An ambitious young woman, MELANIE CARMICHAEL (Reese Witherspoon), 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!

CAST AND CREW

Jean Smart Fred Ward Reese Witherspoon Patrick Dempsey Candice Bergen Andy Tennant

GENRE

Comedy, Romance

CERTIFICATE

Suitable for 12 years and over

RUN TIME

1 hour 48 minutes

RELEASED

2002