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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Salesrank: 740
Released: November 6, 2001 |
| Our Price: $5.95 |
| Used Price: $2.27 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
She's a California sorority girl who'll do anything to keep her man. Even if it means going all the way... to law school! Reese Witherspoon (Election) stars with Luke Wilson (Charlie's Angels) Selma Blair (Cruel Intentions) Matthew Davis (Pearl Harbor) and Victor Garber (Titanic) in a knock-out comedy with a heart of gold - and hair to match!Elle Woods (Witherspoon) is a California blonde with couture clothes fabulous friends and the hottest boyfriend on campus. So when Warner Huntington III (Davis) suddenly dumps her and heads for Harvard Law School Elle takes matters into her own perfectly manicured hands. She enrolls too! Now getting Warner back should be a snap right? Wrong! Elle's about to begin the toughest fight of her life - for love honor justice and respect for blondes everywhere!Bonus Features: Deleted Scenes 2 Featurettes: "Inside Legally Blonde" & "The Hair That Ate Hollywood" 2 Audio Commentaries Featuring Robert Luketic Reese Witherspoon Mark Platt & Film Crew Hit Music Video "Perfect Day" by Hoku Trivia Track Original Theatrical TrailerSystem Requirements:Starring: Reese Witherspoon Selma Blair Jennifer Coolidge Matthew Davis Victor Garber and Luke Wilson. Directed By: Robert Luketic. Running Time: 96 Min. Color. This film is presented in both "Widescreen" and "Standard" formats. Copyright 2001 Columbia TriStar.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 027616868268 Manufacturer No: M110582
Description of Legally Blonde (Special Edition):
If you've ever doubted how much a star can carry a movie, look no further than Legally Blonde, Robert Luketic's pop fluff about a sorority girl who becomes the reigning brain at Harvard Law School. The film tries way too hard to be pop fluff, but thankfully it also understands the comic glories of Reese Witherspoon. As Elle Woods, the supposedly dimwitted heroine, Witherspoon gives a high-wattage performance that somehow comes across as both lusciously cartoonish and warmly human. It's a radiant comic turn worthy of Marilyn Monroe, and Luketic throws the whole movie at her, even though its intentional kitsch and sledgehammer contrivances don't trust you enough to figure out on your own what might be guilty fun about it. It's a lame movie, essentially, that redeems itself by knowing just enough to keep things sunny and moving right along. The film is content to follow several steps behind the regal Witherspoon, carrying her train. You probably will be, too. --Steve Wiecking
Legally Blonde (Special Edition) Reviews:
Predictable yet Enjoyable 
2008-05-13 - In my 4 decades of movie watching, I don't know if I've ever seen one with a more predictable plot than this one. The writers made no effort to mislead the viewer, unlike movies such as Charade with Audrey Hepburn or Sixth Sense. None the less, Legally Blonde was quite enjoyable thanks to Reese Witherspoon's spirited acting, some good gag lines, Reese's amazing pink wardrobe, her Chihuahua's amazing and often coordinating wardrobe, and clever supporting characters. Unfortunately, the supporting characters like the angry lesbian law student and Raquel Welsh as a pampered wealthy socialite only had a few lines and were pretty much background for Reese Witherspoon, but they did add some interest and amusement. Reese Witherspoon's acting carries this movie and brings it from a mediocre 3 stars to a respectable 4.
Sweertheart of a film! 
2008-01-22 - Legally Blonde is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's not groundbreaking, it has no pretensions of greatness -- but it's absolutely tops for wonderful laughs and a cute chick-lit kind of story.
Legally Blonde is more endearing every time I watch it.
Funny and Witty!
2007-11-16 - Witty and smart is how I'd describe this movie. I'm a big fan of Reese Witherspoon, so she's an added bonus to this movie. I saw this movie once and fell in love with it so I had to buy it. It's so funny and cute at the same time. Definitely a movie to see!
Special Features, missing... BUT all-in-all, a great movie 
2007-10-16 - This DVD version of "Legally Blonde" is corrupt. They SAY it includes many many special features on the box, but when you open it and pop it into your DVD player, it does NOT have these special features:
1) Deleted Scenes
2) 2 Featurettes: "Inside Legally Blonde" & "The Hair That Ate Hollywood"
3) Hit Music Video "Perfect Day" By Hoku
4) Original Theatrical Trailer
What it DOES include, though, is this:
1) 2 Audio Commentaries Featuring Robert Luketic, Reese Witherspoon, Marc Platt & Film Crew
2) a Trivia Track
If you want "the whole enchilada", I strongly suggest you don't buy this DVD. It's a waste of money and a big fake.
On the upside, though, "Legally Blonde" is 'a feel-good girl-power [movie]'. It's one of my favorites and it should be your's too! Some parts are hilarious and the plot is great too. If you just want to buy this DVD/movie just for the sake of enjoying the movie, then I'd say "GO FOR IT!!!!!" :)
A funny piece of pink fluff
2007-09-12 - This funny and fastpaced movie is the best remedy for a rainy day or finding out, like Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon), that your handsome boyfriend Warner Huntington III(Matthew Davis) has just dumped you. The plot is cute and doesn't claim to be "cerebral." There's nothing really to the story beyond the adventures/misadventures of a California Blonde at Harvard Law School. Her snooty, uppercrusty classmates look down their noses at her because of how she dresses, speaks, and acts...to their way of thinking, Elle is laughably unsophisticated and lacking in taste, with neither a history of social progressivism with which to pad her resume nor a sense of genetic superiority. They are certain she doesn't belong at such a distinguished Ivy covered institution as Harvard. Elle, however, is determined to show them that a girl who doesn't wear argyle and loves to get her nails painted when she's under stress can be anything she wants to be. Every bit a funny piece of pink fluff. Enjoy!
