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 Reese
Witherspoon, who plays a small-town girl turned big-city snob, returns
home to Alabama from New York to seek a divorce from her childhood
love (Josh Lucas). Also with Patrick Dempsey and Candice Bergen;
directed by Andy (Anna and the King) Tennant. (1 hr. 45 mins.; PG-13)
— BILGE EBIRI
Opens September 27
• Showtimes
& tickets (movietickets.com)
Spotlight: Josh Lucas
According to Josh Lucas, his ascent from bit parts in films like
You Can Count on Me and American Psycho to major roles
in Sweet Home Alabama and Ang Lee's The Hulk is right
on schedule. "If I popped too early, I'd freak out," says Lucas,
who plays Reese Witherspoon's southern-fried love interest in Sweet
Home Alabama, his first starring role after a breakout performance
as Russell Crowe's mathematical rival in A Beautiful Mind.
"Everyone says how much life will change -- I don't think it will.
I don't want famous friends." In Sweet Home Alabama, the Arkansas-born
Lucas (pictured above, with Witherspoon) plays the charmingly disheveled
husband who won't grant Reese a divorce. "I rely on her heavily,"
he says. "She plays a public persona of being sweet and lovely,
but she's really a disciplined pro." So did he take notes from America's
latest sweetheart about becoming a star? "I'm a bit more improvisational,"
he says. "She goes home to her baby; I play hard with the cast."
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