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Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

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Release Date: September 27, 2002
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Running Time: 109 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for language and sexual references.
Director: Andy Tennant
Writer: Andy Tennant, C. Jay Cox, Douglas Eboch
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Candice Bergen, Ethan Embry, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Reese Witherspoon

A successful fashion designer returns to her hick town in Alabama to tell her parents that she is engaged, and to finally get a divorce from the white trash husband she ran away from. Things aren't as easy as they seem, though, as she starts to fall in love with him again. Read more

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Grade: C+ Reese Witherspoon rocked audiences with her Clueless-style performance in Legally Blonde, a movie that went on to make a lot of money and establish Witherspoon as a leading lady. She tested audiences again this year with Sweet Home Alabama and blew away the competition, making over $35 million in its opening weekend. But where some movies deserve the riches, some don't, and Sweet Home Alabama just doesn't cut it. Read the full movie review

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