THIS SUMMER GO BLONDE!

This was the movie that presented Reese Witherspoon as a bona fide movie star more than able to turn a project into a cash cow. She is outstanding as the perky Beverly Hills blonde in pink who follows her ambitious ex-boyfriend to Harvard to study law, just to prove a point.

A well-worn fish-out-of-water formula has been enriched with a contagious optimism and joy, as well as amusing clashes between Witherspoon’s cute character and the strictness of academia.

A subplot detailing a court case that involves the law students is silly, but it’s hard to dislike such an affable movie (which has also come to inspire future law students).

2001-U.S. 96 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed by Robert Luketic. Novel: Amanda Brown. Cast: Reese Witherspoon (Elle Woods), Luke Wilson (Emmett Richmond), Selma Blair (Vivian Kensington), Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge, Holland Taylor, Linda Cardellini, Raquel Welch. 

Trivia: Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron and Alicia Silverstone were considered for the lead role. Later a Broadway musical. Followed by two sequels, starting with Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003).