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Sweet Home Alabama
(2002),
Director: Andy Tennant, rated PG-13
Sometimes What You're
Looking For Is Right Where You Left It.
  Starring:
Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Candice Bergman,
Fred Ward, Mary Kay Place, Ethan Embry, Jean Smart, Courney
Gains, Melanie Lynskey, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kevin Sussman
DML Rating:
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
- above average
"Well, for starters,
you can get your stubborn ass down here and give me a divorce."
- Melanie Carmichael
Why watch this? So
sweet it might send a diabetic into glucose shock.
Plot Summary:
A fashionable New York socialite returns to her Alabama hometown
to finalize her divorce from her estranged husband before
marrying her wealthy fiancé. While there, she is forced to
confront her past and reconnects with the life she left behind.
As she spends time in the South, she begins to question whether
her picture-perfect new life is truly what she wants..
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Dad's Preview: As this film
meandered on, I found myself wondering if I have
accidentally strayed into my wife's territory, you know, the
Hallmark Channel. For as engaging as Reese Witherspoon
can be, she dials it back in this fairly
run-of-the-mill romantic comedy. Her character Melanie
has an impossible choice: two exceedingly handsome
suitors. Oh, to have that problem. The performances are
nice. It's all very nice. In the end I really wanted
more something, more conflict or sacrifice or brokenness
- those things that make tough journey to true love
worth the fight. |
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Touchstone
Pictures, Original Film; Buena Vista
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