Picking Nits
No dates for Elle; 179 LSAT; Warner unaware of her admission; lack of diversity; sudden murder confession; the name Chutney; slow perm realization; impossible video application; unauthorized practice of law; Ali Larter's liposuction; the fitness instructor's Boston marriage
In the discussion (13)
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- Elle not getting more dates in first-year law school.
- A 179 LSAT seems too high for what the film establishes; the film is confused about whether Elle knows she is smart.
- The film may view standardized tests as gameable.
- Warner would know Elle got into Harvard Law; counter that he is dumb.
- Harvard Law looks all white, like Melrose Place.
- Linda Cardalini's character confesses too fast; the name Chutney is unfair.
- Asked whether she understood the perm reveal, she did not, having never had a perm, and appreciated how Elle's reveal explains the science. — Amanda Dobbins
- Someone who has had around 30 perms would realize where Elle is going much sooner and would not admit to washing her hair after a perm.
- A video essay application was not possible then; Elle had no authority to practice law in Massachusetts.
- Allie Larder's character getting liposuction at around 25 to 28 is odd.
- How a young LA fitness instructor marries an older Boston rich man is questioned.
- He could have been made the Celtics owner. — Bill Simmons
- She could have been a dancer on the team, or he could be Bob Kraft.