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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt is a fantasy, a sweet, light-hearted fairy tale with Reese Witherspoon at its center. She is as lovable as Doris Day would have been in this role (in fact, Doris Day was in this role, in "Please Don't Eat the Daisies").
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliDie-hard fans of Witherspoon and the romantic comedy genre will probably find enough to like in this film to make it worth a trip to the theater. Everyone else would be best served by spending their hard-earned money on something else.
- 60Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonIf you're a fan of Witherspoon, this movie was produced, shot, edited and distributed entirely for you.
- 60The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneMakes a suitable staging post in Witherspoon's headlong career. She may want to forget it by Christmas, yet its cushioned slackness allows her to sharpen her grasp of a steely American type: the girl next door who will kill to get out of town. [30 Sept 2002, p. 145]
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittIt doesn't have a speck of authentic heart -- you can bet its Hollywood creators wouldn't move to Alabama if their lives depended on it -- but if you belong to the growing legion of Witherspoon worshippers, this is definitely the movie of the week.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyLight to the point of disposability, Sweet Home Alabama is a small screwball comic idea that spins out far too long.
- 50USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkThe latest picture to give you the sense that Hollywood filmmakers simply plucked another old pop-tune title ripe for ripping off, then were shaken by the rude reality of coming up with a script to jerry-build around it.
- 50Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesWhat it needs is a little more dirtying down. What it needs, in short, is less New York, and more Alabama.
- 38Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanSpeaking of sounding Southern, I have to admit that the accents didn't match, and half the actors couldn't even do accents. But since we all sound alike down here, that's no big deal.
- 30New Times (L.A.)Robert WilonskyNew Times (L.A.)Robert WilonskyWhich leaves Witherspoon, that delicious pastry, to heave the movie on her small shoulders and carry it home. The load is light -- the movie weighs no more than a glass of flat champagne -- but even she can't withstand the burden.