Sweet Home Alabama Page #3

Synopsis: Melanie Carmichael, an up and rising fashion designer in New York, has gotten almost everything she wished for since she was little. She has a great career and the JFK-like fiancée of New York City. But when he proposes to her, she doesn't forget about her family back down South. More importantly, her husband back there, who refuses to divorce her ever since she sent divorce papers seven years ago. To set matters straight, she decides to go to the south quick and make him sign the papers. When things don't turn out the way she planned them, she realizes that what she had before in the south was far more perfect than the life she had in New York City.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Andy Tennant
Production: Buena Vista Distribution Compa
  3 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
45
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
PG-13
Year:
2002
108 min
$127,214,072
Website
3,524 Views


What happened to Bear?|- He died.

You weren't here.

What are you doing?!

Leavin'. You done it.|You should recognize the gesture.

Could we just try to keep this|as civilized as possible?

Please sign these papers|so I can go home.

What do you know from home?

Hell, I bet your folks don't|even know you're in town.

That's my business.

Honey, those people are|the only family you got.

Don't you "honey" me, honey!

Get your butt back in that car,|you drive over and see 'em,...

and then maybe we'll talk.

Jake! You dumb, stubborn,|redneck hick!

The only reason you won't sign these|papers is 'cause I want you to!

Wrong! The only reason|I ain't signin'...

is 'cause you've turned into|some hoity-toity Yankee b*tch...

and I'd like nothin' better|right now than to piss you off!

What are you doin' with|Mose Plydell's plane anyhow?!

That's my business!

Divorce, my ass.

Hey, genius...

Next time you lock somebody out,...

make sure they don't know|where the spare key's hidden.

Well, see, that's the thing|about Hide-A-Keys...

it'd be nice if your wife|told you where it was!

I'm not your wife, Jake.

I'm just the first girl...

that climbed|in the back of your truck.

But you're right...|I have changed.

I don't even know|that girl anymore.

Well, then...|allow me to remind you.

"Born into one of the wealthiest|families of Greenville, Alabama,

her daddy's in cotton and|all that that implies."

There's no listing for an|Earl Carmichael in Greenville.

How about her local high school?

No record of a Melanie|Carmichael attending... ever.

Jesus! Whatever happened|to responsible journalism?

There's something wrong here.

Why would my son do this to me?

Maybe he, um, loves her.

Oh, please!|This is classic rebound.

He's still wounded from...|who was his last girlfriend?

Whitney Truesdale,|lawyer, San Francisco.

Yeah, well, there was|a match made in Heaven...

society, political family,|California...

all those electoral votes.

Get Andrew on the phone.

Since we have a small window|for the Secretary of Housing,

please hold your questions|until after the presentation.

Gentlemen.

Did you see the look|on my mom's face?

I thought her head|was going to explode.

Yeah, what did she say?

That I should date women|like Melanie, not marry them.

That's harsh.|- That's Mom.

Thank you.|- Thanks a lot.

We hope to have the Bronx Children's Hospital |open by fall 2003.

Oh, speak of the devil.|Hello?

So, have you two lovebirds|set a date?

I'm pleading the Fifth.

Okay, fine, just try to keep|your secrets. I dare you.

Oh, at least you sound like|you're in a better mood.

My approval rating|went up 2 points.

It seems the public likes|being reminded I am a mother.

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C. Jay Cox

C. Jay Cox (born 1962 in Nevada) is an American director and screenwriter. more…

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