Sweet Home Alabama

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Sweet Home Alabama

PG-13

Released Sep 27, 2002

1h 48m

Romance

Comedy

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New York fashion designer Melanie (Reese Witherspoon) suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But Melanie's past holds many secrets, including Jake (Josh Lucas), the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their 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't take the South out of the girl.

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Critics Consensus

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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Empire Magazine

Rated: 3/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 10, 2003

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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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Zamya F

Lovable rom-com. Charming and funny.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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Luis Otavio F

In addition to Witherspoon, Lucas and Dempsey, this film resonates with the audience, welcoming and light, with a captivating story and in complete harmony overall.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/25

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Devin W

This is one of the worst films I have ever seen and aged so poorly. There is not a single redeeming quality in any of these characters. It is like the cast of Always Sunny except this one is not funny or ironic.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/25/24

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David S

I must have watched the snoring scene dozens of times by now over and over again. 🤪

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/23/24

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Twiggy H

Some decent actors/actresses - but just a very boring film. Even the clothes the 'fashion designer' made were very dull.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/25/24

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erdene c

Melanie's complicated past life story is interestingly revealed

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/23/24

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Synopsis

New York fashion designer Melanie (Reese Witherspoon) suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But Melanie's past holds many secrets, including Jake (Josh Lucas), the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their 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't take the South out of the girl.

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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