'Elle' on Prime Video Review: A Legally Blonde Prequel That Struggles to Capture the Original's Magic

Joel Keller

6d ago· 6 min readenReview

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A review of Prime Video's 'Elle', a prequel series to Legally Blonde that follows a teenage Elle Woods in 1995 Seattle. The article evaluates the show's pilot episode, discussing how Lexi Minetree steps into the iconic role originated by Reese Witherspoon, the show's tone, and whether it captures the spirit of the original films. The review weighs the series' merits and shortcomings, ultimately offering a "Stream It or Skip It" verdict.

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Elle Woods has become an iconic character over the past 25 years because Reese Witherspoon made such an impression as the expectation-busting, relentlessly positive character in the Legally Blonde films.

Now Prime Video has given us a prequel series named Elle, where we find out where Elle learned some of that pluckiness.

The party is for Elle Woods (Lexi Minetree), and the house is covered in pink, her

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Lexi Minetree plays the role that Reese Witherspoon (an EP of the series) made famous 25 years ago. June Diane Raphael also stars.

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