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39 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88PremiereSusannah GoraPremiereSusannah GoraIn this sequel, as Elle uses her good-hearted pluck to work toward her goal, Witherspoon is a sheer delight, all charm and light and loveliness; you just want her to win.
- 80Los Angeles TimesManohla DargisLos Angeles TimesManohla DargisElle dresses in shades of sorbet and dolls up her Chihuahua like a bantamweight drag queen, but by fighting the good fight she's also giving alpha girls and women their due, rescuing them from the magazine horror stories and the taint of Hillary.
- 80TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelWe're talking fables, not reality, here, and this is a fine and merry one--"Ms. Woods Goes to Washington"--played to airy perfection by Reese Witherspoon and a light-on-its-feet cast.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleTakes the financially successful formula of "Legally Blonde," the Reese Witherspoon hit from two years ago, and does something unexpected. It fiddles with it, changes it and actually fixes it.
- 40The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottA movie for people who somehow managed to miss the point of the first picture.
- 38Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanWhen Elle Woods watches "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" for inspiration in the middle of Legally Blonde 2, you have to admire the nerve of the people who made this comedy: "Smith" is to LB2 what jumbo jets are to ultralight gliders. But nerve is all they've got.
- 30NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenAs adroit and charming as Witherspoon is--and she gives it her all--she cannot rise above the embarrassingly broad, witless material.
- 30L.A. WeeklyL.A. Weekly"Legally Blonde" was a splashy, wide-screen near musical, a movie made in the spirit of Elle Woods herself. Legally Blonde 2 is Elle Woods' eulogy.
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittA perfectly funny idea -- call it "Ms. Ditz Goes to Washington" -- that's never allowed to take on real comic life. I laughed exactly once.
- 0Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternOne of the strongest arguments yet for making sequels illegal.