Sweet Home Alabama

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Sweet Home Alabama

PG-13

2002

1h 48m

Romance

Comedy

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Separated from her Southern husband, an engaged New York fashion designer confronts him about a divorce.

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Reese Witherspoon is charming enough, but the road to Alabama is well-traveled.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 28, 2010

4/5

Witherspoon's charm keeps this movie afloat.

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Andrew Sarris

Observer

Nov 6, 2002

Would be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial New Yorker if 26-year-old Reese Witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character, Melanie Carmichael, with a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic.

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Rex Reed

Observer

Oct 2, 2002

It's as preposterous and phony as a Confederate C-note, but Reese Witherspoon has so much natural beauty, talent and charm she guarantees more fun than the day the hogs ate Willie.

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

Feb 6, 2026

...[Reese Witherspoon's] presence on screen is one of the main attractions of this barely convincing revival of the basic formulas of the romance novel. [Full review in Spanish]

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Sarah Caden

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Jan 13, 2026

The joy of this tidy little comedy is not in the ending, but in spending time with the totally endearing, spiky but sweet, Witherspoon and the excellent eccentrics who surround her.

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Noah Berlatsky

Everything is Horrible (Substack)

May 14, 2023

The movie doesn’t express overt racism. But its implicit whitewashing of Southern history fits neatly into very racist neo-Confederate myths.

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COS M

@CosMovies 6 days ago

Underneath a charming, funny, and romantic movies lives a sweet story of first love experiencing loss, career aspirations, separate journeys and then realignment to true love.

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Barret P

@RT56797881 6 days ago

This is not a satisfying movie in the slightest. I don't know what it was trying to achieve as you are forced to watch the main character be the most unlikable, horrible person imaginable. I could tell exactly where the movie was going from the start, and although I didn't want to believe that the main character would be so rotten to such a sweet guy, I was correct. Wouldn't even ironically watch again.

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Thyaagu C

@Thyaagu May 25, 2026

3.25 ⭐️ Was genuinely charming, a good comfort watch overall. Just had the potential to be way, way better.

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Jehu M

@RT52904816 Apr 27, 2026

this movie sucks, not nice how does she deserve that happy ending!

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Chase J.

@chasez Apr 6, 2026

It’s charming and heartwarming. Yeah, it’s not a very good “movie”, but I always watch it when it comes on. Witherspoon carries.

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Makayla N

@RT11809164 Apr 5, 2026

This is horrible & Melanie didn’t deserve the happy ending she got whatsoever

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Synopsis

Separated from her Southern husband, an engaged New York fashion designer confronts him about a divorce.

Director: Andy Tennant
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Stokely Chaffin
Screenwriter: Douglas J. Eboch, C. Jay Cox
Distributor: Touchstone Pictures
Production Co: Original Film, Pigeon Creek Films
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual References|Some Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 27, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $127.2M
Runtime: 1h 48m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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