Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

This movie essentially takes up where its predecessor left off with "Elle Woods" (Reese Witherspoon) having graduated from the Harvard Law School and now deciding to use her knowledge of the law to attempt to pass an animal-rights bill in Congress. Once again she finds herself completely out of her depth and has to rely on her bubbly personality and charm to the maximum extent possible. Now rather than reveal any more of the plot I will just say that I thought this film was a rather disappointing sequel from the previous movie because it basically relied on many of the same jokes and scenarios as before. That's not to say that this movie didn't have some good parts here and there but-- sad to say--these humorous scenes were simply too few and far between. In short, unless a person is a huge Reese Witherspoon fan I wouldn't recommend this movie because, quite frankly, it just wasn't that good. In any case, I have rated it accordingly. Below average.

I will admit that the first of these films was not as bad as I thought it would be. It did have a certain amount of charm, and at least a vaguely interesting premise. It did stretch credulity a bit, with the ditsy lead graduating from Harvard Law... ...of course, compared to THIS film, that seems outright ordinary! This film completely lacks the scarce positives of the first, with a plot that makes absolutely no sense (she is driven to campaign against animal testing, when she sees that her dog's mum is at a makeup testing facility). Clearly, the message here is to only fight against something when it affects you personally!The acting ranges...well, not a lot really. Reese Witherspoon is still decent as the lead, clearly playing the role with just enough irony to make it tolerable. Everyone else is little more than a walking cliché or character trait. I would not recommend watching this film. Even/especially if you liked the first!

Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) is getting married to Emmett Richmond (Luke Wilson). She goes in search of her dog Bruiser Woods' parents for the wedding. She finds Bruiser's mom being tested on at V.E.R.S.A.C.E. When she objects, she's let go from her law firm. She decides to go to Washington D.C. to change the law for animal testing. She gets to work for fellow alumni Rep. Victoria Rudd (Sally Field).The first movie had the charm of something completely original. I liked the first one enough but this one doesn't have the possibility of taking us by surprise. The idea seems old now. The movie tries to put Elle Woods in the most unlikely place again. So they twist a story out of shape to put her there and make DC out to be something unreal. It isn't quite as funny anymore. At least it's not funny intentionally.

In the first movie, a blonde student became a lawyer in two seconds. Here, the same character is now a lobbyist in Washington.Elle Woods is in Washington to spruik up some support for animal rights; albeit the shallowest possible depiction of animal rights. She wants animal testing for cosmetics banned. The first film was generally watch-able, and the Witherspoon character was enough of a novelty to drive the film ... here the same character is just plain irritating and the scenario's just ridiculous.This is a particularly soulless film, with pointless scenes that just drag on and on. The "gay dog" mini-storyline is just ridiculously lame.Not sure whether I will sit through the whole thing at this point ... you don't really need a crystal ball to work out what will happen, and there's no incentive to bother with it except for the 'so-bad-its-funny' effect.1/10 ... utter ****