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'Legally Blondes' is a 2009 American direct-to-DVD comedy film. It is a spin-off of the 'Legally Blonde' film series. It was directed by Savage Steve Holland and co-produced by Reese Witherspoon, who played Elle Woods in the first two 'Legally Blonde' films. The film stars Camilla and Rebecca Rosso as Elle's British twin cousins.

The film was released on DVD on April 28, 2009, and aired on ABC Family and Disney Channel.

Plot



British twin sisters Annie and Izzy Woods move in with their cousin Elle Woods in Southern California after Elle becomes a successful lobbyist and moves to Washington, D.C. Awaiting the girls are a pair of chihuahua dogs, who are the nephews of Bruiser, Elle's chihuahua. The twins are dismayed to learn that they will be attending Pacific Preparatory (Pac Prep) Elle's alma mater, a private school that requires uniforms.

The twins meet Chris Lopez, a scholarship student, who is smitten with Annie and Tiffany Donohugh, the spoiled daughter of a wealthy donor of Pac Prep. Tiffany pretends to befriend them, but later reveals to their classmates that the twins are attending Pac Prep on a partial scholarship, embarrassing them. Izzy and Annie then form friendships with other scholarship students, and they all begin making ways to change Pac Prep's culture. Izzy also tries to help Chris get closer to Annie.

Chris and Izzy are later accused of cheating on a history test and set out to prove their innocence. After learning that Chris has access to a master key that opens all doors in the school and that Tiffany has a master passcode that grants access to all of the school's computers (which had been donated by her father) the twins suspect that she and her boyfriend, Justin Whitley framed them by gaining access to the test answers on their teacher's computer.

Chris and Izzy then make their case in student court. Izzy is locked in the bathroom by Justin in an effort to silence her during the hearing, forcing Annie to overcome her fear of public speaking and impersonate her. As Izzy returns, Annie must continue making her case while impersonating her sister to keep up the ruse. As Annie finishes her summation of Tiffany and Justin's plot, supporters of the twins click their pens to anger Justin, who is irritated by the sound, out of anger, Justin admits to framing Chris and Izzy on Tiffany's behalf.

Upon chewing Justin out for cracking under pressure, Tiffany admits to masterminding everything, but arrogantly states that she cannot be punished because of her father's status as one of the founders and donors of Pacific Preparatory. But unfortunately, Tiffany finds out the hard way that her father's status as one of the founders and donors of the school doesn't make her above the rules, as headmistress Elsa Higgins expels both her and Justin for their crimes.

In the end, Annie and Chris dance together, and Izzy does the same with Brad, a scholarship student; who had assisted the twins in student court. The twins and their friends are now popular at the school, while Tiffany and Justin are cut off from their wealth as punishment from their parents for their misdeeds and for shaming their respective families, and are also sent to public school via a rowdy student-filled bus, much to their horror.

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Reception



On Cinemablend.com, the film earned three stars out of five and received a moderately positive review.[https://www.cinemablend.com/television/TV-Review-Legally-Blondes-18976.html Legally Blondes review on www.cinemablend.com]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has only two reviews, both negative.

David Nusair of 'Reel Film Reviews' gave the film 1/4 and called it "As ineffective as direct-to-video sequels come" and "never quite able to justify its very existence." David Cornelius of 'DVD Talk' wrote: "Reimagines the franchise in the tone of a Disney Channel sitcom. Oh, my."

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