Legally Blonde is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, and produced by Marc E. Platt. It is based on the novel of the same name by Amanda Brown. The film stars Reese Witherspoon as a sorority girl who struggles to win back her ex-boyfriend by earning a law degree, along with Luke Wilson as a young attorney that she meets during her studies, Matthew Davis as her ex-boyfriend, Selma Blair as his new fiance, Victor Garber and Holland Taylor as law professors, Jennifer Coolidge as a manicurist and friend, and Ali Larter as a fitness instructor accused of murder.