WHERE HAVE YOU gone, Dirty Harry? Just when we thought Hollywood had gotten rid of all traces of Alan Alda-ism, overly sensitive guys are back -- with a vengeance. Suddenly, you can't set foot in a theater without being assaulted -- or, rather, comforted -- by some moony-eyed screen weenie. Here's a who's who of characters who've recently showed us their softer sides.
-- Chris Nashawaty
WILLIAM WALLACE (Braveheart) Okay, Mel Gibson is a kilted medieval hard-ass, but his thirst for blood justice is all in the name of love.
FRANK O'BRIEN (Two if by Sea) Denis Leary used to stalk Cindy Crawford and champion chain-smoking. Now he gets bossed around by Sandra Bullock.
ANDREW SHEPHERD (The American President) Michael Douglas' widowed Commander-in-Chief makes Bill ''I feel your pain'' Clinton look cold and uncaring.
ROBERT KINCAID (The Bridges of Madison County) Who'd have thought a man's man like Clint Eastwood would have trouble pulling the trigger on a romance?
LEWIS (Bed of Roses) Christian Slater floods a complete stranger (Mary Stuart Masterson) with flowers simply because he saw her crying. Sigh.
PAUL SUTTON (A Walk in the Clouds) Keanu Reeves plays a sad-sack traveling candy salesman who's too sweet for his -- and our -- own good.
JESSE (Before Sunrise) As a meek, goateed slacker, Ethan Hawke is all pseudo-intellectual talk and no action. Shut up and just kiss the girl, dammit.
HUGH GRANT As a Euro-twit in...well, everything.
