Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Reese Witherspoon | ... | Elle Woods | |
Sally Field | ... | Congresswoman Rudd | |
Regina King | ... | Grace Rossiter | |
Jennifer Coolidge | ... | Paulette Parcelle | |
Bruce McGill | ... | Stanford Marks | |
Dana Ivey | ... | 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 |
Sassy postgrad Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) 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.
I loved the original Legally Blonde, and I knew going into this movie that it wouldn't be as good as the original. My only solace lies in the thought that this could have been so much worse than it was.
First, LB2 relied too much on the Elle-Woods-Fish-Out-Of-Water plot. It should have portrayed the main character as being savvy enough to take advantage of the fact that her opponents always underestimated her. After all, she's been out of law school a couple of years already, surely she'd have learned that much, right?
Second, the plot itself was too contrived. There wasn't a single believable character in the show, and Witherspoon was just a caricature of the original movie's heroine.
But I still managed to enjoy most of the show. I even chuckled in a couple of scenes. But I winced at far too many other scenes, and the climactic speech to Congress was abominable.
I've seen worse remakes than this, but I think the producers missed an opportunity to make a good film instead of a knock-off.