This movie essentially takes up where its predecessor left off with "Elle Woods" (Reese Witherspoon) having graduated from the Harvard Law School and now deciding to use her knowledge of the law to attempt to pass an animal-rights bill in Congress. Once again she finds herself completely out of her depth and has to rely on her bubbly personality and charm to the maximum extent possible. Now rather than reveal any more of the plot I will just say that I thought this film was a rather disappointing sequel from the previous movie because it basically relied on many of the same jokes and scenarios as before. That's not to say that this movie didn't have some good parts here and there but-- sad to say--these humorous scenes were simply too few and far between. In short, unless a person is a huge Reese Witherspoon fan I wouldn't recommend this movie because, quite frankly, it just wasn't that good. In any case, I have rated it accordingly. Below average.

This is a movie that works when you want too see something not very deep. The movie contains some funny jokes and the main characters' way to solve problems is very similar to the first movie. Something that takes down my rating is how homosexuals is displayed as something weird and unnatural. The homophobia is supposed to be laughed at. The characters looks at homosexuality as something horrible, at least at the beginning before the acceptance enters like a brave Disney prince on his white horse to save the day. Embarrassing and not funny at all. The movie does not problematize this at all but rather is it something for the audience to laugh at and identify with. A OK movie but absolutely not a big shot. I would not recommend it.

I had high hopes for this sequel as I found its predecessor refreshingly funny and almost original in Hollywood's seemingly never-ending quest for a genuinely funny chick-flick. This time Reese Wotherspoon's Barbie-Girl Elle Barr (a not so subtle reference to her trainee solicitor occupation) takes on the machinery of Washington over, of all things, an animal cruelty bill. Cue dozens of dogs and their owners descending on the capital to up the cute factor to super-schmaltz level...far more than the rather thin comedy this time can support.The film has far less big, laugh-out-loud moments, in fact, I'm struggling hard to think of one, off hand. Also, as a UK citizen, I found the workings of the US congress to be too confusing to follow and held back the story line. I think the movie was crying out for a big Cruella De Ville type baddie for Elle to contend with when all we get is Sally Field as Elle's congresswoman / employer who does the dirty on her through political chicanery only to capitulate before our pink heroine by the end.Wotherspoon is good to watch as before but brings nothing new to the part either in character development or indeed her wardrobe. Field isn't asked to do much and most of the rest of the cast just get to mug and goof up to the camera, while Bob Newhart, appropriately gets to give us his patented "hangdog" expression in the unlikely part of a well-connected doorman. As usual, the soundtrack offers us snippets of songs for little apparent reason.The wink Wotherspoon gives to the camera at the end as she passes the White House shows that the producers obviously had their eyes on another sequel, but thankfully this has failed to materialise, thus far, at any rate.

I was lucky to see this movie before I saw the first Legally Blonde, and though it was silly, I quite enjoyed it.The "doggy dance" was the funniest bit for me. Never mind the cheerleaders, the guys, especially the big guy in the middle, are great! I replayed that bit about five times and it made me laugh every time.Unfortunately, for every good bit in this movie there is a cringe-worthy one. Like the leather-clad dog couple (sorry, but I don't want to see cute dogs wearing that), the snap cup song (oh my God), and Elle's "hair" speech at the end... I'm easy-going but that was lame. Oh, and that overly done princess desk at the office. No girl over the age of 13 is going to want a desk like that.Actually, this was quite terrible. But if you are going to sit through it, don't despair. Bear with it and eventually the doggy dance will come along! The lighting was also very pretty in this movie. They've made Elle shine in pink and golden light. You could have this playing mutely in the background and it would be something nice to look at every now and then. Also, Reese Witherspoon is very pretty, goes through a lot of yummy costumes and has great hair (though I found out later it was a wig). So, you can enjoy this just don't take it seriously AT ALL.