
Melanie Carmichael, an up and rising fashion designer in New York, has gotten almost everything she wished for since she was little. She has a great career and the JFK-like fiancée of New York City. But when he proposes to her, she doesn't forget about her family back down South. More importantly, her husband back there, who refuses to divorce her ever since she sent divorce papers seven years ago. To set matters straight, she decides to go to the south quick and make him si... (Full plot summary below)
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Melanie Carmichael, an up and rising fashion designer in New York, has gotten almost everything she wished for since she was little. She has a great career and the JFK-like fiancée of New York City. But when he proposes to her, she doesn't forget about her family back down South. More importantly, her husband back there, who refuses to divorce her ever since she sent divorce papers seven years ago. To set matters straight, she decides to go to the south quick and make him sign the papers. When things don't turn out the way she planned them, she realizes that what she had before in the south was far more perfect than the life she had in New York City.
Leave your thoughts about Sweet Home Alabama.
| Eclipse MagazineSean O'ConnellMuch like a balloon, this bland star vehicle is glaringly bright, light as helium and completely empty in the middle. |
| Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)Bob BloomWitherspoon's natural charm and grace propel this vehicle. Her winning personality helps you overcome or ignore the movie's weaknesses. |
| Entertainment TodayBrent SimonA light, engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation. |
| Local Planet Weekly (Spokane, WA)Rachel DeahlA romantic comedy, sans much of the comedy, this clunky Reese Witherspoon vehicle glows with the powerful allure of its shiny, irresistible young star but little else. |
| Sacramento BeeJoe BaltakeSweet Home Alabama may be sweet and small and inconsequential, but it offers the privileged experience of watching two stars being born. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonEntirely watchable and highly enjoyable thanks to Reese Witherspoon, and we should all prostrate ourselves before her as befits the goddess she is. |
| Detroit NewsSusan StarkA banal, virulently unpleasant excuse for a romantic comedy. |
| Reno Gazette-JournalForrest HartmanBy all accounts, this is a typical romantic comedy, but the traditional story arc is overshadowed by its terrific cast. |
| NetflixJames RocchiReese Witherspoon stars in a startlingly well-written and enjoyable romantic comedy full of laughs and finely crafted characters. |
| VogueSteff YotkaA classic tale of deception and the American Dream, this movie has everything. |