Legally Blonde Collection: Blu-Ray Review
Before “legally Blonde 3” hits theaters early next year, Shout! Factory is brining you the “Legally Blonde” Blu-ray collection which is available this week. When the first film arrived in theaters back in 2001, I doubt many people expected it to become a franchise, but it was a massive hit and it made Reese Witherspoon a star. It was impossible not to fall in love with her performance as Elle Woods, a fashionable California Blonde sorority sister who follows her ex-boyfriend to law school, which she somehow gets accepted into. Yep, it’s a totally far-fetched premise but Witherspoon sells it.
I can’t say that I enjoyed “Legally Blonde 2” as much as the original, but Witherspoon manages to make it at least watchable. Shout! Factory has delivered a beautiful new 4K scan of the first film. There are also new interviews with co-star Jessica Cauffiel for part 1 & 2. If you are a fan of the “Legally Blonde” films (sorry, the 2009 direct-to-DVD spin-off “Legally Blondes” is not included), and don’t already own them on Blu-ray, you may want to pick this set up.
Bonus Features
DISC ONE: LEGALLY BLONDE (2001)
- NEW 4K Scan Of The Original Legally Blonde Camera Negative
- NEW Interview With Actor Jessica Cauffiel
- Audio Commentary With Director Robert Luketic, Actor Reese Witherspoon, And Producer Marc Platt
- Audio Commentary With Costume Designer Sophie de Rakoff Carbonell, Production Designer Melissa Stewart, Director Of Photography Anthony B. Richmond, Screenwriters Karen McCullah Lutz And Kirsten Smith, And Animal Trainer Sue Chipperton
- Deleted Scenes
- Inside Legally Blonde
- The Hair That Ate Hollywood
- Hoku: “Perfect Day” Music Video
- Theatrical Trailer
DISC TWO: LEGALLY BLONDE 2: RED, WHITE & BLONDE (2003)
- NEW Interview With Actor Jessica Cauffiel
- Audio Commentary With Actors Jennifer Coolidge, Jessica Cauffiel, And Alanna Ubach
- Blonde Ambition
- Stars and Stripes, Never!
- Elle’s Anthem
- Deleted Scenes
- Gag Reel
- Leann Rimes: “We Can” Music Video
- Hair Apparent
- Puppy Love
- Pretty In Pink
- Theatrical Trailer
By: Marc Ferman