Sweet Home Alabama

Starring:Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Candice Bergen, Mary Kay Place, Fred Ward, Jean Smart, Ethan Embry, Melanie Lynskey, Courtney Gains, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Rhona Mitra, Nathan Lee Graham, Sean Bridgers, Fleet Cooper, Kevin Sussman, Thomas Curtis, Dakota Fanning, Mark Skinner, Michelle Krusiec
Director: Andy Tennant
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

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As formulaic, utterly inoffensive romantic comedies go, Sweet Home Alabama could be better, and could be worse. It's a variant of Julia Roberts's Something to Talk About, with all the same strengths and weaknesses, and Reese Witherspoon is definitely its saving grace. As an Alabama country girl turned hot New York fashion designer, Witherspoon finds the genuine emotions hidden under a blandly familiar plot, making her character's romantic indecisiveness seem not only credible but disarmingly appealing. She's just agreed to marry the Camelot-bred son (Patrick Dempsey) of New York's no-nonsense mayor (Candice Bergen), but first she has to officially divorce the husband (Josh Lucas) she left behind years earlier... only to discover that their love is stronger than ever. The rest, of course, is a foregone conclusion, but with a sharp supporting cast and a few charming moments, Sweet Home Alabama will satisfy anyone who prefers safe, reassuring entertainment. --Jeff Shannon

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This delightfully entertaining romantic comedy stars Reese Witherspoon (LEGALLY BLONDE) as sophisticated Melanie Carmichael, a rising New York clothing designer who suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But this is no fairy tale romance for Melanie. She has skeletons in her fashion-filled closet that include Jake -- the backwoods husband she married in high school who refuses to divorce her. Determined to end their marriage and sever all ties with her past once and for all, Melanie returns to Alabama. But home starts to tug at her heartstrings, and what she thought she wanted may not be what she wants at all.

Customer Reviews:

Sweet, Funny, Feel Good.......2007-07-01

Looking for a feel good movie? Here's one. Sweet Home Alabama is just that, sweet.

Sweet.......2007-06-08

Josh is to cute for words - I would pick him every time. I think it would have been better if they kept in the other parts of the film that you can see in the outtakes - it makes it flow better.

Country mouse moves to city and becomes city mouse.......2007-05-23

This movie is your typical country mouse moves to city and becomes city mouse. City mouse goes back to the country and is very "ashamed" of the country where it orginally came from. What makes this story different is the "romantic" side of the city mouse and the realization that the city mouse really isn't a city mouse at all, she is still a country mouse inside her heart. What I really liked about this movie in a whole is the slow realization that one must be honest in one's life to really achieve happiness with one's self and others around them. I don't mean to stand on a "soap box", but this is a story that is very hard hitting in that fact. The story is well acted and presented in a way that you don't quiet know what is coming next. See this movie if you want some laughs and have some good fun. I highly recommend this movie to all comedy fans of all ages.

Not one for a chick flick...but.......2007-05-20

I watched this primarily because of Reese Witherspoons portrayal of June Carter Cash in Walk the Line. Here in Sweet Home Alabama, she is a country girl turned city girl, who is forced to return to her roots in order to get a divorce from her husband that she hasn't seen in 7 years so she could marry another.

But in so doing, she finds that the past life she had been embarrased about wasn't so bad. Forced to slow down, she rediscovers herself, and finds out what true love is all about.

After it was over, it made me want to move from the city to some small town like what I grew up in.

Another show like this one is Doc Hollywood with Michael J. Fox. If you liked one you'll like the other.

Miss Melanie's back, but where is Scarlett?.......2007-05-19

Reese Witherspoon is the main attraction of 2002's SWEET HOME ALABAMA, an almost absurdly formulaic and predictable romantic comedy. Luckily for SWEET HOME ALABAMA, Witherspoon's screen presence lifts this film up from the merely humdrum and makes it watchable, entertaining, and even believable---at least until the last five minutes or so.

Alabama-born Melanie Carmichael (Witherspoon) is one of New York's preeminent fashion designers, engaged to the JFK Jr.-like son of New York's woman Mayor (Candice Bergen) who plays her role as a power-mad politician with an unpleasantly realistic air.

Shortly after the engagement, Melanie travels Way Down South on the quiet to take care of a little unfinished business---including finally dumping the undivorced, plaid workshirt, mullet-headed, ballcap-wearing, chaw-preferring, beer-guzzling husband she's left behind.

Greeted like the Antichrist upon her return home, Melanie's secret life is laid bare, including a teenage pregnancy and an upbringing that was short on Plantation but long on Pickup Truck. As a matter of fact, "Felony Melanie" has quite the past reputation, and it isn't helped by her present City Cousin ways---the locals come to her door with pitchforks and torches and a rail on which to run her out of town. For her part, she can't stand her roots and is embarrassed and humiliated by the metaphorical red clay on the soles of her feet.

Worse yet, her stubborn not-quite ex is dedicated to making her life miserable by not finalizing the divorce papers. Forced by circumstance to hang around the old back forty, Melanie, willy-nilly begins to reconnect with her past life. Things come to a head when her New York fiance shows up, and she is forced to acknowledge the past she's been denying.

As noted, Witherspoon is the best element of the film. She is engaging and likeable, and utterly convincing as the conflicted, emotionally fragile Melanie, so much so that the viewer is compelled to comfort her in her confusion (or this one wishes he had). Witherspoon finds the humor in every situation, and sometimes the tears, playing Melanie with an honesty that is surprising for this genre of film. In short, she acquits herself very well. She can act.

SWEET HOME ALABAMA is warmhearted for the most part, but there's an edginess to the Big City Diva vs. Country Gal elements that's a little discomfiting. The characters, whether urban or rural, all seem ready to strangle their opposite numbers on cue. There's a Civil War of the soul going on here and at stray moments it feels downright ugly in the gut.

The film closes on a totally false, and surprisingly down, note (this reviewer will pass on providing any spoilers), though it is typical for this kind of fluffy comedy.

Watch Reese and suspend your disbelief.

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Your favorite females go head-to-head with today's hottest heartthrobs in these fun and surprising romantic comedies! SWEET HOME ALABAMA: Starring leading lady Reese Witherspoon, Candice Bergen, and heartthrobs Josh Lucas (A BEAUTIFUL MIND, THE HULK), Ethan Embry (CAN'T HARDLY WAIT), and Patrick Dempsey (SCREAM 3). KATE & LEOPOLD: Starring leading lady Meg Ryan and sizzling-hot Hugh Jackman (X-MEN; X-2), smooth Liev Schreiber (SCREAM trilogy), and hilarious Breckin Meyer (ROAD TRIP). WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: Starring leading lady Sandra Bullock, charming Bill Pullman (SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE), and adorable Peter Gallagher (AMERCIAN BEAUTY).

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Sweet, Funny, Feel Good.......2007-07-01

Looking for a feel good movie? Here's one. Sweet Home Alabama is just that, sweet.

Sweet.......2007-06-08

Josh is to cute for words - I would pick him every time. I think it would have been better if they kept in the other parts of the film that you can see in the outtakes - it makes it flow better.

Country mouse moves to city and becomes city mouse.......2007-05-23

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