Netflix has welcomed a feel-good rom-com from the early noughties that’s rapidly climbed the streaming giant’s top 10 film rankings.

Featuring a Hollywood darling of romantic comedies and an actor well-known to Yellowstone viewers, the film has soared to sixth place on the platform.

 

 

For anyone craving a heart-warming on-screen love story, Netflix delivers with the 2002 gem Sweet Home Alabama, headlined by Reese Witherspoon.

The Legally Blonde star plays Melanie Carmichael, a New York-based fashion designer who fiercely guards the secret of her humble Alabama roots.

But when she gets engaged to sophisticated bachelor Andrew Hemmings (portrayed by Patrick Dempsey), Melanie must head back to Alabama to formally end things with her small-town husband Jake Perry (Josh Lucas), her high school sweetheart who stubbornly won’t grant her a divorce, reports the Mirror.

Brimming with Southern appeal and undeniable on-screen chemistry between Witherspoon and Lucas, it’s hardly shocking that Sweet Home Alabama has captured the attention of streaming audiences nearly 25 years on from its cinema debut, despite receiving a disappointing 38 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

They finished with a daring challenge: “Even if this isn’t your kind of film I challenge you to watch it and not feel good, practically impossible.”

Another viewer enthused: “Very good old fashion fun. I was very surprised by this film. I thought that this would be just a silly chick hick flick but I was wrong.

“It’s an intelligent and touching film about faith and home that just pulled at the right heart strings. Reese Witherspoon is wonderful as well as the rest of the cast, and it has just the right sense of hope and fun to bring you out of a bad mood. I can’t recommend it enough.”

Praise poured in on Letterboxd, where Sweet Home Alabama has emerged as a beloved guilty pleasure.

One admirer captured the film’s charm: “A near perfect work of RomCom art. Hits all the tropes, manages all my expectations, is funny as hell and sweet without getting gross.”

“Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas are kinda perfect together,” another viewer remarked.

“This movie got me hook, line and sinker. Such a great little romcom that’s so of its time. Gotta love Candice Bergen playing Candice Bergen too.”

And one final devotee confessed: “I’ve spent 15 years trying to decide if I would have picked Jake or Andrew at the end… This masterpiece haunts me.”

Netflix has welcomed a feel-good rom-com from the early noughties that’s rapidly climbed the streaming giant’s top 10 film rankings.

Featuring a Hollywood darling of romantic comedies and an actor well-known to Yellowstone viewers, the film has soared to sixth place on the platform.

For anyone craving a heart-warming on-screen love story, Netflix delivers with the 2002 gem Sweet Home Alabama, headlined by Reese Witherspoon.

The Legally Blonde star plays Melanie Carmichael, a New York-based fashion designer who fiercely guards the secret of her humble Alabama roots.

But when she gets engaged to sophisticated bachelor Andrew Hemmings (portrayed by Patrick Dempsey), Melanie must head back to Alabama to formally end things with her small-town husband Jake Perry (Josh Lucas), her high school sweetheart who stubbornly won’t grant her a divorce, reports the Mirror.

Brimming with Southern appeal and undeniable on-screen chemistry between Witherspoon and Lucas, it’s hardly shocking that Sweet Home Alabama has captured the attention of streaming audiences nearly 25 years on from its cinema debut, despite receiving a disappointing 38 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

They finished with a daring challenge: “Even if this isn’t your kind of film I challenge you to watch it and not feel good, practically impossible.”

Another viewer enthused: “Very good old fashion fun. I was very surprised by this film. I thought that this would be just a silly chick hick flick but I was wrong.

“It’s an intelligent and touching film about faith and home that just pulled at the right heart strings. Reese Witherspoon is wonderful as well as the rest of the cast, and it has just the right sense of hope and fun to bring you out of a bad mood. I can’t recommend it enough.”

Praise poured in on Letterboxd, where Sweet Home Alabama has emerged as a beloved guilty pleasure.

One admirer captured the film’s charm: “A near perfect work of RomCom art. Hits all the tropes, manages all my expectations, is funny as hell and sweet without getting gross.”

“Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas are kinda perfect together,” another viewer remarked.

“This movie got me hook, line and sinker. Such a great little romcom that’s so of its time. Gotta love Candice Bergen playing Candice Bergen too.”

And one final devotee confessed: “I’ve spent 15 years trying to decide if I would have picked Jake or Andrew at the end… This masterpiece haunts me.”