Movies starring Reese Witherspoon

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992)

100 mins Drama, TV Movie

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child: Reese Witherspoon stars as Cassie who is diagnosed with leukeamia which leads to a dilemma when her little step brother turns out be a perfect match for a painful and risky bone marrow tra...

Return to Lonesome Dove (1993)

340 mins TV Movie, Western

As a western fan the original "Lonesome Dove" TV Movie/ mini-series was as close to perfection as it gets; it had drama, action, characters, good performances, depth, stunning cinematography and a storyline which kept you in ...

Twilight (1998)

94 mins Drama, Thriller

For those who hear the name "Twilight" and think of the teen vamp fest from 2008 should realise that there are other movies called "Twilight" one of which is the 1998 crime drama starring Paul Newman, Gene Hackman and Susan S...

Election (1999)

103 mins Comedy, Drama

"Election" is a strange movie one which going on looks should be just another throw away teen comedy but then is more intelligent in a surprising way. It contains a stream of clever comedy, a storyline far away from your usua...

Cruel Intentions (1999)

97 mins Drama, Romance, Thriller

For those who saw the magnificent 1988 "Dangerous Liaisons" will view "Cruel Intentions" as a travesty, a lame reworking of Choderlos de Laclos' "Les Liaisons Dangereuses". But for me it's not a lame reworking but a clever ad...

Best Laid Plans (1999)

92 mins Crime, Drama, Thriller

"Best Laid Plans" starts with Nick and Bryce in a bar having drinks were Bryce picks up a woman. Shortly after he calls Nick to his as the woman who calls herself Kathy claims he raped her and he now has her tied up in the ba...

Little Nicky (2000)

90 mins Comedy

I could sum up "Little Nicky" very quickly and in a few short words, it's an Adam Sandler movie you know what to expect. But to be honest that is actually being a little generous because there are some genuinely good Adam San...

American Psycho (2000)

102 mins Drama, Horror

American Psycho: Christian Bale stars in this much heralded dark satire about Patrick Batemen and his psychotic secret side...

Legally Blonde (2001)

96 mins Comedy, Romance

Right from the initial scenes "Legally Blonde" sets up the perfect, pink world of Elle and the overly girlieness of it is very funny. But the real comedy starts when she sets herself the task of getting into Harvard, with the...

Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

104 mins Comedy, Romance

As romantic comedies go "Sweet Home Alabama" starring Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas is one of my favourites, despite that it doesn't do anything majorly different to various other rom-coms. It's very predictable, following...

The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

97 mins Comedy, Drama, Romance

When it comes to adaptations and updates of popular plays my main concern is always whether or not it leaves me entertained rather than how true it is to the original. And that is the case when it comes to this update of Osca...

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)

95 mins Comedy

Whilst "Legally Blonde" was sort of amusing in a pink and fluffy way it was by no means a movie which would you expect to churn out a sequel, but it made money and so in 2003 we got another dose of Reese Witherspoon as Elle W...

Vanity Fair (2004)

141 mins Drama

I have mentioned many times in the past that I am not a great reader and the only classic we had to read in school was "Macbeth" so it should be of little surprise when I say I have never read William Makepeace Thackeray's "V...

Just Like Heaven (2005)

91 mins Comedy, Romance

Movie Review - Just Like Heaven (2005) Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo star in this fantasy rom com where an architect falls for the spirit of the woman who use to live in the apartment he has just moved in to...

Walk The Line (2005)

124 mins Biography, Drama, Musical, Romance

Starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash "Walk the Line" is the sensational biopic of the legendary Country singer, chronicling his life from his childhood, through meeting and falling in love with June Carter (Reese Witherspo...

Penelope (2006)

104 mins Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

"Penelope", a modern fairytale charmed and frustrated me equally, it delighted and annoyed but the overall feeling is that I'm glad I watched it. To elaborate, "Penelope" is not the most original of movies, a romantic fairyta...

Four Christmases (2008)

88 mins Comedy, Romance

Four Christmases: Vince Vaughn & Reese Witherspoon star as the couple who reluctantly visit the inlaws for Christmas and discover sides to them they never knew existed...

Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

94 mins Action , Adventure , Animation

Does "Monsters vs. Aliens" work as an animation? Yes it is entertainment for children which kind of has something to offer grown ups that end up having to watch this with their children. But does "Monsters vs. Aliens" stand o...

How Do You Know (2010)

121 mins Comedy, Drama, Romance

Movie Review - How Do You Know (2010) Reese Witherspoon stars asd Lisa who finds herself in the middle of a life change as on one hand she is seeing the laid back Matty (Owen Wilson) but then meets the more sensible George (P...

Water for Elephants (2011)

120 mins Drama, Romance

Déj� vu is that sense that you have seen something before and as "Water for Elephants" started I had a sense of Déj� vu. It is because the opening scene features an old man standing in the rain looking at a circ...

* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Reese Witherspoon as one of the principle cast members.