Legal Film Review: (Legally Blonde)
Legally blonde, is a believe in yourself romantic comedy that was released in 2001 and directed by Robert Luketic talks about a rich blonde sorority girl by the name of Elle Woods who is a fashion major at a University in LA, who got dumped by the love of her life Warner, because he wanted to “get serious” and basically said that she wasn’t smart enough for him as in “too blonde”. To prove him wrong, Elle applied to Harvard to pursue a career in law, got accepted, and showed him that there lies a formidable brain beneath the blonde hair. Not only is this movie very groundbreaking in terms of its representation of woman but it also shows how looks can be deceiving at times. The movie legally blonde sets many examples for positive portrayals of woman and femininity. One of its main goals was to overthrow the dumb blonde stereotypes and prove that fashion-know is a legitimate interest and does not in any way classify a woman as dumb, catty or incapable. An example of this could be how the movie broke away from the idea that woman’s goals and self worth come from men; when Elle realized that she does not want to be with Warner anymore because he is not good enough for her rather than her not being good enough for him shows how strong and independent she realized …show more content…
The producers were able to trick some viewers into thinking that this movie was about dumb blonde jokes, but little did they know that it would end up being a movie that proves misogynists wrong. The cast in the film were able to do a great job, legally blonde shows very great attention to detailed and has a lot of empowering and feel good moments filled with humor. Even though this movie was released in 2001, the issues in it nearly 15 years later are still questioned in many Hollywood movies and in many ways this movie was ahead of, and in others ideal, of its
Legally blonde, is a believe in yourself romantic comedy that was released in 2001 and directed by Robert Luketic talks about a rich blonde sorority girl by the name of Elle Woods who is a fashion major at a University in LA, who got dumped by the love of her life Warner, because he wanted to “get serious” and basically said that she wasn’t smart enough for him as in “too blonde”. To prove him wrong, Elle applied to Harvard to pursue a career in law, got accepted, and showed him that there lies a formidable brain beneath the blonde hair. Not only is this movie very groundbreaking in terms of its representation of woman but it also shows how looks can be deceiving at times. The movie legally blonde sets many examples for positive portrayals of woman and femininity. One of its main goals was to overthrow the dumb blonde stereotypes and prove that fashion-know is a legitimate interest and does not in any way classify a woman as dumb, catty or incapable. An example of this could be how the movie broke away from the idea that woman’s goals and self worth come from men; when Elle realized that she does not want to be with Warner anymore because he is not good enough for her rather than her not being good enough for him shows how strong and independent she realized …show more content…
The producers were able to trick some viewers into thinking that this movie was about dumb blonde jokes, but little did they know that it would end up being a movie that proves misogynists wrong. The cast in the film were able to do a great job, legally blonde shows very great attention to detailed and has a lot of empowering and feel good moments filled with humor. Even though this movie was released in 2001, the issues in it nearly 15 years later are still questioned in many Hollywood movies and in many ways this movie was ahead of, and in others ideal, of its