Amazon's 'Elle' series feels more like a 'Legally Blonde' remake than a true prequel

"Elle," now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, is billed as a prequel series to the 2001 film "Legally Blonde," set in 1995 when the bubbly, pink-obsessed Elle Woods was still a student. Despite the prequel framing, the show's eight episodes play more like a remake of the original. Critics describe it as often well-executed but largely a rehash of familiar material.