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Legally Blonde (2001)

Director:
Robert Luketic
COUNTRY
USA
GENRE
Romance/Comedy
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Lovlig blond
RUNNING TIME
96 minutes
Producer:
Ric Kidney
Marc Platt
Screenwriter (based on a novel by Amanda Brown):
Karen McCullah Lutz
Kirsten Smith


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING
Elle Woods Reese Witherspoon ˝
Emmett Richmond Luke Wilson ˝
Vivian Kensington Selma Blair
Warner Huntington III Matthew Davis
Professor Callahan Victor Garber
Paulette Bonafonté Jennifer Coolidge ˝
Dorky David Kidney Oz Perkins
Mrs. Windham Vandermark Raquel Welch

 

Review

This little girl's favourite alternates somewhat clumsily between aspiring intellectualism and bubblegum fantasy, as Reese Witherspoon is the beautiful duckling at Harvard Law. The idea is to toy with stereotypes and how they are perceived (especially in the US), but it's hard not to notice that the film substantiates these stereotypes just as much as it breaks them down. The result is mostly rather silly, but the film has a simple charm that will allure the daydreaming viewer and anyone who finds Reese Witherspoon attractive.

Copyright © 23.12.2007 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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