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Back home Mel touches base with her parents, Fred Ward and Mary Kay Place - and with the locals she grew up with, but there's no denying her frustration with Jake being difficult about signing the papers. Like getting her husband Jake, Josh Lucas, to sign the divorce papers. She says yes, of course yes, but there's business to attend to down home in Pigeon Creek Alabama first. Witherspoon continually proves she's a leading lady that audiences love and a talent to be reckoned with in Hollywood.Melanie Carmichael, Witherspoon, is hitting the heights in the Big Apple - she's just launched her first design collection of clothes to acclaim even though they're surprisingly ugly as is the costume design in the film generally - and she's received an extravagant marriage proposal from Andrew, Patrick Dempsey, the son of New York's Mayor, Candice Bergen. Ward and Place are classic as the Southern parents and you will laugh at a recreation of a civil war battle-it is funny! This is an unusual romantic comedy in that the plot not only deals with serious issues, but the story also takes a comical look at North versus South, city versus country, working class versus high class, educated versus uneducated, etc., and finds humor throughout all of it. Bergen has likewise found her niche playing the classic shrew who only thinks of herself and levels anyone who gets in her way-she was a delightful comedic touch to the story. Lucas and Dempsey equally do well with their roles as two men who are genuinely in love with the girl they know-and there are some very funny scenes showing just how different those two girls are. She plays this character with ease because she grew up in the South and could relate to the accent and persona. Good: I adore Witherspoon! She's smart, charming, and a master at comedy. She also discovers that you can take the girl out of the South, but you can never take the South out of the girl. Once Melanie is home she confronts her past, reveals secrets that needed to be told, and learns a few things about herself as well. She decides to take a trip back home and visit her parents Earl (Fred Ward) and Pearl (Mary Kay Place), who she hasn't seen in seven years to tell them the news and take care of one small detail-divorcing her estranged high school sweetheart husband Jake (Josh Lucas) who has never given her a divorce. The only obstacle Melanie faces with her promising future is her past. She has a career as a rising New York fashion designer, and she's engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor (Patrick Dempsey) whose mother (Candice Bergen), happens to be the mayor. Plot: Everything seems to be perfect in Melanie Carmichael's (Reese Witherspoon) life.
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Special Notes: The proposal scene was filmed on the main floor at Tiffany's in New York, where only two other movies ( Breakfast at Tiffany's and When Harry Met Sally) have ever been allowed to film. Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Dakota Fanning, Candice Bergen, Jean Smart