"Small-town girl goes to big city, forgets her roots" is a trope that's so common it appears in almost all Christmas movies. But in Sweet Home Alabama it works. Witherspoon plays Melanie Smooter in the New York City movie. She is a fashion designer who conceals her Pigeon Creek, Alabama roots by using the name "Carmichael".
Until Andrew Hennings proposes, it seems that her plan is working.Patrick Dempsey), the rich son of NYC's mayorCandice Bergen. Problem is, she's already married to Jake Perry (Lucas), her childhood sweetheart. He was supposed to have filed for divorce years ago but she never signed them. There is only way out. Melanie can return to Pigeon Creek to get the divorce decree finalized. But, this romantic comedy is not how it works between Jake and Melanie.
Although the movie is fantasy, Witherspoon stated that Melanie's struggles mirror her own experiences, as a Louisiana-born and Tennessee-raised actress trying make it in Hollywood.
She said, "When I read it, I was like, ‘Do these people have my life story?’" during a Town Hall event held in 2018. "Because you don't care as much about where you come from, but you start to feel nostalgic for it, no matter how much. When I was 18 years old, I felt like I was leaving. "I am never coming back!"
Evidently, the Oscar winner had a change in heart.She now lives in Nashville with her husband.With her husbandJim Toth. "When?"I was browsing Sweet Home AlabamaIt was exactly what I felt. It's easy to want to leave your home, but then you realize how important it is to have close family members or friends who know you well. These ideas are what I felt that the movie really captured. It was great fun. It was great fun. It was a lot of fun.
