Legally Blonde: Critic Reviews

78%

MovieWeb: 1 reviews

68%

RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

59

As an actor of distinction who's all of 25, Reese Witherspoon reveals interesting dark roots even as she plays golden girls.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Stephen Hunter Washington Post (Top Critic)

80

Blondes may or may not have more fun, but in this one case, they certainly provide more fun.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post (Top Critic)

40

Really nothing more than Clueless redux but without the edgy, knowing wit.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Andrew Sarris New York Observer (Top Critic)

Ms. Witherspoon won me over right from the start.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Rick Groen Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

50

They've devised a potentially rich premise, only to play it safe, smoothing off every sharp edge and dumbing down any acerbic point.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Stephanie Zacharek Salon.com (Top Critic)

Starts heading nowhere after the first half-hour, and careers and flounders badly until it gets there.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

80

Bombshell discovers her brainy side in fun romp for teens+.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com

42

"Legally Blonde" is a career misstep for a talented actress capable of creating much more complex characters.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. Goatdog's Movies

60

An agreeable trifle, a fairy-tale piece of fluff that is nevertheless fun and funny.
Full Review » 9 years ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

88

...consistently entertaining and enjoyable.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Tim Riley FilmStew.com

Silly comic fluff with as much substance as a scented resume printed on pink paper. But this movie is deliciously funny.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Harry Guerin RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

80

With Witherspoon donning 40 different hairstyles for her role as the pouty and perky Elle, Legally Blonde is a ditsy and Day-Glo treat.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Robert Bledsoe Film Threat

10

Mrs. Witherspoon is cast well below her considerable talents as an airhead Bel Air brat who has it all.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Brad Laidman Film Threat

80

This is a modern day Capra movie, which means you might be embarrassed to tell your friends you went to see it, but you left the theater with a big smile on your face.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer

50

Witherspoon deserves better than this.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

63

Comes up just short of making a winning case.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jon Niccum Lawrence Journal-World

63

Witherspoon again skillfully plays against her looks. And, as the movie repeatedly points out, that's hard to do when you're blonde.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jeffrey Chen Window to the Movies

70

Soak in Witherspoon's pleasing performance and the good-natured comedy and have a good time.
Full Review » 10 years ago
James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette

Witherspoon makes Elle such an engaging, effervescent personality you can't take your eyes off of her.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Luis Martinez Cinenganos

60

Legally Blonde es solo una comedia inocua que puede hacernos una tarde dominguera mas amena pero nada mas.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

60

Witherspoon quase nos faz ignorar o absurdo da situacao proposta pelo roteiro.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Mark Dujsik Mark Reviews Movies

75

You have to appreciate a movie whose title essentially sums up the whole thing.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jorge Avila Andrade Moviola

63

Se puede ver si se toma como la tipica pelicula dominguera para pasar un rato sentado en la oscuridad de una sala de cine, pero no ofrece nada mas.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Bill Chambers Film Freak Central

50

...Misses a plum opportunity to be the post-Marilyn blonde movie...
Full Review » 11 years ago
John J. Puccio DVDTown.com

70

...a modern fairy-tale fantasy about cliched images and, better, a film that never takes itself, its characters, or its messages too seriously.
Full Review » 11 years ago