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Sweet Home Alabama

Sometimes what you're looking for is right where you left it.

2002 · PG-13 · 1h 48m

Directed by Andy Tennant

6.4

TMDB audience score
1,822 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.

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Cast

  • Reese Witherspoon
    Melanie Smooter

  • Josh Lucas
    Jake Perry

  • Patrick Dempsey
    Andrew Hennings

  • Candice Bergen
    Mayor Kate Hennings

  • Mary Kay Place
    Pearl Smooter

  • Fred Ward
    Earl Smooter

  • Jean Smart
    Stella Kay Perry

  • Ethan Embry
    Bobby Ray

  • Melanie Lynskey
    Lurlynn

  • Courtney Gains
    Sheriff Wade

  • Mary Lynn Rajskub
    Dorothea

  • Rhona Mitra
    Tabatha Wadmore-Smith

  • Nathan Lee Graham
    Frederick Montana

  • Sean Bridgers
    Eldon

  • Fleet Cooper
    Clinton

  • Kevin Sussman
    Barry Lowenstein

  • Thomas Curtis
    Young Jake

  • Dakota Fanning
    Young Melanie