There are many words that can sum up a bad movie: Dreadful. Tasteless. Trainwreck. Drivel.

“Legally Blonde 2” isn’t summed up by any these words, but it isn’t a far cry from any one of them.

It’s more like a Reese Witherspoon promotion of uber-cuteness disguised as a glossy girl comedy.

The movie, helmed by “Kissing Jessica Stein” director George Herman-Wurmfeld, is trying much too hard to be a culmination of other films, namely “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” any Robert Altman film and even “I am Sam” (for a number of reasons other than its hand-held camerawork and a mentally-challenged main character).

The overall goodness versus impossibly evil opposition worked the first time when Witherspoon’s character was doing something somewhat believable, though in “Legally Blonde 2,” the concept — Reese versus Washington bigwigs for animal rights — is a little tired.

The charm of its predecessor is far removed in this sequel.

Other than the presence of millennial ditz Jennifer Coolidge and a gay pooch gag, this one’s for the dogs.

— Ryan Curell