![]() ![]() ![]() DVD features: movie (109min) commentary by director Andy Tennant deleted scenes (introduced by Tennant) alternate ending (introduced by Tennant). This was clearly written as her star vehicle but, given its limitations, she's still the next cab off the rank. As someone more used to Deep South cuisine than me put it, "After a while this lack of sincerity becomes less appealing than a bowl of catfish stew." Witherspoon has been picked as Hollywood's Next Big Thing since her breakthrough hit, Legally Blonde, and she's shown a range in a number of roles. Unfortunately, Sweet Home Alabama is too contrived, too production-line to pull it off, as you can probably pick from the fact that even the title was filched from a 70s' Lynyrd Skynyrd anthem. So if you're going to try to tell it all over again in the 00s it has to be done with a certain style and tenderness. Well, it's a familiar story that Hollywood has been retailing since Carole Lombard or Mary Pickford rearranged the cushions on the casting couch, the idea of someone leaving her life in the country to seek fame and fortune in the big city, only to discover there's no place like home. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the delightful romantic comedy SWEET HOME ALABAMA, starring Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon (Best Actress, 2005, WALK THE LINE) and Patrick Dempsey (ENCHANTED) now available for the first time on Blu-ray, featuring new a new digital restoration with enhanced picture and sound. Land sakes, Miss Melly, but the old sparks begin to fly and soon Melanie finds herself torn between her old life and the new, and the new man and the old. 1.1 Workin' for MCA DVD 1.2 I Ain't the One DVD 1.3 Down South Junkin' DVD 1.4 Double Trouble DVD 1.5 I Know a Little DVD 1.6 Saturday Night Special DVD 1.7 Swamp Music DVD 1.8 What's Your Name DVD 1.9 That Smell. Josh is still in love with her, because there wouldn't be a movie if he wasn't. Sweet Home Alabama: the Rockpalast Collection. So she flies home for the first time in seven years to convince the childhood sweetheart, Josh (Jake Perry), to sign their ex-life away. Well, not unless there was a gosh-darned good reason, and getting rid of the inconvenient spouse of her teenage years to marry the rich kid is that reason. Our Mel has made the long and difficult journey from Pigeon Creek with one single-minded ambition, and that was never to go back there. There's only one problem: Melanie is already married. She becomes Melanie Carmichael, a top fashion designer, and engaged to Andrew Hennings (Patrick Dempsey), son of the mayor (Candice Bergen). Now Melanie has to return to her hometown of Pigeon Creek, AL, to tell her parents (Fred Ward and Mary Kay Place) the news and convince Jake to grant her a divorce however, the more time she spends with her old flame, the more she feels sparks flying between them again, while she also learns her Eastern affectations don't fly with everyone back home.By EWAN McDONALD (Herald rating: * * *) Melanie Smooter (Reese Witherspoon) leaves behind her pushy mother (Mary Kay Place), boring father (Fred Ward) and the shack in Pigeon Creek, Alabama, and moves to New York. Things went sour and Melanie moved East, reinventing herself along the way, but Jake never bothered to legally end their marriage. ![]() Despite her polished uptown image, Melanie grew up poor in the deep South, and as a teenager she married her high school sweetheart Jake Perry (Josh Lucas). One day, Andrew pops the big question and asks Melanie to marry him Melanie is overjoyed, but unknown to Andrew, Melanie has some unfinished business to take care of first. Melanie Carmichael (Witherspoon) is a successful New York fashion designer who is dating Andrew Hennings (Patrick Dempsey), a wealthy socialite whose mother, Katherine Hennings (Candice Bergen), is the Big Apple's mayor. Īfter establishing herself as a bankable star with the fish out of water comedy Legally Blonde, Reese Witherspoon returns in what could be described as a "fish back in water" comedy. Not only but also because of the COVID-19 virus problem a growing list of titles are available as digital downloads. One day, Andrew pops the big question and asks Melanie to marry him Melanie is overjoyed, but unknown to Andrew, Melanie has. ![]() After establishing herself as a bankable star with the fish out of water comedy Legally Blonde, Reese Witherspoon returns in what could be described as a "fish back in water" comedy. ![]()
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