Sweet Home Carolina

Diane Lawrence is a stressed-out Los Angeles advertising executive struggling to balance a demanding career with the needs of her two daughters, Andrea and Aubrey, and a difficult ex-husband. After a series of missed calls and a 'rough patch,' her boss Henry fires her, giving her accounts to a rival. Simultaneously, Diane learns she has inherited her Great Aunt Hilly’s estate in Marion, South Carolina. The inheritance comes with a catch: she must live in the house for a full year and care for Hilly’s dog, Mister, or the property will be turned over to the historical society. Despite Andrea’s teenage rebellion and Aubrey’s fear of dogs, the family moves to the rural South. Diane takes a job waitressing at a local diner owned by the gossipy but kind Penny, while Andrea finds work at a furniture shop owned by Luke, a man Diane had a passionate summer romance with twenty years prior. As the family settles in, the house begins to feel like a home. Luke helps Diane with repairs, and they slowly rekindle their relationship, though Luke remains wary of Diane’s tendency to choose her career over her personal life. The family dynamic shifts when Andrea discovers her father in LA has no intention of letting her move back in with him, leading to a heartfelt reconciliation between mother and daughter. Just as Diane begins to embrace small-town life, Henry and a major client fly to South Carolina to beg her to return to LA with a partnership offer. This creates a rift with Luke, who believes Diane is destined to abandon him again. However, after realizing that her daughters are finally happy and that she has found true peace, Diane chooses to resign from her firm permanently. The film concludes on Mother's Day with Diane accepting Luke’s marriage proposal and committing to her new life in South Carolina.