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Legally Blonde (2001) Rank 3 Reviews
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Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Blondes may or may not have more fun, but in this one case, they certainly provide more fun. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Newsweek (David Ansen)
If this Popsicle of a movie melts long before it's over, the first half has more good laughs than all of ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Newsweek (David Ansen)
Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)
In a perfect marriage of player and part, Reese Witherspoon is Elle Woods. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)
Cineclub-Filmkritik
Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon, siehe Foto rechts) ist völlig aus dem Häuschen: Ihr Freund Warner (Matthew Dawis) will an diesem Wochenende vorbeikommen. Sie rechnet mit der Verlobung... Doch weit gefehlt: Er macht Schluss. Seiner Meinung nach sind die ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Cineclub-Filmkritik
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JoBlo's Movie Emporium reviews "Legally Blonde"
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A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Witherspoon goes further, pouring so much humor and pizzazz into Elle that she lifts up the whole movie. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Smart screwball comedy that upends the stereotype of the airhead towhead. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
The myth of ‘dumb blondes’ is old and senseless. Even if you could argue successfully that hair colour influences how kids are raised, it’s more than slightly absurd to suggest that it’s also tied to innate intelligence. Yet the myth continues, ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
A featherweight comedy balanced between silliness and charm. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
Imagine the sequel to "Clueless" reconceived as a peroxide "Paper Chase" and punched up with a valley girl version of "My Cousin Vinny" for the climax. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
It's time Reese Witherspoon finally comes to terms with the fact that she could very well be the most appealing comedienne working in films today. If she were to do more comedies and a little less dramas, she might even become a bona fide superstar. Looki ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
The Onion A.V. Club (Nathan Rabin)
A fish-out-of-water comedy so feather-light that it threatens to disappear into the ether, Legally Blonde stars Reese Witherspoon as a wealthy West Coast sorority girl whose ambitious boyfriend dumps her for the sake of his political career. Heartbroken, ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at The Onion A.V. Club (Nathan Rabin)
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"Legally Blonde" is a featherweight comedy balanced between silliness and charm. It is impossible to dislike, although how much you like it may depend on your affection for Reese Witherspoon. She is so much the star of the movie that the other actors seem ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
USA Today (Susan Wloszczyna)
Guilty of inciting a near-laugh riot thanks to an irresistible leading lady whose comic instincts are as impeccable as her manicure. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at USA Today (Susan Wloszczyna)
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Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
It's time Reese Witherspoon finally comes to terms with the fact that she could very well be the most appealing comedienne working in films today. If she were to do more comedies and a little less dramas, she might even become a bona fide superstar. Looki ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Like, ohmygod! Here's a movie which, while being a fun little harmless comedy, turns out to also have some genuine depth behind all the pink faux fur, pop music, manicure sessions and dumb blonde humor. In fact, "Legally Blonde" goes on to illustrate its ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
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digitallyOBSESSED.com (Joel Cunningham)
Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) is firmly cocooned in a world of peroxide. She's president of her sorority, at the head of her class as a fashion major, and dating hunky pre-law stud Warner (Matthew Davis). Just when Elle believes Warner is going to ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Joel Cunningham)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
LA Weekly (Manohla Dargis)
With her ductile physicality and undeniable charm, Witherspoon remains acutely present even when everyone else -- director, writers and cast -- has checked out. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at LA Weekly (Manohla Dargis)
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TV Guide (Stephen Miller)
Witherspoon turns in yet another stellar, nuanced comic performance. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at TV Guide (Stephen Miller)
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www.zelluloid.de review: Natürlich blond!
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Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
She may be follically blond, but as an actor of distinction who's all of 25, Reese Witherspoon reveals interesting dark roots even as she plays golden girls. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Portland Oregonian (Kim Morgan)
Alas, the movie just isn't bouncy, fresh or funny enough. It's just not blonde enough. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Portland Oregonian (Kim Morgan)
Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
Somewhere in that chirpy half-pint frame dwell some meaty comic chops. Goldie Hawn may have found her successor. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Did you hear the one about the blonde? This summer you will. And what you will hear will be bubbly, ebullient praise for "Legally Blonde," a cute comedy as fluffy as the thick, long locks that cascade over star Reese Witherspoon's ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
In any other year, "Legally Blonde" would be simply another bubbly little comedy with a few inspired jokes vigorously mixed in with the fitfully funny, directed with verve in place of style, and lifted out of mediocrity by a sunny, spirited performance ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Boston Globe (Jay Carr)
There's always Witherspoon, swimming upstream and never letting it slow her down. Blindingly purposeful, she's a perky blond tornado. Marilyn Monroe would not only have cheered her on. She'd have learned something. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Boston Globe (Jay Carr)
New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
Like all blond jokes, Legally Blonde is basically meanspirited, and that's when it's funniest. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
A smart comedy about a smart blonde -- that would be a sensation. But a dumb comedy about a smart blonde turns out to be not bad. ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
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Legally Blonde fits into the niche occupied by motion pictures like Clueless, Dick, and Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion - that is to say, films in which an airhead heroine captures our affection and overcomes her vacuous disability to triumph. How ...read the complete Legally Blonde movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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