Objection?

Legally Blonde (2001)

Based on the novel of the same name this film is directed by Robert Luketic and stars Reese Withersoon, Luke Wilson and Selma Blair. A superficial, rich girl goes to law school to try and win her ex-boyfriend back.

It is not hard to see what this film is trying to do, hold up a mirror to some of the 90s superficiality as well as show that women do not need to define themselves by the man in their lives but should have their own goals too. The problem is that despite decent goals the film seems to fall victim to it's own superficiality and simplicity. What transformation there is protagonist does not feel especially earned and the ending seems hollow (as well as ridiculous) as the final court case is not won through the protagonist having changed but from what she knew from the start.

2/5