Elle is getting married and she wants everyone that’s important to her to be at her wedding, which undoubtedly includes the mother of her best friend and constant companion: her Chihuahua, Bruiser. But when she discovers that Bruiser’s mum is a subject in a cosmetics animal-testing lab, she bends and snaps into action, going to Washington to make animal testing for cosmetic companies illegal. But can Elle change the law and plan the wedding of the century at the same time?
Nup. Sorry. Nowhere near as vibrant or inspiring or just generally good as the first one. I’ll admit that it does harbour some moments of cuteness and comedy, but ultimately this sequel is a bit of disappointing overkill. You know, trying to top the first one and just flopping epically. The only reason I have it in my collection is because it came in a double pack with the first movie, which is the one I really wanted. It’s a matter of value; I was potentially paying no more for two films than for one.
Elle is getting married and she wants everyone that’s important to her to be at her wedding, which undoubtedly includes the mother of her best friend and constant companion: her Chihuahua, Bruiser. But when she discovers that Bruiser’s mum is a subject in a cosmetics animal-testing lab, she bends and snaps into action, going to Washington to make animal testing for cosmetic companies illegal. But can Elle change the law and plan the wedding of the century at the same time?
As is the case with countless sequels, this film tried to outdo its predecessor… and failed. Everything just became way too ditzy and overdone for my liking and it seemed more like a tween film than one where the heroines are all adults out to change things that affect the entire country. You just can’t take it all that seriously. And the dramas and complications, which were basically just the same as in the first film, were roughly slotted in and solved really quickly. Everything happened too fast, too soon and, therefore, caused the audience to just forgo paying attention and just watch mindlessly. That’s not really what you try to do in a film.
All of the original cast are back as well as a few new faces. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Jennifer Coolidge, Dana Ivey, Jessica Cauffiel, Alanna Ubach, Regina King, Bruce McGill, Mary Lynn Rajskub, J Barton, and Sally Field, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde was a trying sequel that just did not scale the lofty heights of the first Legally Blonde. Filled with warmth, fuzziness, comedy, romance, pink, and four legged critters, it’s all right, but it’s not great.
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