Sweet Home Alabama (DVD)

I used to date a guy from Alabama who I met in Georgia, and when I get nostalgic about my wild, youthful days (when I was 21 as apposed to the, um, 22 I am now) I put on this film. It is set in Ala but made in Georgia so is a good compromise, at least as far as I’m concerned. ** Story ** Melanie Carmichael is a young, hip New York fashion designer, betrothed to a most eligible bachelor who happens to be the only son of the currently elected mayor of the city. They’ve been together a matter of months so although happily and crazily in love, there are certain things for them yet to discuss. Like, say, the fact that Melanie has a whole ...  Read the complete review

I was extremely disappointed by Sweet Home Alabama. Like I've said in my previous movies, there is nothing more that I despise than seeing a film with great potential being messed up due to poor acting and plot flow. I am also usually a huge fan of Reese Witherspoon but I felt extremely let down by her less-than perfect performance in this film. In addition, in true American southern fashion, there was too much emphasis on the distinction between the 'Yankees' and the 'Southerners', to such a magnified extent that I felt like I was watching a film where the lead actor and actress belonged to two different species. This is a film which could have been exactly the kind of ...  Read the complete review

SWEET HOME ALABAMA is a romantic comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas and Patrick Dempsey. Directed by Andy Tennant, it was released in September 2002. Plot === Melanie Carmichael is an up-and-coming fashion designer. After she becomes engaged to Andrew, whose mother is the Mayor of New York City, she decides to go back home to Alabama, claiming that she wants to tell her family, whom she has not seen in 7 years, about her engagement personally. However, when she arrives at her home town it becomes clear that she has not been completely honest about herself and her background: Her real surname is ...  Read the complete review

Sweet Home Alabama is a romantic comedy film that was released in 2002 and it stars Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas. It is rated 12A because of a few uses of bad language and is 108 minutes long. Plot Melanie is a successful fashion designer living in New York and has just got engaged to long time boyfriend, Andrew, the son of the Mayor but Melanie is keeping a secret from him. She was married before and never got round to getting a divorce. Melanie tells Andrew that she is going home to Alabama to tell her parents the good news, but really, she is going back to sort out her estranged husband. Nothing is ever plain sailing and Melanie's ...  Read the complete review

Small town girl Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon) is now a big town New York fashion designer, with a gorgeous boyfriend (Patrick Dempsey) who just happens to be the Mayors son. When he gets down on bended knee and proposes in Tiffanys, Melanie thinks her life cannot get anymore perfect. There's just one problem. She's already married. To her high school sweetheart who she left 7 years ago and who refuses to sign the divorce papers. So after the engagement is publicly announced, Melanie travels to Alabama to get the divorce she needs - but it doesn't end up being quite so simple. On arrival in Alabama her husband Jake (Josh Lucas) isn't very accommodating and it ...  Read the complete review