Elle review: Prime Video's controversial Legally Blonde prequel is unironically the best light-hearted comedy of the year — and is a love letter to some of our favorite nineties and noughties movies
Before its launch, I was Elle's biggest hater — but Prime Video's Legally Blonde prequel has blown me away. Lexi Minetree is Reese Witherspoon in a 25-year-old body, bursting with fun, heart, and genuinely hilarious high school mishaps
Pros
- +Lexi Minetree is perfectly cast
- +So, so much fun
- +Genuinely funny script
- +More nineties and noughties cultural reference points than you'd expect
- +Ensemble cast either subverts stereotypes or roasts them
- +June Diane Raphael remains an underrated comedy genius
- +Unexpected LGBTQ+ representation
Cons
- -Elle's inkling for justice still doesn't make complete canonical sense
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