefers the law to her knucklehead ex-boyfriend. Predictable, cutesy and surprisingly short on genuine humor, "Legally Blonde" gets by thanks to the magnetic presence of Witherspoon. The MGM film should open well, but whether this "Blonde" has the shapely legs to sustain a long theatrical run in the heat of summer is doubtful. The film could have a modest success in video and cable markets. The perfunctory, implausible setup has Elle, a postfeminist girl with only marriage on her mind after graduation from a Los Angeles university, jilted by longtime beau Warner Harrington III (Matthew Davis). Determined to get elected to the U.S. Senate by age 30, this rich kid on his way to Harvard Law School can't afford the burden of a blond airhead for a wife. Only Elle, while blond, is no airhead. The movie swiftly establishes her as a smart woman but one whose priorities place clothing and nail and hair design far above, say, education or world events. (When a classmate claims to have spent the last two years in Bosnia, Elle remarks that that would explain her hairdo.) Against all logic, Elle immediately gets accepted into Harvard Law School, too -- boy, that was easy. This sets up a cultural clash as Elle's signature pink -- worn by her and her Chihuahua, Moonie -- fails to jibe with the navy-blue blazer world of law school. Clothing certainly means everything in this movie as the filmmakers display a strong bias for blue-collar duds and exuberant flash over upper-class sartorial conservatism. Eager to get the movie out of classrooms and libraries, the second half plunges into an absurd story line that has these first-year law students ditch their books to help a professor defend a woman charged with murder. Young Australian filmmaker Robert Luketic, directing his first feature and perhaps a little out of his depth, plays much of the comedy too broadly. But this undoubtedly springs from desperation as Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith's screenplay lacks any real humor. In Sandra Dee's time, Hollywood could portray innocence with a charming straightforwardness. Nowadays, the strain shows. Unwilling to give their heroine the bad habits and social faux pas of the titular character in "Bridget Jones's Diary" -- to which this movie bears a passing resemblance -- the filmmakers are baffled how to wring humor out of Elle's milk-and-cookies personality. Instead they take tepid potshots at characters' social attitudes, preppy snobbery, spineless behavior and male chauvinism. Several actors do register despite the superficial characterizations in the writing. Selma Blair has a strong presence as Elle's rival for Warner's affections, coming on as a bitch initially, then softening into feminine solidarity with the heroine. Luke Wilson makes an easygoing love interest for Elle, while Victor Garber and Holland Taylor command their classrooms as law professors. Jennifer Coolidge has her moments in the cliche of a "blousy" beautician desperate for male companionship.   For rating reasons : filmrating.com, mpaa.com                                    For Parents : Parentalguide.com
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