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Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.2
Sweet Home Alabama poster

Overview

New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral

Overview

New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Traditional

Primary

The film's central conflict resolves by championing traditional values, community, and enduring love over modern ambition and superficial success, aligning its dominant themes with conservative cultural ideals.

The movie features a predominantly white and traditional cast, consistent with its romantic comedy genre and Southern setting. Its narrative centers on personal relationships and traditional themes, without engaging in critiques of traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI elements.

Secondary

The film features a gay supporting character, Frederick, who is depicted positively as a successful and supportive friend. His sexuality is present but not central to the plot, avoiding both strong positive advocacy and negative stereotypes. The portrayal is incidental and non-problematic, neither uplifting nor denigrating.

Sweet Home Alabama is a romantic comedy that does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on a cisgender woman's romantic entanglements and personal growth, with no elements related to transgender identity present in the story.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Sweet Home Alabama is an original film with characters created specifically for its narrative. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or legacy characters whose gender could have been altered for this adaptation.

Sweet Home Alabama is an original film from 2002, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a historical biopic. Therefore, no characters had a prior established race to be altered, meaning no race swaps occurred.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.2

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.2
The Movie Database logo
6.4

Critic Ratings

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3.8
Metacritic logo
4.5

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