Legally Blonde Details

Legally Blonde

In the sharply funny LEGALLY BLONDE, Reese Witherspoon gives a glittering performance as Elle Woods, the natural blonde sorority queen who enrolls at Harvard Law School. When she first appears, Elle seems to be no more than the bright cousin of CLUELESS's Alicia Silverstone. Expecting her boyfriend Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis) to propose, she is mortified when instead he says he needs somebody serious as his wife. When Elle discovers Warner's brother is engaged to a law student, she decides to go to Harvard. She studies for the LSATs, submits a video essay--in which she appears in a sequined bikini--and, miraculously, is accepted. At first, Elle is rebuked by Professor Stromwell (Holland Taylor) and is the target of snide comments from other students. But, gradually, it becomes clear that Elle is no fish out of water--she is smarter, more driven, and more likely to survive in the rarefied Harvard atmosphere than anyone else.
Witherspoon gets fine support from Selma Blair as Warner's new fiancee, Jennifer Coolidge as a beautician, Victor Garber as an unscrupulous professor, Ali Larter as a client from Elle's sorority, Holland Taylor, and Luke Wilson as a lawyer fascinated by Elle's unconventional approach. The smart, witty script is by Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith. The first-time director is 28-year-old Australian Robert Luketic.

Starring	Luke Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Victor Garber, Holland Taylor, Ali Larter, Alanna Ubach
Director	Robert Luketic
Studio	MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 32 mins
Certificate
Genres	Comedy
Language	English
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	English, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Croatia, Slovenia, Hebrew
Released	DVD: 11 Mar 2002 Production year: 2001
Format	DVD