Sweet Home Alabama Reviews

Sweet Home Alabama Review
by Andrew Staker
Reese Witherspoon spearheads this 'getting to know who you really are' romantic comedy. She plays Melanie, a rising New York fashion designer who has recently become engaged with the mayor's son Andrew (Patrick Dempsey). All would be well, except that...more

Sweet Home Alabama Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4)
In SWEET HOME ALABAMA, Melanie "Mel" Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon) would seem to have it all. A rapidly rising star in the New York fashion design world, she has been dating Andrew (Patrick Dempsey), the rich and famous Secretary of Housing. His...more

Sweet Home Alabama Review
by Homer Yen (Rating: C)
It's hard to find anything negative to say about Reese Witherspoon. She's buoyant, sweet-natured, and always gives us a reason to watch her. And when she finds it within herself to summon up a tear, we feel her emotion. Thus, she's the only reason to...more

Sweet Home Alabama Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 3/10)
Reese Witherspoon is a good actress. Her talent and charisma were enough to save Legally Blonde, but there isn't an actor on this planet gifted enough to rescue her latest project, Sweet Home Alabama. It's a painfully predictable romantic comedy with...more

Sweet Home Alabama Review
by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 2.5/4)
Directed by Andy Tennant. Screenplay by C Jay Cox, based on a story by Douglas J Eboch. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey. Running time: 102 minutes. Rated PG for mild language by the MFCB. Reviewed on September 28th, 2002. more

Sweet Home Alabama Review
by Bob Bloom (Rating: 2.5/4)
SWEET HOME ALABAMA (2002) 2 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Candice Bergen, Mary Kay Place, Fred Ward, Jean Smart and Ethan Embry. Screenplay by C. Jay Cox. Story by Douglas J. Eboch. Directed by Andy...more

Sweet Home Alabama Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10)
Susan Granger's review of "Sweet Home Alabama" (Touchstone/Disney) If one defines a movie star as an actor/actress whose presence can carry, even elevate, a mediocre movie, Reese Witherspoon is definitely a movie star. In this romantic comedy...more

Sweet Home Alabama Review
by Karina Montgomery
You know why I give this a full price feature rating? Because, for your money, you are not going to do any better than this for a while for a romantic comedy with a real actual obstacle to love in it. By now you should have surmised from the preview...more

Sweet Home Alabama Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 6/10)
PLOT: A sweet ol' country girl moves to the big city, makes something of herself, meets the man of her dreams and accepts his very romantic proposal of marriage. But before she can get hitched to him, she must go back to her small Southern town and...more

Sweet Home Alabama Review
by Edward Johnson-Ott
Sweet Home Alabama (2002) Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Candice Bergen, Ethan Embry, Mary Kay Place, Fred Ward, Jean Smart. Screenplay by C. Jay Cox. Direted by Andy Tennant. 109 minutes. Rated PG-13 more

Sweet Home Alabama Review
by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 2.5/4)
# stars based on 4 stars: 2.5 Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Touchstone Pictures Directed by: Andy Tennant Written by: C. Jay Cox, story by Douglas J. Eboch Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Fred Ward, Mary Kay Place, Jean Smart,...more