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Summary Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, newly-engaged New Yorker Melanie (Witherspoon) sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past (including her redneck husband), only to discover that you can take the girl out of the South, but you can never take the South out of the girl. (Touchstone Pictures...

Sweet Home Alabama
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 35 Critic Reviews
45
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 34 User Ratings
6.6
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Summary Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, newly-engaged New Yorker Melanie (Witherspoon) sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past (including her redneck husband), only to discover that you can take the girl out of the South, but you can never take the South out of the girl. (Touchstone Pictures...

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 35 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 35 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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66% Mixed
23 Reviews
17% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 34 User Ratings
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Generally Favorable Based on 34 User Ratings
6.6
56% Positive
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38% Mixed
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6% Negative
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Production Company Touchstone Pictures, Original Film, D&D Films, Pigeon Creek Films
Release Date Sep 27, 2002
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Sometimes what you run away from are what you miss the most.
Teen Choice Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
BMI Film & TV Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards
1 Nomination