Reese Witherspoon
stars in this romantic comedy, the feature film debut of award-winning
Australian director Robert Luketic. As a ravishing Miss Hawaiian Tropic,
sorority president, and calendar girl, Elle Woods (Witherspoon) is a big hit
on the campus of her sun-drenched Los Angeles college. She's also got the
perfect boyfriend in Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis), a wealthy East
Coast blue blood. Fearing that his snooty friends and family will never
accept the bubble-headed Elle, however, Warner dumps her before heading off
to graduate law school at Harvard University. Determined to win back her
man, Elle enrolls in the same imposing institution, quickly becoming an
object of scorn and ridicule, especially to Warner's old prep school flame
(Selma Blair). Despite her penchant for malls, makeup, and tanning, Elle is
no dummy and is soon showing elite Ivy League snobs a thing or two about
class, self-confidence, and courtroom victory.
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Cast
Reese Witherspoon ... Elle Woods
Luke Wilson ... Emmett Richmond
Selma Blair ... Vivian 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
Entire castlist @
IMDB
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Vivian
Kensington
Vivian is a stuck-up, bitchy Harvard law-student who plays Warner's
fiancé. From the first day of school Vivian finds Elle a ditz and goes out
of her way to be rude towards Elle. In the middle of the movie she finds out
she respects Elle and warms up to her, which results in a new friendship.
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Selma
says
"In Legally Blonde, I put on a pair of pearls and a big diamond ring and
automatically I'm Vivian Kensington."
"f I have fans they're like 7 year-old girls that I'm like signing their
lunch boxes 'cause they saw Legally Blonde or something. So that's
kind of my fan base."
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Received 59
metascore out of
100 based on 31
reviews @
Metacritic.com
Overall grade
breakdown: A's: 236 15.2% B's: 869 55.9%
Newsweek
USA Today
Entertainment Weekly
More @
Rotten Tomatoes
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DVD Info
Released:
November 6, 2001
Available in DVD Widescreen
Standard EDT, DVDs for the Cure Promotion, & Box Set (1&2)
Bonus Material
- Audio Commentary
1. Robert Luketic Director
2. Crew, Reese Witherspoon Star/Crew
- Trivia
Bonus Material Special Edition:
- Deleted scenes
- Two featurettes: "Inside Legally
Blond" and "The Hair That Ate Hollywood"
- Two audio commentaries featuring
Robert Luketic, Reece Witherspoon, Marc Platt, and film crew
- Hit music video "Perfect Day" by
Hoku
- Trivia Track
- Original theatrical trailer
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talks
Domestic Total
Gross: $96,520,674
Foreign Total Gross: $45,254,005
Opening Weekend: $20,377,426
Widest Release: 2,725
theaters
Production Budget: $18
million
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Awards & Nominations
- 2001 Film - Choice Movie of the Summer - Teen Choice Award -
Teen Choice Awards
- 2002 Best Contemporary Hair Styling - Feature - Hollywood
Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award - Hollywood Makeup Artist and
Hair Stylist Guild Awards
- 2002 Rolfe Kent - BMI Film Music Award - BMI Film & TV Awards
- 2002 Best Comedy Film Nomination - British Comedy Award -
British Comedy Awards
- 2002 Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy Nomination - Artios
- Casting Society of America, USA
- 2002 Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Contemporary
Nomination - CDG Award - CDG Awards
- 2002 Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Nomination -
Golden Globe - Golden Globes, USA
- 2002 Best Movie Nomination - MTV Movie Award - MTV Movie Awards
- 2002 Best Original Score Nomination - Golden Satellite Award -
Satellite Awards
- 2002 Best Family Feature Film - Comedy Nomination - Young
Artist Award - Young Artist Awards
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Links
IMDB -
Official Site -
Wikipedia