Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)

Elle Woods heads to Washington D.C. to join the staff of a congresswoman in order to pass a bill to ban animal testing.

Director:

Charles Herman-Wurmfeld

Writers:

Amanda Brown (characters), Eve Ahlert (story),

Stars:

Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Regina King

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Reese Witherspoon	...	Elle Woods
Sally Field	...	Rep. Victoria Rudd
Regina King	...	Grace Rossiter
Jennifer Coolidge	...	Paulette
Bruce McGill	...	Stanford Marks
Dana Ivey	...	Congresswoman Libby Hauser
Mary Lynn Rajskub	...	Reena Giuliani
Jessica Cauffiel	...	Margot
Alanna Ubach	...	Serena McGuire
J Barton	...	Timothy McGinn
Stanley Anderson	...	Michael Blaine
Bruce Thomas	...	UPS Guy
Bob Newhart	...	Sid Post
Luke Wilson	...	Emmett Richmond
Ruth Williamson	...	Madeline Kroft

Storyline

Sassy postgrad Elle Woods is all about animal rights. In fact, she puts her nuptial plans on hold to head to Washington D.C. to get an anti-animal testing bill passed. Her building's doorman quickly shows her the ways and workings of our nation's capital.

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Plot Keywords:

washington d.c. | animal rights | doorman | congresswoman | naivety | 

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Taglines:

This summer. . . justice is blonde.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sex-related humor

Details

Official Sites:

MGM

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 July 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Legally Blonde 2

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$142,902 (Japan) (14 November 2003)

Gross:

$865,378 (Brazil) (28 November 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Marc Platt Productions, Type A Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Reese Witherspoon was pregnant during filming.

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Goofs

When Detective Finchley and Elle talk about finding Bruiser's mother, Elle is holding Bruiser below his paws, and a second later she's holding him above his paws.

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Quotes

Elle: So speak up, America. Speak up for the home of the brave. Speak up for the land of the free gift with purchase. Speak up, America!

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Connections

Referenced in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: Nevada Day: Part 2 (2006)

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Soundtracks

"More Bounce (In California)"
Written by Marc Godfrey
Performed by Soul Kid #1
Courtesy of Handheld Management

User Reviews

Jaw-droppingly awful - one of 2003's worst (*)

The first "Legally Blonde", with its "ditzy girl with a heart of gold does well" storyline was basically a rip-off of "Clueless", but it wasn't bad. It had a funny central idea, more than a few solid laughs, and a really entertaining lead character. This sloppy, lamely plotted, cash-in sequel has none of those things.

Reese Witherspoon, rapidly losing any edginess she used to have, is back as Elle Woods, the pink-loving, fashion conscious lawyer. She's about to get married to her boyfriend from the last movie (played by Luke Wilson) and in trying to invite her dog's parents to the wedding (that's right, her DOG'S PARENTS - remember what I said about the movie being "lamely plotted"?), she finds out that the dog's mother is being held prisoner by a cosmetics company that is pro-animal testing.

So...Elle decides to go to Washington to take on animal testing. And I wish I was in a different theater.

What we have here is a comedy with no good jokes. Not a single one. This movie's idea of "comedy" is for Elle to find out her chihuahua is gay. And then in the very next scene, the chihuahua is wearing a studded leather vest. Sigh.

Also, it's dumb. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but there's a big difference between movies that go about being dumb in a very smart, witty way (see "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle") and a movie like "Legally Blonde 2", which is just plain dopey. The story is idiotic, characters change their minds and motivations for no reason other than to fit into where the plot is going, and everything wraps up in a way that is nauseatingly phony.

I've pretty much given up on Reese Witherspoon. Where is the cool, edgy actress that starred in movies like "Election", "Freeway" and "American Psycho"? Abducted by Hollywood to make useless, vanilla movies like this, apparently.

I, for one, would love to see her character from "Freeway" scare the living s*** out of Elle Woods.