Sweet Home Alabama (2002, USA) C-108m. SCOPE ** D: Andy Tennant. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Candice Bergen, Mary Kay Place, Fred Ward. Utterly contrived comedy about hot-shot fashion designer Witherspoon, whose upcoming marriage to the son (Dempsey) of the New York mayoress (Bergen) may be prevented by one obstacle: She's still married to some guy in her home-town of Greenville, Alabama. She travels there, intending to get her divorce, but the past catches up with her. Some good performances make this scripting mess watchable. Goes expectedly overboard in the finale. For fans of Witherspoon (who's gorgeous).