<P> The film was released on July 13, 2001, and received positive reviews from critics . The critics' consensus states that "though the material is predictable and formulaic, Reese Witherspoon's funny, nuanced performance makes this movie better than it would have been otherwise". It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy and ranked 29th on Bravo's 2007 list of "100 Funniest Movies". Witherspoon received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress--Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and the 2002 MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance . </P> <P> The box office success led to a 2003 sequel, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, and a 2009 direct - to - DVD spin - off, Legally Blondes . Additionally, Legally Blonde: The Musical premiered on January 23, 2007, in San Francisco and opened in New York City at the Palace Theatre on Broadway on April 29, 2007, starring Laura Bell Bundy . </P> <P> Fashion merchandising student Elle Woods has everything: rich, pretty, popular, a straight - A student, a handsome boyfriend and is president of her sorority Delta Nu . Elle is taken to an expensive restaurant by her boyfriend, the governor's son, Warner Huntington III . She expects Warner to propose marriage, but he breaks up with her instead, reasoning that she is not serious enough for his political aspirations . Her sorority sisters encourage her to pursue him . After reading a magazine article about Warner's brother getting engaged to a socialite, Elle decides to enroll into law school in order to win back Warner . After much effort, Elle scores a 179 out of 180 on the Law School Admission Test . Her score, combined with her 4.0 GPA, admissions essay video, and strong extracurricular activities, gains her admission into Harvard Law School, where Warner has enrolled . </P> <P> Upon arriving at Harvard, Elle's SoCal personality is in complete contrast to her East Coast classmates' personalities, who refuse to take her seriously . She soon encounters Warner and asks him to meet her later after her first class . Elle struggles to keep up with the reading and is unprepared for a lecture, which causes strict Professor Stromwell, as well as another student Vivian Kensington, to berate her and force her out of the class . Outside in the courtyard, Elle meets Emmett, an associate at Harvard who gives her advice on handling each of her professors . She then meets up with Warner but discovers he's engaged to Vivian, the girl who humiliated her in Stromwell's class . Leaving in a huff, Elle finds the nearest salon to ease her anger and meets Paulette, a beautician who befriends her as she herself recollects all the times a man has rejected her . Paulette's dog Rufus has been confiscated from her and is now in the hands of her ex . Elle tearfully tells Paulette her situation and Paulette encourages her to "steal the bastard back ." </P>

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