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Legally Blonde
2001
· Movie
· 96 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2694
- IMDb #3331
- Google retired #355
- Rotten Tomatoes #2133
- Metacritic #2605
- Letterboxd #972
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2387
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2371
- Metacritic Critics #2545
- Metacritic Audience #2668
- Criticker #3144
- Douban #682
- Kinopoisk #3039
- AlloCiné #4419
- Trakt #971
Every rating
33–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 33, highest is Google on 94.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A fashionable sorority queen is dumped by her boyfriend for not being "serious" enough. Determined to win him back, she follows him to Harvard Law School. While initially dismissed for her looks and bubbly personality, she defies expectations and uses her unique skills to excel in the courtroom.
Details
- Director
- Robert Luketic
- Writers
- Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith
- Based on
- Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown
- Released
- 13 July 2001
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $18.0M
- Box office
- $141.8M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Golden Globe Awards 2002 | Golden Globe for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Awards 2002 | Golden Globe for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy | Reese Witherspoon | Nominee |
| BMI Awards 2002 | BMI Film Music Award | Rolfe Kent | Winner |
| MTV Movie Awards 2002 | Best Line | Reese Witherspoon | Winner |
| MTV Movie Awards 2002 | Best Dressed | Reese Witherspoon | Winner |
| MTV Movie Awards 2002 | Best Comedic Performance | Reese Witherspoon | Winner |
| MTV Movie Awards 2002 | Best Movie | Nominee | |
| MTV Movie Awards 2002 | Best Female Performance | Reese Witherspoon | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Golden Globe for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy | Reese Witherspoon | Nominee |
| Golden Globe for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
5 nominations, 3 won
| Best Comedic Performance | Reese Witherspoon | Winner |
| Best Dressed | Reese Witherspoon | Winner |
| Best Line | Reese Witherspoon | Winner |
| Best Female Performance | Reese Witherspoon | Nominee |
| Best Movie | Nominee |
BMI Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| BMI Film Music Award | Rolfe Kent | Winner |
Teen Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Choice Summer Movie | Winner |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture | Reese Witherspoon | Nominee |
| Satellite Award for Best Original Score | Rolfe Kent | Nominee |