Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
Sometimes What You're Looking For Is Right Where You Left It.
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Sweet Home Alabama rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.2/10· 131K votes
Rotten Tomatoes39%
Metacritic45%
TMDb6.418/10· 2K votesWith 39% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.2/10 on IMDb and 45/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Sweet Home Alabama
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.
Cast of Sweet Home Alabama
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
Sweet Home Alabama facts
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $180.6M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Romantic comedy finds charm in fashion designer career woman protagonist
- •Deep South setting provides picturesque backdrop for romantic entanglement
- •Light-hearted tone delivers easy-watching feel-good entertainment experience
What the audience disliked
- •Predictable romance formula follows conventional romantic comedy beat sheet
- •Critics note shallow character arcs and formulaic relationship resolution
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