Richelle Escalante

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“Movie Review: Legally Blonde”

MGM released Legally Blonde, a lighthearted comedy, to theaters across the

country on July 13, 2001. The film went on over $140 million worldwide and launched a
sequel. This is a gentle kind of romantic comedy about a young lady with an adorable
character who pursues the ex-boyfriend that went to Harvard Law School only for her to
find that she likes the law more than her dumbass ex-boyfriend. When I saw the title, I
assumed they were generalizing white people, which could be interpreted as
stereotyping, but the good news is that there aren't nearly as many blonde jokes as
most would assume, which is not as bad as some people might think based on the title.
From "dumb blonde with daddy's plastic" to the end of the movie, our main character
has accomplished more than she could have imagined and grown deeper as an
outcome.
Elle Woods, a postfeminist young lady with solely marriage on her mind after
graduating, dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Warner Harrington III, a confident about
being appointed to the U.S. Warner is on his way to Harvard Law School, who simply
couldn't afford the responsibility of a blond twit for a wife by the age of 30. Elle, despite
her blond hair, is not an airhead. The movie introduces her as a smart lady, but only
prioritize her clothes and nail and hair styling than, say, academic achievement or world
affairs. Opposed to all the opinions, Elle Woods got accepted into Harvard Law School. 
This forms a cultural conflict because Elle's iconic pink contradicts the world of law
school. Clothing is extremely important in this movie, as the moviemakers favor blue-
collar apparel and lavish style over upper-class conservatism.
In the second half of the movie, keen to have the movie out of classroom setting and
libraries, it dives into an outrageous storyline where these first-year law students
dismiss their textbooks to assist a professor in defending a woman accused of murder.
This movie has been my comfort movie ever since the first time I watched it but first-
year law students assisting their professor in trial is absolutely not true but it's a fictional
movie so, it's understandable that they had to that. Throughout the film, I kept smiling,
burst out laughing a few times, and was captivated by the reasoning of the legal case.
Witherspoon flawlessly brought to life this content with her bright personality and rapier
wit. Despite its name and the advertising, this is a film about clever blonds, not stupid
ones, and she is I think using her incredible knowledge in fashion and personal care to
conceal her intelligence.