The movie starts from The good news is that there aren't nearly as many dumb-blonde jokes in Legally Blondeas one might expect. The bad news is there aren't too many jokes period.
In another era, this film would have been called Tammy Goes to Law School, and the role of Elle Woods, well-played here by Reese Witherspoon, would certainly have gone to Debbie Reynolds or Sandra Dee. For this is a mild, somewhat sugary romantic comedy about a young woman with a perky personality who chases the man of her dreams to Harvard Law School only to discover she prefers the law to her knucklehead ex-boyfriend.
Predictable, cutesy and surprisingly short on genuine humor, Legally Blonde gets by thanks to the magnetic presence of Witherspoon. The MGM pic should open well, but whether this Blonde has the shapely legs to sustain a long theatrical run in the heat of summer is doubtful. The film could have a modest success in video and cable markets.The perfunctory, implausible setup has Elle, a postfeminist girl with only marriage on her mind after graduation from a Los Angeles university, jilted by longtime beau Warner Harrington III ( Matthew Davis) . Determined to get elected to the U.S. Senate by age 30, this rich kid on his way to Harvard Law School can't afford the burden of a blond airhead for a wife.like this the story was make the watcher more interesting.
