Sweet Home Alabama
Sometimes what you're looking for is right where you left it.
6.4(1,750) 2002-09-26 108 minComedyRomance
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.
DirectorAndy Tennant
ScreenplayC. Jay Cox
ProducerNeal H. Moritz
ProducerStokely Chaffin
Original Music ComposerGeorge Fenton
Cast & characters
Reese Witherspoon
as Melanie Smooter
Josh Lucas
as Jake Perry
Patrick Dempsey
as Andrew Hennings
Candice Bergen
as Mayor Kate Hennings
Mary Kay Place
as Pearl Smooter
Fred Ward
as Earl Smooter
Jean Smart
as Stella Kay Perry
Ethan Embry
as Bobby Ray
Melanie Lynskey
as Lurlynn
Courtney Gains
as Sheriff Wade
Mary Lynn Rajskub
as Dorothea
Rhona Mitra
as Tabatha Wadmore-Smith
Nathan Lee Graham
as Frederick Montana
Sean Bridgers
as Eldon
Fleet Cooper
as Clinton
Kevin Sussman
as Barry Lowenstein
Thomas Curtis
as Young Jake
Dakota Fanning
as Young Melanie
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Mark Skinner
as Bruno
Michelle Krusiec
as Pan
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Phil Cater
as Pablo
Michael Snow
as Devin
Bob Penny
as Wallace Buford
Mark Matkevich
as Tom Darovsic
