Film Review: Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
Reese Witherspoon is one of those few Hollywood actresses with enough charm and talent to make a pleasant viewing experience of something that would otherwise be an unwatchable dreck. Yet, some films are so bad that they can’t be rescued by her abilities, just in the case of Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, 2003 comedy directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld.
The film represents the sequel of immensely popular 2001 film Legally Blonde in which Witherspoon played Elle Woods, seemingly bimbo-like, fashion-obsessed and shallow South California woman who defied expectation and thrived at elite Harvard Law School. The plot of the new film is set after Elle’s graduation and begins with her working at Boston law firm and preparing with wedding with her fiancee Emmett Richmond (played by Luke Wilson). However, after learning that the mother of her beloved pet chihuahua Bruiser is used as test subject in lab belonging to powerful cosmetics company, Elle decides to end her law career. Instead she decides to fight for the animal rights, hoping to liberate Bruiser’s mother and, in order to do so, comes to Washington, D.C. where she would work for Congresswoman Victoria Rudd (played by Sally Field). Just like at Harvard, she at first isn’t taken seriously by politicians and their staffers, but gradually her determination and begin to win their hearts and minds.
Apart from being sequel that tries to mechanically repeat the reasonably successful formula of the previous film, the main problem for Legally Blonde 2 is timing. It was made in time when Hollywood tried to pretend it wasn’t too much on the left and gave some thought of pandering to the right side of American political spectrum, including US Congress which was dominated by Republicans. In the world of screenwriter Kate Condell, the top of American political agenda was the issue of animal rights, and not the decision to start destructive war in Middle East made few months before film’s premiere. To make film even more in line with Hollywood social values and “political correctness”, promotion of animal rights were supposed to go hand in hand with gay agenda, with Elle’s beloved dog being revealed as gay. While this might have looked funny and clever on paper, result was terrible use of insulting stereotypes, and, to make things worse, Legally Blonde 2 sacrificed a little humour it could have for the sake of annoying preaching. Witherspoon’s name on poster managed to bring just enough audience to theatres for this film to become minor hit, but Witherspoon herself later went on the record saying that she hated the film and swore that she would never make a sequel again. Most of those who were unfortunate enough to sit through Legally Blonde 2 are likely to agree with her decision.
RATING: 2/10 (-)
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