Unfortunately, the sequel is a pale-pastel imitation of the original. Director Charles Herman-Wurmfeld struggles to regain the kooky magic of the original, as the fish-out-of-water scenario wears thin.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 19, 2023

Like the first movie, this has some cute gags but collapses like a soggy paper plate, never deciding whether to mock or celebrate the heroine’s shallow materialism.

| Jul 2, 2022

Reese Witherspoon snaps, crackles and shops when she should as the happy-go-lucky fashion victim Elle, but no amount of weapons-grade pep can get this second-hand outfit off the rack.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 11, 2020

It's fluffy. It's fun. It's pink. It's got cute shoes, cute clothes, a cute star and a very very cute dog. Arf!

| Nov 14, 2019

There are a few bright spots along the way, but not enough to prevent this from being declared legally bland.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 1, 2019

This time, Elle's improbable triumphs really are implausible--and way unfunny...as adroit and charming as Witherspoon is--and she gives it her all--she cannot rise above the embarrassingly broad, witless material.

| Mar 13, 2018

| Original Score: B- | Sep 7, 2011

A pointless, tired, sugary, pink and teal affront to Reese Witherspoon, Bob Newhart, any important political cause...Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and—oh, let's just say it—humanity. [Blu-ray]

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 16, 2011

Not as good as the first, but still enjoyable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 25, 2010

This is just embarrassing, a simply and utterly embarrassing attempt to market money from a charming film.

| Apr 29, 2009

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Dec 27, 2007

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Entertaining enough, especially in the last third or so (even when things really go over the top), but it doesn't really offer anything new.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 29, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 16, 2005

| Original Score: 1/10 | Oct 7, 2004

The expression of horror and amazement upon Bob Newhart's face captures, in one split second, the essence of the entire film.

Full Review | Original Score: 0.5/4 | Sep 20, 2004

Legally Blonde II is even smarter than Election. It is a brutal satire of the pop politics with which the Rock the Vote generation deludes itself.

| Jun 13, 2004

'This rehash is a prime example of terminal sequel-itis ...'

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 31, 2004