Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0786936208344 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Release Date: February 04, 2003 Running Time: 109 minutes Sales Rank: 6957 Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: September 27, 2002
Description: 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.
Amazon.com: 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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If you are a romantic at heart this is the movie for you. Great great movie.
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Have been looking for this movie everywhere. Found it, of course, on Amazon at a great price. Love the movie and even purchased another one for a friend of mine.
Rating: - Korina
Wonderful love story. If your a Reese Witherspoon fan. You will love this movie.
Rating: - Great acting from Witherspoon, Ridiculous Unbelievable Plot
While Southern-born and raised Reese Witherspoon's acting in this movie as a sassy Southern gal with a wild redneck past is excellent, I think the plot in the second half is ridiculous and unbelievable. I don't think it would have played out like that in real life, nor would the guy who lost out in the love triangle react the way he did. IMO, this movie is only worth watching if you are a Reese Witherspoon fan, but not if you want a satisfactory screen play with a remotely believable plot. I also thought Candace Bergen was quite good as the ambitious, big-mouthed mayor of New York.
I was undecided whether to give this movie 2 stars or 3, but since I enjoyed watching the two male leads, and the hound dog's acting, I'm giving it 3 stars.
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