Legally Blonde The blonde movie
valley girl
The film, which is seen by many to be part of the Girl Power movement of the late 1990s and early 2000s, is the fictional story of a valley girl's quest to be regarded seriously at Harvard Law School. The film was a Golden Globe Award nominee for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, and Witherspoon's performance also received a nomination. It is number 29 on Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies. The movie's box office success spawned a 2003 sequel, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde. Additionally, Legally Blonde: The Musical premiered on January 23, 2007 in San Francisco and opened in New York City at the Palace Theatre on Broadway on April 29, 2007.
Taglines:
This summer, go
blonde!
Boldly going where no blonde has gone.
Written
by Amanda Brown (novel)
Karen McCullah Lutz (screenplay)
Kirsten Smith (screenplay)
Starring Reese Witherspoon
Luke Wilson
Selma Blair
Jennifer Coolidge
Music by Rolfe Kent
Cinematography Anthony B. Richmond
Editing by
Anita Brandt-Burgoyne (as Anita Brandt Burgoyne)
Garth Craven
Distributed
by MGM
Release date July 13, 2001
Running time 96 minutes
Country
USA
Language English
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Legally Blonde stars Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods, a typical pampered valley girl and president of her sorority at the fictional CULA, the California University of Los Angeles (an intentionally spoofed anagrammed version of the the actual University of California, Los Angeles). Nearing graduation, Elle expects her Harvard Law School bound boyfriend, Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis), to propose to her, but he instead breaks up with her, saying her frivolous lifestyle will hinder a political future. Crushed, Elle decides she must revamp her image by attending Harvard Law and winning back Warner. With an exceptional LSAT score and an unusual application video of her in a bikini, she wins the approval of the admissions board.
Elle is initially met with hostility and skepticism of her abilities at Harvard, and she Warner is already engaged to fellow law student Vivian Kensington (Selma Blair). At a faux costume party that Vivian invites Elle to with a intent of humiliating her. Elle confronts Warner and finds her admission to the school has failed to alter his perception of her. Spurred by dismissive remarks, Elle immerses herself in studies and becomes one of the top students in her class.
Along with Warner and Vivian, Elle is hired as a temp legal assistant in the firm of one of her professors, Callahan (Victor Garber). They are assigned the case of defending a young woman, Brooke Windham (Ali Larter), accused of the murder of her older, wealthy husband. Windham is incidentally a former member of Elle's sorority and fitness instructor, facts to convince Elle of her innocence. Her step daughter and the household's cabana boy Enrique Salvatore attest to finding Windham standing over her husband's dead body.
After Windham refuses Callahan's request for an alibi, Elle visits her in jail where she confides that she was having liposuction at the time of her husband's death. Worried that this would jeopardize her reputation as a fitness instructor, she asks that Elle keep the alibi secret. Elle complies despite pressure from a firm.
To further discredit Windham, Salvatore testifies that he and Windham had been having an affair. Elle reasons that Salvatore is actually gay, given that he is able to correctly identify her shoes as last season Prada. Although Callahan dismisses her claim as speculation, one of his full time employees, Emmett Richmond (Luke Wilson) is convinced and tricks Salvatore into admitting this on the stand.
Callahan has a private discussion with Elle after a session. To her disgust, he reveals he finds her attractive and begins to caress her thigh. Elle angrily storms out and, convinced she will never be taken seriously, decides to return to California. Aafter encouragement from one of her female professors and with Emmett's support, she decides to stay. Emmett informs Windham of Callahan's transgression, whereupon she decides to fire Callahan and place Elle in his stead.
Elle takes over the case under Emmett's aegis. During her cross-examination, the victim's daughter, Chutney Windham (Linda Cardellini), claims to have been taking a shower at the time of the murder, but Elle argues that having had her hair permed that day, a shower would have deactivated the ammonium thioglycolate and ruined her curls. Perturbed by Elle's questioning, the daughter confesses to accidentally shooting her father believing he was a step mother, whom she resented for being the same age.
The end of the film shows Elle graduating two years later at the top of her class with an offer to work at a prestigious Boston law firm. It indicates that Emmett has since quit Callahan's firm to form his own practice, and that he will propose to Elle that night. Warner gets no prestigious job offers or internships, loses his girlfriend and graduates near the bottom.
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Critical and Box
Office reception
The film was met with varied reception from critics, earning
fresh rating of 67% positive ratings in the Rotten Tomatoes compilation of 130
reviews. Most reviews lauded Reese Witherspoon's lead performance even if they
denigrated the merit.
The movie was a unexpected hit after grossing over US$20 million in its opening weekend and ending its run with over US$96 million in the US and more than US$141 million worldwide. It made Witherspoon an A list actress and one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood (she would be paid US$15 million to star in the sequel). After this movie, Witherspoon had a string of hit movies including the sequel Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde, Sweet Home Alabama and Walk the Line which landed her an Oscar for Best Actress for playing June Carter.
Cast
Reese Witherspoon =Elle Woods
Luke
Wilson =Emmett Richmond
Selma Blair =Vivian Thelma Kensington
Matthew
Davis =Warner Huntington III
Victor Garber =Professor Callahan
Jennifer
Coolidge – Paulette Bonafonté
Holland Taylor =Professor Stromwell
Ali Larter =Brooke Taylor Windham
Jessica Cauffiel – Margot
Alanna
Ubach =Serena
Oz Perkins ='Dorky' David Kidney
Linda Cardellini =Chutney
Windham
Bruce Thomas =UPS Guy
Meredith Scott Lynn – Enid Wexler
Raquel
Welch =Mrs. Windham Vandermark
Wayne Federman =Harvard Admissions Counselor
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