Sweet Home Alabama

Sweet Home Alabama is a 2002 movie that was released on September 27, 2002 and was directed by Andy Tennant.

The movie starts out with two kids running on a beach. They are Jake Perry and Melanie Smooter. Both are ten years old. It's raining and lightning is striking every couple of seconds. Jake looks over at Melanie. He tells her that he wants to marry her. She asks him why. He says so that he can kiss her whenever he wants. He leans into kiss her just as lightning is about to strike the very spot where they stand.

An older Melanie (Reese Witherspoon) now lives in New York and is a famous fashion designer. She is putting the finishing touches on a show for later that night. She goes to her apartment and there are rose petals all over the place. She smiles since she knows they are from her boyfriend Andrew Hennings (Patrick Dempsey). There's a message from him saying he'll see her at the show. After the show, Andrew takes her to a surprise place before going to an event for his mother because she is the mayor of New York. He takes her to Tiffany's and proposes and she accepts. They decide to keep it quiet for a couple of days but Andrew's mother/mayor, Kate (Candice Bergen), finds out and blabs. Melanie later tells Andrew she wants to go to Alabama to tell her parents in person. He tells her he would love to go since he has never met her family, but she insists on going alone.