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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. I think I had seen the movie before then and thought it was great, but I didn't get the feeling that anyone else did. So at the premiere, I took my mom and had some of my friends and there was a party afterwards. As my mom and I left, I got attacked basically by paparazzi. And then that Friday the movie opened and Sunday I started getting calls from my agent telling me how huge the movie opened.
He later returns, saying he still wants to marry her, and the wedding is immediately set in motion. While visiting a nearby restaurant/resort with aglassblowinggallery, they admire the glass sculptures that are similar to ones they have seen in New York. Melanie realizes Jake is the artist and that he owns the resort. While visiting a nearby restaurant/resort with a glassblowing gallery, they admire the glass sculptures that are similar to ones they have seen in New York.
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One of her previous serious relationships was with Bobby Ontario, that relationship which has a profound affect on many aspects of her marriage to Dean. Dean and Cindy head off on an overnight getaway together without Frankie, the getaway which may provide a clearer picture if their marriage can survive its many issues. Mary Kay Place appears in Sweet Home Alabama as Pearl Smooter, Melanie's loving mother who always encouraged her to have a better life for herself. Place is an actress, singer, director, and screenwriter, best known for her role as Loretta Haggers on the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. After Sweet Home Alabama, Place appeared in films throughout the 2000s, and most recently in Diane , for which she was awarded for Best Actress by several different organizations.
During the end credits some photos are shown with the cast. In a sequence of them Melanie's parents are "scared" by a punk with a pierced tongue, Mel's co-worker from the beginning of the movie, who comments on her accent when she dreams. Pierce Conran of South China Morning Post gave a rating of 3/5, saying that "despite a breathless opening episode and some grisly fun throughout, Sweet Home does not provide much of a story for viewers to get hooked on." Joel Keller of Decider said that "despite its flaws and a premise we've seen before, Sweet Home distinguishes itself by its setting and its monsters. We will see if the drama between the survivors will keep us watching." Principal photography began in September 2019 and filming was completed in February 2020.
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He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. Tap "Sign me up" below to receive our weekly newsletter with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. The Judge—a 2014 film with a similar plot of a protagonist with a successful big city career drawn back to an old hometown.
The script was just as bad as I thought it was before, but I thought the idea was great. I think my big takeaway for the rewrite for me and my writing partner, Rick Parks, was that in the original script, I think the fiancé of Reese's character was a complete tool and the guy down South was a hunky, handsome guy. Why don't we do a love triangle where the love choices are between a great guy and the right guy? Reese Witherspoon was just coming off the success of "Legally Blonde" when she agreed to play the southern troublemaker turned New York City fashion designer Melanie Carmichael. So when an alien life form decides to model "himself" on the husband, Jenny is understandably confused if not terrified. The alien, or Starman, as he is called, has a deadline to meet, and kidnaps Jenny in order to meet it.
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At the time, it had the highest September opening weekend, surpassing Rush Hour. For a decade, the film would hold this record until 2012 when Hotel Transylvania took it. By the end of its run in the United States, Sweet Home Alabama grossed over US$130 million, and another US$53,399,006 internationally. With a reported budget of US$30 million, it was a box office hit, despite the mixed reviews. Kim Nam-hee as Jung Jae-heon, a Korean Language teacher and a devout Christian who lives in 1506.
Melanie follows and gets drunk, insults her old school friends, and outs her longtime friend, Bobby Ray. In the present day, Melanie is a successful New York fashion designer who has adopted the surname "Carmichael" to hide her poor Southern roots. Hyun, a loner high school student who lost his entire family in a terrible accident, is forced to leave his home and has to face a new reality where monsters are trying to wipe out all of humanity. Now he must fight against all odds to try and race against the clock to save what is left of the human race before it's too late. On this, director Lee Eung-bok said that " know some of the viewers were anticipating more gore, but hope they will understand why monsters were absent from some parts of our drama." Ther and by the experiences they've had leading into their marriage.
Kim Hee-jung as Cha Jin-ok, a mother who was desperately trying to save her daughter, only for her to witness her death. Kim Kap-soo as Ahn Gil-seob, a terminally-ill patient living with his caregiver Park Yoo-ri. I might have been the lowest-paid actor in the entire movie. "Sweet Home Alabama" follows Melanie as she travels to her Alabama hometown to finalize her divorce from her childhood sweetheart, Jake , so she can marry Andrew , the son of the New York City mayor .
Dean, a high school drop out, comes from a broken home, where he never really had a mother figure. He never saw himself getting married or having a family despite falling in love at first sight with Cindy. Cindy also comes from a dysfunctional family, with her own mother and father not setting an example of a harmonious married or family life.
Bobby Ray backs up her pretense that she is a relative and the family mansion is her childhood home. Melanie reconciles with her friends and learns that after she split with Jake, he had followed her to New York to win her back. Intimidated by the city and her success, he returned home to make something of himself first. She and Jake have a heart-to-heart, and Melanie realises why he never signed their divorce papers.
A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar. What she does not expect is that she falls in love with her new husband and ultimately must decide between him and her sadistic former lover. Contains explicit sex including sadistic acts as Thomas Jane cuts Jolie's back with a knife as part of their lovemaking.
During Melanie and Andrew's wedding at the Carmichael estate, a lawyer arrives and halts the ceremony. Melanie confesses that she still loves Jake and cancels the wedding. She and Andrew wish each other well, though Kate berates Andrew and insults Melanie, her family, and the entire town, for which Melanie punches her in the face. Melanie finds Jake at the beach planting lightning rods in the sand during a rainstorm to create more glass sculptures. She tells him they are still married, they return to what would have been Melanie and Andrew's reception, and finally, have their first dance as husband and wife.
For her performance in Sweet Home Alabama, Bergen was nominated Choice Movie Villain at the Teen Choice Awards in 2003. Since then, Bergen has continued working as an actress in television and films including The Women , Bride Wars , Book Club , Let Them All Talk , and more. Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
