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Legally Blonde 2 - Red, White & Blonde The first Legally Blonde outing is among the most pleasant surprises of the 2000s. A comedy that looks generic bordering on obnoxious on paper proved to be a joyous celebration of kind hearts and laser focus. Wronged by a cheating man, Elle Woods enrolls in law school like any good stalker would. Over the course of her higher education, she comes to realize she could do a lot better and she even convinces another woman of the same. Legally Blonde was a hit with critics (68% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes) and a box office force, with $96.5 million earned against a paltry $18 million budget. Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde is the blueprint example of a cash-in project just as is the case with The Hangover II. There is absolutely no creativity demonstrated beyond the title in combination with its July 4th weekend release date. That’s it. If you don’t like studio crafted jingoism, all that is left from the sequel that is even marginally memorable is a seduction sequence involving gay dogs. That’s not a joke, by the way. A congressional bill’s fate hangs in the balance as a stodgy Representative attempts to make peace with the fact that his dog is homosexual. You probably had a better idea for a movie during your shower this morning (God, I hope you showered this morning) than anyone involved with this project managed during the entire shoot. In spite of the lack of, well, effort by the production team, Legally Blonde 2 earned $90.6 million, only a few million less than its predecessor. This is in spite of reviews that border on being angry enough to try to invade Poland. Only 38% of critics gave the movie thumbs up and its IMDb score of 4.3 is low enough to qualify as a Nicolas Cage movie. And this brings us to…
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