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Reese is getting good press for 'Wild'
It would be quiet something if Jake and Reese both make a big comeback with their new films.
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Earlier this month, the 38-year-old continued the trend, a nicely understated supporting act to the Lost Boys of Sudan in "The Good Lie." But the Oscar-winning actress is about to serve notice that she intends, once again, to be taken seriously when she goes "Wild."
The film, based on Cheryl Strayed's bestselling memoir, hit the fall film festival circuit on its way to a December release and an awards bid. Watching the actress translate Strayed's punishing solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail in a journey to regain her soul, I couldn't help but see the parallel between the role and the star when I caught it during the Toronto International Film Festival.
For Witherspoon, "Wild" is, if you will, her "Illegally Blonde," the antithesis of the actress' 2001 breakout in "Legally Blonde." In that film, she plays a pampered sorority queen bee who gets serious after a heartbreak and makes it into Harvard Law School. A boy, not the bar, is the goal, at least at first. That "Blonde" played to her known qualities: smart, sassy, sweet and single-minded.
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good bye
