Reese witherspoon and josh lucas want sweet home alabama. Melanie didnt sign the papers because, deep down, she still loved jake, and probably, subconsciously, hoped theyd get back together. The movie tells about a girl called melanie reese witherspoon who comes from alabama. Jan 05, 20 46 videos play all sweet home alabama 2002 full movie nahajauajaahajakka jauajahaahayahhsa inside celebrity homes s2 e2 inside patrick dempseys malibu home designed by frank gehry.
Im watching the movie now and i want to know if you know what happened to her baby. Holly doesnt want to live in alabama but when she meets a guy and gets a job, can that change her opinions about alabama. And as melanie struggles with her own feelings about being back home, you feel twinges of her emotion, too. The carmichael plantation, which melanie tells the reporter is her childhood home, is the oak hill berry museum, a historic landmark in georgia which is on the campus of berry college in rome, georgia. Sweet home alabama is a 2002 american romantic comedy film directed by andy tennant. There was some objectionable material, such as, the language mostly and also the one scene at melanies fashion show, where the women could have had a little more shirt in the front.
The fact is that few people in hollywood have voluntarily gone home again since william faulkner fled to mississippi. The story is a love triangle involving two childhood alabama sweethearts who married but became estranged, jake perry and melanie smooter lucas and witherspoon, and melanie s boyfriend of 8 months, andrew hennings dempsey. Its no secret southerners love sweet home alabamalines from the film remind us of quips heard around our own dinner tables, and the scenery looks like home. Dec 20, 2009 in sweet home alabama what happens to melanies baby. This sweet home alabama 2 idea from star josh lucas is. In alabama, melanie asks jake why he has returned the divorce papers unsigned. Shed fooled herself into believing she had signed the papers.
Melanie states that she was the first person to climb into the back of jakes truck possible sexually related. Jake had no idea what to do, all he wanted was to know if she was pregnant or not. With reese witherspoon, patrick dempsey, josh lucas, candice bergen. When she becomes engaged to andrew, the son of the mayor of new york city, melanie announces that she has to go back home alone to alabama to tell her parents in person.
Sweet home alabama is a 2002 american romantic comedy film. Sweet home alabama trailer sweet home alabama is a 2002 american romantic comedy film synopsis edit. Jul 19, 2018 elle woods is coming back for another movie, so why wouldnt melanie smootercarmichael do the same. In sweet home alabama what happens to melanie s baby. A young woman whos reinvented herself as a new york socialite must return home to alabama to obtain a divorce from her husband, after seven years of separation. For a start, candice bergen does a turn as a hardcharging mayor of new york with a glamorous, j. Complete ost song list, videos, music, description. Sweet home alabama 2002 sweet home alabama 2002 user. Almost two decades after the movies release, sweet home alabama might be getting a sequel, if reese witherspoon and josh lucas have their way.
The film starts at a beach in alabama during a thunderstorm with two children chasing each other 10 yr old melanie and. The best lines from sweet home alabama southern living. The story is a love triangle involving two childhood alabama sweethearts who married but became estranged, jake perry and melanie smooter lucas and witherspoon, and melanies boyfriend of 8 months, andrew hennings dempsey. Erin vanderbilt, the woman that andrew is shown marrying at the end originally had a bigger part, but test audiences misunderstood her relationship with andrew before breaking up with melanie, so all of erins scenes were cut except for that small bit over the credits. Sweet home alabama 2002 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Sweet home alabama was the first film allowed to shoot in new york city after the september 11, 2001 attacks. Melanie lies to her friends in new york about her past. When melanie pulls up to the festival right after the scene with the reporter from the post at the carmichael plantation you can see a cameraman on the right rear side of the car before he kneels down out of view and the audio microphoneboom in the shot being lifted away from the left side, up, and out. But melanie s past holds many secrets, including jake josh lucas, the.
Sweet home alabama is a romantic comedy directed by andy dennant and released in 2002. Sweet home alabama is a romantic comedy starring reese witherspoon, patrick dempsey and josh lucas. Sep 27, 2002 sweet home alabama is the latest, admittedly charming, recycling of this ancient myth. The neon demon official trailer 1 2016 elle fanning, keanu reeves horror movie. Ebochs story is adorable, though riddled with cliches. Name a movie that ended with the death of the main characters. Josh lucas and reese witherspoon starred as childhood soulmates in the 2002 hit sweet home alabama. Sweet home alabama is a 2002 american romantic comedy film directed by andy tennant and. Josh lucas wants to do a sweet home alabama sequel, and hes already talked to costar reese witherspoon about it.
They got married solely because she was pregnant, she ultimately miscarrying. Melanie and andrew passionately kiss in the backseat of a limo where they want some privacy from the limo driver. Reese witherspoon is making a fortune impersonating fish out of water. Her private reason is to demand a divorce from jake. This shows melanie and jake raising their family if you loved the film youll love this rated. Jan 20, 2012 determined to end their marriage and sever all ties with her past once and for all, melanie returns to alabama. In the smash legally blonde, she imported an ohsocalifornia valley girl to the hallowed halls of harvard. Thankfully, for every goodnatured jab, sweet home alabama supplies a human face for balance. In different scenes throughout the movie, the eyeshadow on melanies left. New york fashion designer melanie reese witherspoon suddenly finds herself engaged to the citys most eligible bachelor. Elle woods is coming back for another movie, so why wouldnt melanie smootercarmichael do the same. What changes the way i think about sweet home alabama, however, is the insinuation that melanie doesnt know her own mind. Melanie initially ignored that advice and married her childhood sweetheart, jake perry, fresh out of high school.
