It’s somewhat dated, but on release back in 2002 Sweet Home Alabama was seen as a superior chick-flick.
Successful fashion designer Melanie Smooter (Reese Witherspoon) is about to become engaged to be married to high-profile New England politician Patrick Dempsey. Only problem is she’s still married to Alabaman childhood sweetheart, Josh Lucas. It’s Yankees vs the South as the battlefield shifts from New York to Hicksville Alabama: the New York sass of Melanie needs those divorce papers signed. But of course the bogan Alabaman southern belle sees that things do not go according to plan.
Directed by Andy Tennant (Hitch, Fool’s Gold), Sweet Home Alabama is a safe, rom-com entertainment.
Rating: 54%
Director: Andy Tennant (Hitch, Fool’s Gold)
Writer: C. Jay Cox (Latter Days, New in Town)
Main cast: Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line, Wild), Josh Lucas (Red Dog, Ford vs Ferrari), Patrick Dempsey (Enchanted, TV’s Grey’s Anatomy),
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