Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Regina King, Jennifer Coolidge, Bruce McGill, Dana Ivey, Luke Wilson
Certificate: PG
Running time: 95 minutes

The old adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” could rarely be better used than to describe the follow-up to Legally Blonde which was a box-office success a couple of years ago.

The story is extremely similar to the first film, with the “fish out of water” character being played, once again, by Reese Witherspoon. This time around though, Elle Woods (Witherspoon) has graduated from Harvard Law School, and is now a successful lawyer. She has a wedding in the offing, and life is fine.

When Elle stumbles upon the subject of animal testing, she decides that to make a difference she has to change the law. This means going to Congress in Washington. The rest is pretty predictable, as it is very similar to the original.

Witherspoon is charming as Elle, and manages to balance the airhead and academic sides of her character perfectly; something that she perfected in the original. As the central character, she plays it pretty straight, and leaves most of the outrageous gags to the supporting players.

Fans of the first film will find it enjoyable, and there are some funny scenes, but it is too similar to the original, but will no doubt do a good bit of business at the box-office, to justify Reese Witherspoon’s status as one of Hollywood’s top paid females, and further fuel the development of Legally Blonde 3, which is already being discussed