Directed by: Andy Tennant
Writing credits: Douglas J. Eboch, C. Jay Cox
Movie Genre: Drama/Comedy/Romance
Released: 2002
Running Time: 108 minutes
Rating: PG
Sweet Home Alabama is a 2002 feature film directed by Andy Tennant.
An ambitious young woman, Melanie Carmichael, moves to New York to escape her simple life in Alabama.
In no time, she reinvents herself as an up-scale fashion designer who is engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor, the son of the respected Mayor.
But Melanie's past holds many secrets, including the husband that she married in high school - who refuses to divorce her.
Determined to end her contentious marriage, Melanie travels to Alabama to confront her past - only to discover that you can take the girl out of the South, but you can never take the South out of the girl.
Tagline: Sometimes What You're Looking For Is Right Where You Left It.