Movie Quiz: Match The Sweet Home Alabama Quote To Who Said It
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Sweet Home Alabama is potentially the best romantic comedy of the entire 2000s. This classic starred Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey, and Josh Lucas to create a funny and very dreamy cast. Set in both posh NYC and the rural South, this charming movie tells the story of a small-town turned big-city girl who leaves behind her old life and husband to pursue her dreams. Along the way, she meets a new man and falls in love, but has to return home to get a legal divorce before she can marry the love of her life. But who is actually “the one”?
Sweet Home Alabama, in all it’s charming, cringe glory, was beloved by women and teenage girls, and the star of many a sleepover or girl’s night of the early 2000s. You may remember this rom-com with fond memories, but it’s time to test your knowledge to see how well you remember these quotes from Sweet Home Alabama!
"Well hell's bells, if it ain't Felony Melanie!"
Sheriff Wade, an old school friend of Melanie's, says this to her when Jake calls law enforcement after Melanie breaks into his house.
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"Some people might call 'em spoiled, but I think that these almost ruined ones sometimes make the sweetest jam."
Pearl, Melanie's mom, says this about making jam when trying to encourage her daughter.
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"Whatever blows your dress up, darlin'."
Jake Perry says this to Melanie about her shopping habits when she's trying to get back at him by using their joint bank account.
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"You can take the girl out of the honky tonk, but, you can't take the honky tonk out of the girl."
Bobby Ray says this about Melanie and her Southern roots.
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"You can't ride two horses with one a--, sugarbean."
Earl Smooter, Melanie's dad, says this to her about her decision between Andrew and Jake.
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"Look at you, you have a baby ... in a bar."
Melanie Carmichael/Smooter says this to Lurlynn when she sees her at the bar when she first comes back to town.
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"You can't have roots and wings."
Jake Perry says this to Melanie about where she came from.
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"What, did they run out of soap at the Piggly Wiggly since I left?"
Melanie says this to Jake, whose covered in grease, when she shows up at his house after coming back to town.
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"You married your cousin?"
Andrew Hennings, Melanie's fiance, says this when he thinks she's married to Bobby Ray.
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"The truth is I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart, and I never really got it back."
Melanie says this to Andrew at the altar when she decides he's not "the one", Jake is.
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"You just killed the state bird of Alabama!"
Earl Smooter says this to Kate Hennings when she smacks a mosquito.
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"In my entire life I've never met someone so manipulative, so deceitful!"
Kate Hennings, the mayor of New York, says this to Melanie when she leaves Andrew at the alter.
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"I can't control her, any more than I can control the weather."
Jake Perry says this about Melanie when he's talking with Stella Kay Perry.
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"Like I could tip a cow BY MYSELF!"
Melanie says this to Sheriff Wade at Jake's house.
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“I don't care about your past, all I want to know is if there's a place for me in your future.”
Andrew Hennings asks Melanie this, hoping she still wants to marry him instead of Jake.
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