Review of Sweet Home Alabama (2002) by Ben F — 08 Jul 2010

In an excellent summary, this is what "Sweet Home Alabama" did. It took a bunch of premises, sequences, and dialogue from a bunch of other movies, and through it into one film. But what did the movie do that was original? I guess it was the southern accents. This movie was bad.

So basically, Reese Witherspoon, bla bla, she's marrying some rich guy, goes back to her home town to get divorced with her ex-husband, who she falls for again. There, that's the plot. I don't know, it's been done like 100 times, so why would anyone find this appealing. I mean come on! This movie was completely contrived, and I knew it was to the point where I knew what Reese Witherspoon was going to say before she said it. I mean come on.

The acting in this film is typical. Pretty horrible performances from everyone, and not only is the line delivery atrocious, but the lines themselves are stupid as well. Who the hell wrote this? It's got to be one of the most amateur scripts from a romance in a long time. It was just painful to listen to without a doubt.

I mean like the movie was so textbook, to a point where I just didn't care anymore. I don't care who she marries, just end the movie! If I'm yelling something like that, I don't think it's a good sign. The only thing I liked about this movie was the dog. He gave the best performance out of everyone.

"Sweet Home Alabama" was just a stupid movie. It had a predictable plot, the acting was horrific, and the dialogue that I was hearing got so bad, that it came to a point that I wanted to put ear plugs on because I was in so much pain. But HEY!.....I liked the dog. He was cute.