The overriding effect of watching these actresses debase themselves is the cinematic equivalent of a motorway car wreck.
The Sweetest Thing (2002)
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Reviews Counted:104
Fresh:26
Rotten:78
Average Rating:4.2/10
Consensus: A collection of hit-or-miss gags tied together by a thin plot.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Where can a girl who is usually the heartbreaker find the perfect guy? For Christina Walters (Cameron Diaz), the answer is the San Francisco nightclub where she meets Peter Donahue (Thomas Jane).... Where can a girl who is usually the heartbreaker find the perfect guy? For Christina Walters (Cameron Diaz), the answer is the San Francisco nightclub where she meets Peter Donahue (Thomas Jane). Unfortunately, their meeting is fleeting and this quintessential hip party girl is left in unfamiliar territory--smitten by a total stranger. Determined to see her best friend happy, Courtney Rockliffe (Christina Applegate) takes Christina on a road trip to Peter's sleepy California hometown in search of the man of her dreams. In the meantime, Christina's roommate, the just-dumped Jane Burns (Selma Blair), engages in her own lusty pursuits. Diaz and Applegate have great chemistry and are utterly believable as best friends. The script by Nancy M. Pimental, who wrote for South Park, blends raunchy humor and sentimentality, both of which are complimented by a healthy dose of sight gags. Directed by Roger Kumble (CRUEL INTENTIONS), THE SWEETEST THING is an amusing--albeit somewhat crude--look at what people will do for love. The film also features Jason Bateman in fine form as Peter's brother, indie queen Parker Posey as a bride-to-be, and a brief appearance by Applegate's real-life husband, actor Jonathan Schaech. [More]
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair, Thomas Jane
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair, Thomas Jane, Parker Posey, Jason Bateman
Director: Roger Kumble
Director: Roger Kumble
Screenwriter: Nancy M. Pimental
Producer: Cathy Konrad
Composer: Edward Shearmur
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Reviews for The Sweetest Thing
Remember the movie critic Sony invented to give their films good reviews? Not even he would like this movie.
It made me laugh. And in a film like this, that is the only defense for liking it.
So many fizzling gags that you’ll think you’re watching a failed fireworks display set off in a torrential downpour.
The Sweetest Thing wanders into such ironies and shoddily exploits them. The title is even a bad joke: This movie is to sweet as a dog is to a hydrant.
The entire film is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another. About half of them are funny, a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story, which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal.
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