Sweet Home Alabama Movie Review 2002

Rich hot city guy or hot poor country guy? That's the choice NYC fashion designer Melanie (Witherspoon) has to make in this amiable romantic comedy. The dueling beaus are Andrew (Dempsey), son of NYC mayor Bergen, and Jake (Lucas), Melanie's high school sweetheart (and current husband) back home in Alabama who still has the hots for her. When Andrew pops the question in high style, Melanie accepts and then races off to Alabama to finish matters with Jake, who hasn't given her a divorce. Complications abound when sparks fly with Jake and Mel's snooty city friends discover her well-hidden, trailer-trash upbringing. Witherspoon plays her trademark plucky act well, elevating a so-so vehicle.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

American South, Otherwise Engaged, Romantic Triangles, Romantic Comedy, Marriage, Family Ties, New York, New York, Top Grossing Films of 2002

Screenplay

C. Jay Cox

Cast

Reese Witherspoon, Josh(ua) Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Candice Bergen, Mary Kay Place, Fred Ward, Jean Smart, Ethan (Randall) Embry, Melanie Lynskey, Courtney Gains, Rhona Mitra, Mary Lynn Rajskuls, Nathan Lee Graham, Dakota Fanning

Cinematography

Andrew Dunn

Director

Andy Tennant

Music

George Fenton

Other

Mary H. Ellis, Dawn Soler, Laura Z. Wasserman, Troy Takaki, Tracey Wadmore-Smith, Jay Pelissier, Sophie de Rakoff Carbonell, Clay A. Griffith

Producer

Neal H. Moritz, Stokely Chaffin, Touchstone Pictures