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Legally Blonde(2001)

Wolff rating: GOOD

Plot summary: College sorority queen gets dumped by her boyfriend, who wants a ``more serious'' woman to marry, so she must follow him to law school.

Biased, pithy comments: This is an odd parody of romance movies---here, the popular, gorgeous blonde with lots of makeup is the heroine, and the spare, dark-haired smart one is the evil nemesis. I think we've come a long way as a society that we can make the shallow beauty queen a sympathetic lead. It's a simple, cute movie without a lot of pretense, and it goes by pretty quick with jokes that hit squarely into middle America. No, it's not edgy or wild, but it's a competently-made comedy that is fun to watch and involves you in its characters. I'd see it.

How many times I have seen it: x1

Starring: Reese Witherspoon, almost alone.
Directed by: Robert Luketic


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