Sweet Home Alabama is a 2002 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and stars Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, and Patrick Dempsey. The film was released on September 27, 2002. The film opens on an Alabama beach with two children chasing each other: Melanie Smooter and Jake Perry. The two discuss their future together. They kiss, and Jake says they will be married one day. The scene then moves to the present day. Melanie has changed her last name to Carmichael and is now a successful fashion designer in New York City. After becoming engaged to Andrew , the mayor's son, Melanie... announces that she has to go back home alone to Alabama to tell her parents. She has not told Andrew that she is married to Jake . Upon arrival in Alabama, Melanie demands a divorce and an explanation why Jake has for the last seven years returned the divorce papers unsigned. Jake refuses to sign the papers. Melanie retaliates by emptying out their joint checking account.
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| Release date: | September 20, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Andy Tennant |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 109 Minutes |
| Producer: | Stokely Chaffin, Neal H. Moritz |
| Editor: | Troy Takaki, Tracey Wadmore-Smith |
| Music by: | George Fenton |
| Cinematography: | Andrew Dunn |
| Screenplay by: | C. Jay Cox |
| Estimated budget: | $38,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |