Sweet Home Alabama

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Sweet Home Alabama

PG-13

Released Sep 27, 2002

1h 48m

Romance

Comedy

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Separated from her Southern husband, an engaged New York fashion designer confronts him about a divorce.

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Reese Witherspoon is charming enough, but the road to Alabama is well-traveled.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Witherspoon's charm keeps this movie afloat.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 28, 2010

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Andrew Sarris

Observer

Would be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial New Yorker if 26-year-old Reese Witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character, Melanie Carmichael, with a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic.

Nov 6, 2002

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Rex Reed

Observer

It's as preposterous and phony as a Confederate C-note, but Reese Witherspoon has so much natural beauty, talent and charm she guarantees more fun than the day the hogs ate Willie.

Oct 2, 2002

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Noah Berlatsky

Everything is Horrible (Substack)

The movie doesn’t express overt racism. But its implicit whitewashing of Southern history fits neatly into very racist neo-Confederate myths.

May 14, 2023

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

...fluffy, shallow but bright and easy-going, idiotic and yet hard to hate...

Rated: 3/5

Mar 20, 2021

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Rachel Wagner

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[Reese Witherspoon's] just such a great actress.

Jun 27, 2019

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Nim T

A comedy that is about a couple that knew each other since 10 years old. The beginning might be a little inappropriate for younger teens to watch. Reese Witherspoon's character was a designer that lived in NYC and didn't necessary show her Alabama roots. The movie was good in that it brought a good comparison of the lifestyles in the north and south. There was a consistent cheesiness throughout the plot such as the reunion of the couple, followed by the way Reese did not want to sign the paper. The movie of showing her original love for Dempsey then to Lucas was a disappointing point. The music implementation and the song nevertheless was used in the movie, so the title is justifiable.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/26/25

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J J

One of my favorite movies!!! 💕🩷

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/21/25

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Timothy U

A forgettable movie that would play best while you're only half paying attention. The film is predictable with very limited funny or 'wow' scenes. The runtime was 20 min too long - the writers clearly ran out of ideas, but the film chooses to fill in space with fluff. Relative to A+ romantic movies like You've Got Mail, this is closer to a 1.5 star.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/20/25

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Serena H

i hate this movie and i hate the fact she got back together with her ex she was better in legally blonde but this was one of the worst films i have seen hours of my life i will never get back if i could give it -100000000000000000000000/10 i would

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/23/25

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Leaburn O

Usual trope of city girl returning to her roots and her high school sweetheart and falling in love with country people and old flame. A lot of hate for city types as usual. Dross but expected dross. Watched on DVD.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/25

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Ed R

Classic Rom-Com with a hick twist.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/20/25

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Synopsis

Separated from her Southern husband, an engaged New York fashion designer confronts him about a divorce.

Director: Andy Tennant
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Stokely Chaffin
Screenwriter: Douglas J. Eboch, C. Jay Cox
Distributor: Touchstone Pictures
Production Co: Original Film, Pigeon Creek Films
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual References|Some Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 27, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $127.2M
Runtime: 1h 48m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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