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intereact!Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Regina King, Jennifer Coolidge, and Bruce McGill
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $14.98
Release Date: 2003-11-04
Theatrical Release Date: 2003-07-02
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Run Time: 95 minutes
Format: Array
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 1
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
The winning comic finesse of Reese Witherspoon drives Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde. It's astonishing that the sequel could possibly be daffier than the first movie, but Legally Blonde 2 leaves reality behind like an unflattering outfit. Unemployed lawyer Elle Woods (Witherspoon) sets off to our nation's capitol to ban cosmetics testing on animals, after discovering that her beloved chihuahua's own mother is being used as a test subject. Washington, D.C., becomes a testing ground for Elle's mettle, as she grapples with callous committees, backstabbing representatives, and devious aides to get her bill considered by Congress, with some help from her sorority sisters and her hairdresser friend Paulette (Jennifer Coolidge, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind). Witherspoon bursts with charisma and dazzles with sheer performing skill; she's the comic heir to screwball comedienne Carole Lombard--which is high praise. Also featuring Bob Newhart and Sally Field. --Bret Fetzer2) Description
When Elle (Witherspoon) discovers that her lovable chihuahua Bruiser's mom is locked in a cruel animal testing facility, she heads to D.C. to fight for animal rights, give Washington a makeover and prove once and for all that America really is the land of the free... and the home of the blonde!
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 2.5 out of 5
1) Reese Rocks! [Rating: 4 out of 5]
She's still the one! The second was just as good as the first, and I actually purchased both @ the same time. these movies make me laugh and everyone needs more of that. I wa satisfied with both the price and the prompt delivery.2) Make it stop! [Rating: 1 out of 5]
I knew this was a bad movie. I missed it in the theaters but my wife saw it and said it was just horrible.As one who believes you can't criticize something unless you have seen it or read it; I borrowed the film from somebody.If I had seen this in the theater; I would have been really mad at wasting money. Especially the prices these days.The film seemed to pander rather then tell a story. It tried to relive the past and failed miserably. At the end of the first film; you felt that Elle had matured a little. She regressed in this film. The "oh my gawd" dingy blond was played to the hilt. You just didn't get the savvy moments she would have in the other film.There were many sight gags that were just bad. I didn't even get a chance to laugh. I have a hard time believing that barracuda congresswomen would go for "funky" hair. An arch-conservative NRA President congressman announcing he has a gay dog and is happy about it? Congress having a compliment jar? Gag! I really had to fight the urge to stop the film. Maybe I was hoping it would get better.There were new characters but there was little or no time developing them. Bob Newhart could have been really interesting but nothing really happened. Sally Field could have been interesting as the friend who is really an enemy and yet they couldn't allow that to happen as she eventually turned around.The final fight happens with a speech before Congress. It could have been a great "Capraesk" moment ala Mr. Smith goes to Washington. But it failed.The agony finally ends with Elle getting married and driving off for the honeymoon. Emmet asks here where she wanted to live and she eyeballs the Whitehouse.Luckily this will never happen.The DVD has the usual extras. I tried watching the deleted scenes. Usually, there are some you can argue they should have stayed in the film. This is not the case. They were just bad bad bad!I watched the gag reel and simply yawned.The rest I did not care to see.3) Reese & Sally: What were you thinking?!?! [Rating: 1 out of 5]
Awful! How could you assemble the original cast and still come up with such a turd? Who wrote this thing? It is awful! Reese scored big in the original Legally Blonde, but this one is a rambling mess that attempts to recreate some of the magic and fails miserably. This isn't even worth watching on a rainy afternoon. AVOID!4) Even Bob Newhart Couldn't Save This Sequel [Rating: 2 out of 5]
I loved Legally Blonde, but the sequel was so bad as to approach parody of the first movie. The only bright spot was Bob Newhart in a minor role, but even his performance didn't make this movie worth two hours of my life.5) Red, White & Bland [Rating: 2 out of 5]
I'm a bit at odds with Legally Blonde 2. The tension between the real world and Elle's naivete which constituted the parameters in the first film's dialectic (and which gave it meaning) is here wanting. Her opposition are straw dogs set up to bring Elle's ingenuity into relief. Her artless, winning ways are ridden on the "means and ways committee" of Elle's too easily won-over circle of admirers. They must have all seen her come out on top in the first movie since her accomplishments are cited by Regina King's impressive lawyer early on. The situations are entertaining, but silly (and in some instances tasteless). And that's okay too. Silliness can be entertaining, but not emotionally engaging, and that's where the film breaks ranks from the earlier effort. Witherspoon is still fun to watch in her take-no-prisoners Pollyanna ways that proably sounds a ubiquitous chord. Regina King more than ably fills the shoes of Selma Blair's similarly agonistic role, as an intolerant, envious lawyer who finally lets her inherent decency get the better of her. The movie? Too bad it all seems like a rehash of the first one, at best; at worst, a bit too silly and predictable. Frank De Canio