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Hello Cinephiles,
Today we’re talking about the 2001 movie Legally Blonde.

Story
This movie takes the usual narrative of the blonde rich girl being a bitch and turns it on its head. Elle is a genuinely sweet person. It has an interesting mix of awkward college movie and legal drama.
The story is great if a little simplistic. It gets its messages across and aged relatively well.
One of the main messages is that you need to love yourself and be with someone who loves the real you. But there’s one scene where Elle pretends to have had a one night stand to make her friend look like he’s good in bed and didn’t call her after. It makes the mean girl the guy was talking to give him a second chance, but feels contrary to everything else in the movie. If she wouldn’t date him and even went as far as insulting him in public, maybe she’s not worth it.
The legal plot was laughably simple with nice coincidences.
Score: 0.5
Characters
Elle, her sorority friends, and most of the characters are really sweet. The “mean” girl and professor guy are the only ones to do much evolution other than Elle.
The characters are mostly good people and that’s great. However that movie is overwhelmingly white and straight. The few LGBTQI+ or POC characters are dated and disturbingly tone death stereotypes, even for 2001.
Score: 0.5
Dialogue
The dialogue is very exaggerated for each of the stereotypes and other than a few adorable valley-girl sayings from Elle, it’s all pretty meh. However the body language, especially the amused bemusement of Luke Wilson, is pure awesome.
Score: 0.5
Visuals and Music
I really liked the contrast between the gaudy LA style versus the stuffy Boston law school style. It really made the fish out of water story believable. I also love the evolution of Elle’s wardrobe and how it matches her own character development.
I honestly can’t remember the music at all. I know it was there but I can’t remember it. That means it did it’s job.
Score: 0.5
Fun
This movie rolls together mystery, college, romance, humour, and characters that want to genuinely do good in the world. It’s fun to watch.
Score: 1
Overall
This movie is about empowerment and being yourself, even if it doesn’t fit into the stereotype everyone has for you. It’s about doing something you love for yourself.
It’s got a few cringy scenes (Bend and Snap?) but overall it’s a feel good movie that made me feel better about my current stresses and worries.
Final Score: 3 Stars
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