Sweet Home Alabama

Movie • 2002 • Comedy  

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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.
This movie contains 10 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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DottyBlackheart26
Melanie and Jake’s old dog, Bear, dies before the events of the movie. It is discussed but not shown, although there is an emotional scene where Melanie visits Bear’s grave and talks to him
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Unanswered Triggers
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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DottyBlackheart26
I don’t know why this has “yes” votes. People drink in the movie, but no one’s an alcoholic.
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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TanjaRe
There is a scene where a cat being by hurt by dynamite is described
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KBaker
They talk about the death of animal an animal but you don’t see a dead animal.
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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There is a story about cat’s death but it’s not shown on screen
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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faithgg
not triggering or anything but bugs are heard and lighting bugs are discussed and seen
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Assault
Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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DottyBlackheart26
Melanie and Jake discuss when they were younger and Melanie miscarried their baby
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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DottyBlackheart26
Technically, it’s the whole plot of the movie
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Anonymous
Reese Witherspoon gets drunk at a bar playing pool and then gets sick in the truck, heard and seen.
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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LGBTQ+
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She outs her friend, Bobby Ray, at a bar while drunk
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Protagonist in small cabinet to hide
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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KBaker
There is flashes of lightning
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Pregnancy
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TanjaRe
but they talk about a miscarriage in the past
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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DottyBlackheart26
No slurs, but a gay character is forcibly outed, and it’s very uncomfortable
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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