The Digest
Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon) has the world on a platter and it is set before her. 7 years ago she left Alabama and reinvented herself. Now she is on the verge of becoming the hottest new fashion designer in New York and she is dating New York's most eligible bachelor, Andrew Hennings (Patrick Dempsey) who also happens to be the son of New York's mayor - Katherine Hennings (Candice Bergen)
Everything is perfect until Andrew proposes - which would be wonderful if she wasn't still married to her childhood sweetheart Jake (Josh Lucas).
Now she must confront the pass she left behind and deal with the fact that maybe she doesn't want to leave her past behind, including the husband she left 7 years earlier.
The Dish
Sweet Home was cute, but not cute enough to make me forget that I've seen this movie at least a dozen times. I'm not sure what all the hoopla over Reese Witherspoon is. She's not a horrible actress, but she has yet to show me anything that sets her apart from anyone else. Nothing stood out for me other than the fact that I was horribly bored unless Candice Bergen was on the screen and that wasn't very often. That and the fact that the only black person I remember seeing in the movie was a very gay fashion designer and maybe a model or two. I guess Hollywood is just determined to hang on to the fallacy that black folks in the state of New York don't live or work outside of Harlem.
The Directive
Worth grabbing the girls and going to see if nothing else is out. Or you can wait for cable.
Predictable mediocrity.
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