The simple truth about Prime Video's Legally Blonde prequel series Elle is that it shouldn't exist in the first place. It's an IP grab of the highest degree: a prequel to a beloved movie that really doesn't need one.
In Legally Blonde, Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) proves herself as a Harvard Law student without sacrificing an ounce of her bubbly pink femininity. To get to that point, she has to push beyond her cushy Los Angeles comfort zone and brave an unfamiliar environment. That she does this is the defining element of her story. What came before was simply the status quo the movie is so eager to break from.Now, Elle posits, Elle (Lexi Minetree) actually went through a similar fish-out-of-water experience in her high school years. That repetition winds up cheapening the value of Elle's decision to attend and eventually thrive at Harvard Law, meaning this prequel winds up clashing with its source material instead of complementing it. That's a shame, because there's a lot of bubbly teen drama fun to be had in Elle, if you can only get past the forced Legally Blonde connection.
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Lexi Minetree and Zac Looker in "Elle."
