Sweet Home Alabama
IMDB Rating: 5.80, 11999 votes
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Taglines
- Fall... in love.
- Sometimes What You're Looking For Is Right Where You Left It.
Storyline
New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But Melanie's past holds many secrets, including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past, only to discover that you can take the girl out of the South, but you can never take the South out of the girl.
Actors
| Melanie Smooter/Carmichael | Reese Witherspoon |
| Jake Perry | Josh Lucas |
| Andrew Hennings | Patrick Dempsey |
| Mayor Kate Hennings | Candice Bergen |
| Pearl Smooter | Mary Kay Place |
| Earl Smooter | Fred Ward |
| Stella Kay Perry | Jean Smart |
| Bobby Ray | Ethan Embry |
| Lurlynn | Melanie Lynskey |
| Sheriff Wade | Courtney Gains |
| Dorothea | Mary Lynn Rajskub |
| Tabatha Wadmore-Smith | Rhona Mitra |
| Frederick Montana | Nathan Lee Graham |
| Eldon | Sean Bridgers |
| Clinton | Fleet Cooper |
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Posted in: 2002, Comedy, Drama, Romance
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6 Comments
i’m a guy. . . and i sort of liked it. . .
i am beginning to think that reese witherspoon is quite cute. before i didn’t like her. . . but in this movie she was alright.
nothing too special about this movie, though it does what it is supposed to do quite well, entertain cutely and romaantically, so i can’t say it wasn’t good.
also, the pace was never too slow and the movie was over before i knew it, so i guess that was good, too.
reese is good.
It was cute.
Cliched, boring, and too sentimental
A real hick fest.
They’ve used very dated southern cliche in the free world but I still liked it.
Good RomCom.
Surprisingly good! A good "kick-back and believe the fairy tale" flick