Legally Blonde (WS/BD) [Blu-ray]

This is a great family movie, it's funny, quirky and heartwarming. It has a stellar cast and great acting. It is good for all audiences. The movie follows Elle, a prospective lawyer as she navigates law school and her love life.

one of the best "this is gonna suck, it can't be that good" to "THIS IS AWESOME!!!" flips I've ever experienced. I've heard that this film is good, not what you expect, yayah. whatever. I was bored home alone over break, so I tried it. it's a wonderfully honest expectations vs reality. you expect what you get for the first half - pretty girl loses her Boyfriend, decides to win him back, gets in to Harvard (HOW? by sending a video of herself in a bikini *shudders*). blah blah blah. the tipping point for me was the "costume party" - she finally has a word alone with her ex. he basically tells her what the rest of the world has been telling her - she's "too pretty" to be a lawyer. she's hot already, why try for a hard and possibly *gasp!* rewarding goal? she already has the male gaze! *heavy sarcasm* up to this point, she really hasn't been /trying/ to be a lawyer, just the kind of girl the Boyfriend wants. instead of crying/wailing/wanting him back, the movie takes a rad left into "I'm going to beat you at your game, FOR ME." a rare and very good tone to take, if done right. this movie to me is her kicking her personal patriarchy's butt, so I had fun. PS - if the goal is to make some little feminists, I'd go for the 8 to tween range and talk about it after/throughout.

It's disheartening to see all the reviews claiming the lead character 'Elle Woods' in LEGALLY BLONDE is "ditzy". That is so far removed from the truth and I don't want possible buyers led astray. So here's the real deal. First and formost, this is NOT a movie about a "dumb blonde". This movie is about the President of fictional sorority Delta Nu, who is a fashion merchandising major with a 4.0 grade point average. She IS smart when it comes to her field of study and all surrounding subjects. This is proved when she goes with her friends (one of whom, as a result of hanging out in nail salons, speaks fluent Korean!!) to buy the perfect dress for what she thinks will be the night her boyfriend Warner (Mathew Davis from Pearl Harbor) proposes to her. The sales clerk of the botique, thinking Elle must be a dumb blond, tries to pass off an old dress with a propensity to snag as a one-of-a-kind original. Elle quickly, and sweetly, let's her know she is NOT dumb, ditzy or willing to be taken advantage of. When Warner breaks up with her because he needs a serious girl like the "Vanderbilt" one his brother is marrying, she is crushed. But after noticing his soon-to-be sister in law is a law student, she has her plan; she too must attend law school! And from there, we ride a roller coaster of Elle studying for the LSAT's, making her wonderfully inventive admissions video and doing what even Warner was not able to do...get into Harvard Law School On Her OWN Merits! Along the way, we meet Vivian, Warner's new fiancee and Elle's competition, and a whole host of others who will be for or against Elle during her quest to win Warner back. But after a crushing blow or two, Elle soon figures out that actual studying, faith and a seriousness she HAS ALWAYS possessed, is all she needs to survive and prove, Not To Warner, but to Herself, that she Does Indeed Belong at Harvard. She isn't GIVEN a position as helper on a sensation murder case. She EARNS IT with her outspoken and legally on point answers in class. And goes on to prove that Cosmo girls with intelligence and someone who believes in them, can do anything. This movie shows true intelligence, integrity and endurance wrapped up in a fluffy, child friendly "girl power" environment. The fact that my 13 year old Son LOVED the movie says a great deal. So don't believe this is another "dumb blonde" movie. Reese Witherspoon has gained a fan for life in me with this triumphant trip to Harvard that far surpasses anything I've ever seen in the genre. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! :o)

