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10/02/02
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
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Reviews Counted:154
Fresh:57
Rotten:97
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Reese Witherspoon is charming enough, but the road to Alabama is well-traveled.
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Reese Witherspoon stars in SWEET HOME ALABAMA, a charming romantic comedy directed by Andy Tennant. Witherspoon is Melanie Carmichael, a Southern girl who leaves her past behind in order to find... [More]
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Joshua Lucas, Candice Bergen, Patrick Dempsey
Director: Andy Tennant
Reviews for Sweet Home Alabama
A disappointingly flat city mouse/country mouse comedy that can't seem to shovel on enough stale redneck gags.
10/02/02
As she did in "Legally Blonde," Reese Witherspoon manages to carry not only her part of the film but also drags almost everyone else through it, no matter how far fetched or implausible.
10/02/02
'The story whipsaws back and forth between sentimental mush and outlandish cornball humor.'
10/02/02
I'm weary of being reduced to a stereotype. Being from the south doesn't mean I own the collected recordings of Lynyrd Skynyrd, re-enact Civil War battles, and have Confederate flag throw-pillows on my sofa.
10/01/02
With Witherspoon’s charisma and the infectious efforts of a supporting cast, it’s hard not to like this trifling little stroll down memory lane — but not impossible.
10/01/02
It's a date movie where you laugh, have fun, and walk out reminded of just how wonderful and magical love can be.
10/01/02
Despite her relentless vim and winsome facial symmetry, Witherspoon is just too dialed-up to be America's Sweetheart.
10/01/02
A perfect example of a movie that does as very little as possible
09/30/02
A light, engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation.
09/30/02
It is definitely worth seeing.
09/30/02
Sweet Home Alabama is the blue-ribbon winner of the low-expectation limbo.
09/30/02
It's fairly clear that the film is pressing the idea that country/roots is real and good, and city/relocated is false and noxious.
09/30/02
Entirely watchable and highly enjoyable thanks to Reese Witherspoon, and we should all prostrate ourselves before her as befits the goddess she is.
09/30/02
Don’t plan on the perfect ending, but Sweet Home Alabama hits the mark with critics who escaped from a small town life.
09/29/02
A sweet, breezy, guilty pleasure.
09/29/02
There simply isn't enough going on in the minds of these simpleton characters, let alone in the lugubrious plotting they're stuck in, to care about any of it.
09/28/02
It's hard not to be seduced by [Witherspoon's] charisma, even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle, because this girl knows how to drive it to the max.
09/28/02
There isn’t nearly enough fun here, despite the presence of some appealing ingredients.
09/27/02
There's something positively mind-numbing about the relentless predictability of Sweet Home Alabama.
09/27/02
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