Q 01/05

Who plays Melanie in the 2002 film Sweet Home Alabama?

A) Kate Hudson

B) Julia Roberts

C) Reese Witherspoon

D) Sandra Bullock

Answer · why

C) Reese Witherspoon

Critics compared her Southern belle to her sorority-girl turn in Legally Blonde a year earlier.

Q 02/05

Which actor plays Jake, the husband Melanie left behind in Alabama?

A) Patrick Dempsey

B) Josh Lucas

C) Matthew McConaughey

D) Ethan Embry

Answer · why

B) Josh Lucas

Jake turns out to be a glass artist who fires sculptures by planting lightning rods in beach sand.

Q 03/05

Which actor plays Andrew Hennings, Melanie's wealthy New York fiancé?

A) Patrick Dempsey

B) Fred Ward

C) Kevin Sussman

D) Josh Lucas

Answer · why

A) Patrick Dempsey

His mother, the Mayor of New York, is grooming him to run for president.

Q 04/05

Who directed the film?

A) Nora Ephron

B) Nancy Meyers

C) Andy Tennant

D) Garry Marshall

Answer · why

C) Andy Tennant

C. Jay Cox wrote the screenplay, and Touchstone released it in September 2002.

Q 05/05

What is the name of Melanie's Alabama hometown in the film?

A) Cotton Bluff

B) Magnolia Springs

C) Possum Hollow

D) Pigeon Creek

Answer · why

D) Pigeon Creek

As 10-year-olds on its beach, Jake and Melanie inspect the glass left by a lightning strike.