Ranking All of Reese Witherspoon's Rom-Coms

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You indispensable ever person religion successful people. And, astir importantly, you indispensable ever person religion successful the information that a rom-com starring Reese Witherspoon will (almost) ever deed the spot.

Along with Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Lopez, the Oscar victor is 1 of the queens of the genre, charming audiences in movies specified arsenic Sweet Home Alabama, Legally Blonde and, astir recently, Netflix's Your Place oregon Mine, which paired her with Ashton Kutcher, someway for the archetypal time.

In grant of Witherspoon's 47th day connected March 22, we decided to fertile each of Witherspoon's romanticist comedies, including that Christmas drama and the precise archetypal 1 she starred successful with Paul Rudd in the '90s. (Though it's worthy noting that wasn't the only time she was paired up with Rudd connected the large screen.)

So, which of Witherspoon's rom-coms was our apical prime for the 1 we privation to ticker anytime we want? Keep reading...

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Overnight Delivery

Readers, we genuinely had nary thought that this rom-com existed until we made this ranking. In their archetypal movie together, Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd play a stripper and a assemblage student, respectively, who spell connected a roadworthy travel to halt Rudd's woman from receiving a vicious breakup letter he sent by explicit mail. No, we did not marque that up. Yes, this is simply a existent movie that came retired successful 1996. 

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Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

We are conscionable going to crook and drawback and determination close connected with our database alternatively than walk excessively overmuch clip connected this disappointing 2003 sequel. Court adjourned! 

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How Do You Know

Almost 15 years aft their archetypal rom-com romp, Witherspoon and Rudd teamed up again for this 2010 movie (and they invited Owen Wilson successful to play the 3rd constituent successful their emotion triangle). But their 2nd effort doesn't fare overmuch better, unfortunately, proving that sometimes 2 rights tin marque a wrong.

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This Means War

Tom Hardy and Chris Pine playing CIA agents/BFFs battling it retired for Witherspoon's affection? The 2012 rom-com with a spy-twist threatened america with that precise bully time, but, successful a genuinely bizarre twist, the combined charm of the 3 leads to conscionable a "meh" offering.

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The Importance of Being Earnest

The 2002 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classical play is easy, breezy and benignant of forgettable. Hey, that's the value of being honest.

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Home Again

Written and directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, the girl of rom-com queen Nancy Meyers, this lighthearted 2017 outing is 1 we similar much than astir people. (And it has the Rotten Tomatoes standing to beryllium it.) Sure, it could person been the classical Meyers location porn, but it was delightful watching Witherspoon, playing a precocious separated azygous mother, banter with a trio of handsome young filmmakers. Sometimes, that's each we need. 

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Your Place oregon Mine

Witherspoon partnering with Ashton Kutcher, a chap genre vet acknowledgment to No Strings Attached, A Lot Like Love and What Happens successful Vegas, seemed similar a astir satisfying mode to scratch our rom-com itch. Alas, this Netflix movie near america feeling a small hollow, particularly aft the duo's supposed-to-be-grand reunion aft spending astir of the movie isolated felt arsenic stiff arsenic Kutcher and Witherspoon's awkward demeanor during their property tour.  

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Just Like Heaven

Pair Witherspoon with arsenic arsenic beloved personage Mark Ruffalo and it's fundamentally a transgression to not emotion the finished product. Yes, the crippled is simply a small eyebrow-raising and could easy beryllium work arsenic the set-up for a fearfulness flick—he plays a widowed designer who discovers his caller flat is haunted by a comatose woman—but erstwhile you person the chemistry and charm of these 2 actors, it's a lucifer made successful heaven.

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Four Christmases

Technically, this is simply a Christmas movie, but it is besides a rom-com astir a mates attempting to sojourn their 4 divorced parents' location for the holidays. While the 2008 movie is amusive enough, determination aren't precisely sparks betwixt Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn.

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Legally Blonde

Happy radical don't termination their husbands, and rom-com lovers don't ever walk connected the accidental to ticker this 2001 gem, which finds Witherspoon astatine arsenic aspiring lawyer Elle Woods, arguably her astir lovable role. Legally Blonde is cinematic comfortableness food, ever hitting the spot, adjacent 20 years later. Jennifer CoolidgeLuke Wilson (who besides pops up arsenic the laidback emotion involvement successful Charlie's Angels and The Family Stone around this era), Selma Blair, Linda Cardellini and Victor Garber each present iconic supporting performances, but this is Witherspoon's movie, done and through. And, whoever says otherwise, is earnestly disturbed!

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Sweet Home Alabama

Okay, okay, wait! Before you travel for america for not ranking Legally Blonde arsenic Witherspoon's champion rom-com, perceive america out: The emotion communicative is simply much important successful Sweet Home Alabama! Add successful 2 viable and ridiculously goodlooking emotion interests (played by Josh Lucas and Patrick Dempsey), an iconic supporting crook from a Jaclyn Smith-wearing Melanie Lynksey and a relation that truly captures Witherspoon's Southern sass and we can't defy the charm of rom-com.

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