Legally Blonde
2001
**
Director: Robert Luketic
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Ali Larter
Reese Witherspoon, perky and disarming as always, plays a blonde who is determined to study a law degree in Harvard in order to win back the smug ex-boyfriend who just dumped her. This wish fulfilment comedy has some cute moments but the story is so unbelievably formulaic and the characters so one-dimensional that the whole thing is practically on auto-pilot - there's nothing at risk, either emotionally or intellectually. "This is what happened next"-captions in the end cost the film an additional half a star.