It seems theres a chance that reese witherspoons 2002 romcom sweet home alabama could get a. Jake was in his truck thinking about what had just happened, melanie could be and most probably was pregnant but it might not be his. Aug 01, 2019 josh lucas and reese witherspoon starred as childhood soulmates in the 2002 hit sweet home alabama. A young woman whos reinvented herself as a new york city socialite must return home to alabama to obtain a divorce from her husband, after seven years of separation. The one thing that will change how you feel about sweet home. Lucas made his feelings on the matter clear during an access. When jake is driving andrew to melanie at the battlesite, jake is driving with the truck in the park position. Sweet home alabamathe film that i am going to analyze today is sweet home alabama.
Although the end is predictable, the ride there is sweet as molasses. Josh lucas calls on reese witherspoon for sweet home alabama. Then it goes to present day with melanie now a successful fashion designer in new york city. Reese witherspoon says the 2002 movie sweet home alabama was. Apr 25, 2008 from the movie sweet home alabama, heres my favorite scene with melanie played by reese witherspoon and jake played by josh lucas. Andy tennants romantic comedy sweet home alabama 2002 is a fun story with a few neat twists and a lot of heart. In sweet home alabama, shes a poor southern lass who. Sweet home alabama was a good movie but something you would only want to see once. There is a guy and a girl who are married but separated and the girl is planning to marry a much more rich, put together man. His mother hates her, and melanies exhusband hasnt signed the divorce papers. The movie begins as two kids melanie and her future husband are playing on the beach in alabama and chasing each other. Reese witherspoon, who is the best reason to see sweet home alabama, stars as melanie carmichael, a smalltown girl who moves to the big apple and while still in her 20s becomes a famous fashion designer. In sweet home alabama what happens to melanies baby.
Not only is it a huge success, but she also gets a swooningly romantic marriage proposal from a gorgeous, thoughtful, supportive man patrick dempsey who adores her and who happens to be the son of the. Did you already watch the movie the blues brothers. She didnt tell her boyfriend because she mostly was in denial about the state of her feelings and her marriage. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions. Melanie finds out shes pregnant but whos the father. On an alabama beach, 10yearolds jake perry and melanie smooter inspect the result of lightning striking sand. Shes in love with andrew patrick dempsey, a jfk jr. Later in the movie, we see lurlynn at the local catfish festival, again calmly parenting, this. Sweet home alabama 2002 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Determined to end their marriage and sever all ties with her past once and for all, melanie returns to alabama. Reese witherspoon is charming enough, but the road to alabama is welltraveled. This sweet home alabama 2 idea from star josh lucas is so.
This shows melanie and jake raising their family if you loved the film youll love this. Jul, 20 sweet home alabamathe film that i am going to analyze today is sweet home alabama. And the fact that her ex wont sign the divorce papers after the longest. At one point, melanie mentions that jake got her pregnant several years ago. Feb 05, 2016 what changes the way i think about sweet home alabama, however, is the insinuation that melanie doesnt know her own mind. Read the sweet home alabama movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Andrew sarris, critic for the new york observer, said that the movie would be an unendurable viewing. In sweet home alabama, melanie carmichael reese witherspoon is a fashion designer just breaking through to the big time with her first solo show. Jul 17, 2018 josh lucas wants to do a sweet home alabama sequel, and hes already talked to costar reese witherspoon about it. Sweet home alabama 2002 cast and crew new york fashion designer melanie reese witherspoon suddenly finds herself engaged to the citys most eligible bachelor. But home starts to tug at her heartstrings, and what she thought she wanted may not. Its a rather predictable romance that has a couple of twists and turns but nothing that keeps you on the edge of your seat. She then kisses his neck, but the passion ends there.
Since she left pigeon creek and jake seven years ago, melanie has tried to get. But she has a bit of a bumpy past in the south where her family and old friends are, shes still married to jake, her high school sweetheart. Sweet home alabama is about a girl, melanie, she is about to marry the mayor of new york citys son. The much darker original ending to sweet home alabama film. Sweet home alabama follows melanie smooter, an established nyc socialite, who returns to her small town to divorce her high school. Its the kind of movie where you know every line by heart, and the plot simply never gets old. The screenwriters who retail the mirage of small towns are relieved to have escaped them. But melanies past holds many secrets, including jake josh lucas, the. There is a guy and a girl who are married but separated and the girl is planning to marry a much more rich, put. The film will celebrates its 15th birthday this month, having debuted september 27, 2002. Not only is it a huge success, but she also gets a swooningly romantic marriage proposal from a gorgeous, thoughtful, supportive man patrick dempsey who adores her and who happens to be the son of the mayor of new york candice bergen. Since she left pigeon creek and jake seven years ago, melanie has tried to get a divorce from jake, signing divorce papers which he has refused to do. More mistakes in sweet home alabama sweet home alabama trivia trivia.
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