If I were just reviewing the movie "Legally Blonde", I'd probably give it 4 stars. Reese Witherspoon is great, the dialog is fun, the characters are fun, and the plot, while adhering to every formulaic lawyer movie cliche in the book, is nonethless quite enjoyable. Where this DVD really shines, tough, is in the special features. I'm not generally a big fan of DVD special features, but these ones are really worth watching. I especially liked the "trivia track", which adds "pop-up video"-style trivia bubbles throughout the film. Another nice feature was the inclusion of crew commentary in addition to the one by the director and Reese Witherspoon. The crew can give a completely different perspective on the making of any movie, and I'd like to see more DVDs include this kind of material. I also liked "The Hair That Ate Hollywood", a short documentary on what they did to Reese Witherspoon's hair for the movie. I never realized just how much work could go into making a beautiful blonde continue to look like a beautiful blonde, and it makes for an entertaining short. My only complaint on the special features is that they put the supplemental material on the flip side of the DVD, rather than on a second DVD. I would normally like that approach, because I normally don't like the special features, but in this case, it would have been nice to have both parts playable on my DVD changer.

You are either a Reese Witherspoon fan or have seen the movie and enjoyed it. It's a light-hearted movie, and a nice break. Relax and enjoy.

It took a while to get here, but the DVD was in good condition and all is well. Thanks!

This is a favorite movie of mine, a simple feel good romp through the halls of Harvard law. The story is simple yet entertaining, Elle a fantastically airheaded blonde who also happens to have a significant intelligence underneath it all, decided to follow her creepy boyfriend to Harvard after he dumps her to try to win him back by proving she will make a good and intelligent wife. The story follows her adventures and discovery of just how much of a creep he is as well as her phenomenal success in law school. The film transfer is excellent, flawless detail and nice dark blacks keep the movie popping nicely, not too surprising on a relatively recent film mastered to blu ray. The sound is a nice stereo transfer, nothing amazing but it is clear with a clean sound stage and excellent voice clarity, no issues picking out dialogue, no muddy music or sound effects, all is nice and crisp. An excellent transfer all in all.

This movie is well-worth seeing, as it depicts someone who has completely (on the surface) "bought into" a particular way of life, finding herself in a strange world in which she (as what our culture regards) as a "supreme success" finds herself as a misfit. This is Siddhartha, leaving the confines of the surface of life wrapped in the happy illusions of a prince, going out into the world to confront the illusions of her culture, and, surprisingly, even in this tawdry surface world, she is able to discover some of the depth of suffering of humanity. The movie plays up the silliness and contrasts of these surface worlds, but in the end, through her trials, I think we all glimpse something deeper, the wheel of samsara, turning beneath everyone. This unexpected depth, I think, gives this movie a bit of pathos (especially with the superb acting of the main character), that can wake us up and shake us a little.

"Una rubia muy legal",difícil de encontrar en blu-ray y en castellano; todo bien, tiene audio en CASTELLANO. La compré por 5.95 euros.

I absolutely love this film, it's one of my favourites. Brilliant to watch any time, but particularly after a break up.

es típica película para subir el animo. la vi un monton de veces i he querido que la vean mis hijas. nos gusto mucho a todas. ahora la añadido a mi "colección de películas de chicas" (como dice mi marido :) totalmente recomendable.

Ich liebe diese DVD. Leider erst diesen Monat erfahren über Kabel1, dass es so einen lustigen Film mit so viel Herz gibt. Ihr Freund serviert die Haupt-Darstellerin, das blonde, hübsche, sehr gepflegte, immer gut gekleidete „treudoofe Dummchen“ ab. Sie leidet sehr und will nun auf dieselbe Uni, wie ihr EX-Freund aus allerbestem Hause. Besteht die Aufnahmeprüfung an dieser Uni und beginnt ihr JURA-STUDIUM an der HARVARD-Universität. Wow! und sie steht dort ihre Frau in ihrer Lieblingsfarbe Pink gekleidet und wird immer gerne unterschätzt. Ein absolutes Märchen, ich liebe es einfach und ich finde auch ihre Kleidung toll. Und wie sie den Typ abserviert, der plötzlich wieder mit ihr zusammen sein will, weil sie viel erfolgreicher und intelligenter als er, der Loser, ist. Klar, dass sie an der Uni ihre neue große Liebe findet!! Schade, nur ein Märchen, deswegen so Klasse.

I enjoyed this movie a lot. It’s pretty funny.