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Recently graduated from law school and eagerly planning her wedding to Emmett Richmond (Luke Wilson), Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) is happy to be settling into her new life in Boston—and her new job at a big law firm. But an attempt to find the mother of her Chihuahua, Bruiser, (so she can be invited to the wedding, of course) leads Elle to a gruesome realization: Bruiser’s mom is a test animal, locked up and used for testing cosmetics. Determined to set Bruiser’s mom—and other animals like her—free, Elle decides it’s her mission to fight against animal testing.
When her zeal gets her fired from her job, Elle uses her sorority connections to snag a position in Washington, D.C.—the place where she’s positive she can turn a bill into a law and save Bruiser’s mom. But the perky new girl in town has a lot to prove—and she’s got to make a lot of connections and convince a lot of people to help her pass Bruiser’s Bill before her wedding.
As I said in my review, Legally Blonde was a fun brainless comedy. It’s a guilty pleasure if ever there was one. But there definitely is such a thing as too much of a good thing—and this is it. Witherspoon’s naďve blonde perkiness pushes the limits of the annoying meter, and the absurdity of the whole story is just too much to stomach. I made it through the whole movie, but I wouldn’t recommend that anyone else should attempt to do the same. You could just roll your eyes right out of your head.
Legally Blonde was a fun chick flick—in an over-the-top, silly kind of way—but the sequel is so painfully over-the-top that it could possibly cause permanent damage. Don’t risk it.
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