Sweet Home Alabama

critic Reviews

, 38% Rotten Tomatometer Score
  • Reese Witherspoon is charming enough, but the road to Alabama is well-traveled.
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    Nell MinowCommon Sense Media
    Witherspoon's charm keeps this movie afloat.
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    Kimberley JonesAustin Chronicle
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    Jamie RussellBBC.com
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    Andrew SarrisObserver
    Would be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial New Yorker if 26-year-old Reese Witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character, Melanie Carmichael, with a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic.
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    Rex ReedObserver
    It's as preposterous and phony as a Confederate C-note, but Reese Witherspoon has so much natural beauty, talent and charm she guarantees more fun than the day the hogs ate Willie.
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    Noah BerlatskyEverything is Horrible (Substack)
    The movie doesn’t express overt racism. But its implicit whitewashing of Southern history fits neatly into very racist neo-Confederate myths.
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    Eddie Harrisonfilm-authority.com
    ...fluffy, shallow but bright and easy-going, idiotic and yet hard to hate...
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    Rachel WagnerRachel's Reviews (YouTube)
    [Reese Witherspoon's] just such a great actress.
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    Steff YotkaVogue
    A classic tale of deception and the American Dream, this movie has everything.
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