She, on the other hands, lies about her past, neglects to tell him she is still married, and lies about why she is going down to Alabama. Her fiance is seen to be a man of honor with character and forgiveness.

It was certainly cute and Reese Witherspoon is adorable, but that makes you miss all of the sins she is guilty of, or somehow makes them okay. Negative-I rate this negative because I was expecting more. But, because of the other objectionable content, I can at best give this film a marginal thumbs up for Christians. In the end, it is very nice to see a film where an estranged married couple manages to work out their differences and patch up their relationship.

There is unnecessary bad language, sexual humor and, of course, the token homosexual characters (once again using humor to try to desensitize moviegoers to convince them that such behavior is a perfectly acceptable lifestyle). While “Sweet Home Alabama” is entertaining, the moral content of the film leaves something to be desire. After a series of conflicts with Jake, including lots of reminiscing about the life she left behind in Alabama, Melanie must decide which life she will ultimately choose to live. The Southerners do manage to take some potshots at the snooty, posh Yankees that come to visit for the wedding. This is refreshing and very much worked in favor for the film. While acknowledging some of the Southern eccentricities, Melanie’s old friends are portrayed as being much more three-dimensional “real” people than just cardboard cutout characters. But, surprisingly, the film doesn’t turn the Alabama characters into two dimensional movie hicks or rednecks. “Home” is full of, as you might expect, Southern jokes which pretty much hit their mark.

In addition, she’s ashamed of her “white trash” past and wants to hide it from her fiance and future mother-in-law. Namely, she’s still married to (but estranged from) childhood sweetheart, Jake ( Josh Lucas). Unfortunately, though Melanie says yes, she has some unfinished business back home in Alabama. Melanie Carmichael ( Reese Witherspoon) is an up-and-coming New York fashion designer who has just received a proposal of marriage from her boyfriend Andrew ( Patrick Dempsey), who just happens to be Secretary of Housing and son of the N.Y. But it is unfortunately a part of the Hollywood trend to produce comedies on the more raunchy side. As an upbeat, romantic film “Home” succeeds fairly well and keeps the audience entertained for two hours. “Sweet Home Alabama” is the latest entry in the slew of romantic comedies delivered each year-some entertaining, som not.

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