Product Details

• Actors: Cameron Diaz, Thomas Jane, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair, Frank Grillo
• Directors: Roger Kumble
• Writers: Nancy Pimental
• Producers: Cathy Konrad, Dixie J. Capp, Ricky Strauss, Stuart M. Besser
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: French (Unknown), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, French
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: August 20, 2002
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (277 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000069HYG
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,763 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Prudes, beware! Despite its tendency to take the comedic low road, The Sweetest Thing is a near-perfect product of the new-millennial Hollywood. That's a backhanded compliment, but as a fun-loving Yankee girl's answer to Bridget Jones's Diary, the mainstream pandering of Nancy Pimental's lucrative screenplay is undeniably effective. On the opening soundtrack, Macy Gray's "Sexual Revolution" is a perfect accompaniment to gyrating guy-dumper Christina (Cameron Diaz), whose fear of commitment is tested when she meets Peter (Thomas Jane) and knows he's Mr. Right. With supportive gal-pals Courtney (Christina Applegate) and Jane (Selma Blair), she plots to snag the guy, and the movie's road-trip detour mines gut-busting gold from gags involving incriminating dress stains, oral sex, rotting food, garish clothing, and the simple joys of old-fashioned romance. Perfectly cast, raucously ribald, and conventionally charming, The Sweetest Thing is a schizophrenic comedy, but its dual personalities are irresistibly in synch. --Jeff Shannon

Product Description
CHRISTINA'S LOVE LIFE IS STUCK IN NEUTRAL. AFTER YEARS OF AVOIDING THE HAZARDS OF A MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP, ONE NIGHT WHILE OUT WITH HER BEST GIRLFRIENDS, SHE MEETS PETER, HER PERFECT MATCH. FED UP WITH PLAYING GAMES, SHE FINALLY GETS THE COURAGE TO LET HER GUARD DOWN AND FOLLOW HER HEART.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN..., April 6, 2003

By	Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

This review is from: The Sweetest Thing [VHS] (VHS Tape)

When my twenty year old daughter came home from college, she went to the video store and came home with this film, a comedy with a fairly good cast. Neither I nor my daughter knew much about this movie. Well, were we in for a big surprise! The humor throughout was truly raunchy, ribald, and raw. It was also, at times, quite funny. If you are a fan of the Farrelly Brothers movies or enjoy crude comedies, then you may enjoy this. Instead of the guys being gross, however, it's the gals.

This movie revolves around three gal pals, Christina (Cameron Diaz), Courtney (Christine Applegate), and Jane (Selma Blair) and their close encounters with the male kind. The guys, however, definitely take a back seat to these three twenty something misses. I confess, it was a bit startling, though funny, to see these gals break into a song fit for a drunken stag party. Some of the scenes were done tongue and cheek. Check out the Dick and Jane scene. You will know the scene I mean, when you see it.

This film is not for those with delicate sensibilities, as erect male sex organs, anal sex, oral copulation, and other usually taboo subjects are ripe for gags, many of which, while filthy, are often funny. If you do not like your jokes down and dirty, then this is not the film for you. If you are broader minded, then you may enjoy Nancy Pimental's screenplay and the silly cavorting of the delightful Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, and Selma Blair, once you get over your initial shock.

44 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Chick flick turned guy flick, April 9, 2002

By	Paul M. Varga "Tauren Guard" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Cameron Diaz plays Christina, a woman who's in denial of fearing commitment. Her room-mates Courtney and Jane, played by Christina Applegate and Selma Blair, are also in the same predicament.

They go to a dance club and Christina grabs into Peter, played by Thomas Jane. Sensing chemistry without getting the whole story, Christina and Courtney take a road trip to find him.

The commercial for this movie makes it look like a chick flick; but, in reality, it's more of a female skin fest, featuring Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate in very skimpy outfits.

I couldn't quite figure out why this movie is rated R. Scary Movie (the first one) had grosser humor in it than this and it was rated PG-13.

The storyline gets a bit erratic at times. The film editor seems to be a bit asleep at the wheel. It does have it's funny moments, including a... uhhh, tonsil piercing of sorts. ;)

Pre-movie warnings: VERY brief nudity (male butt cheeks), profanity, a truckload of innuendo, ladies' room groping, some off-key singing on Cameron's part, and the re-immergence of the acting career of Jason Bateman (don't ask me why).

A semi-decent matinee date movie; but, I wouldn't shell out the night time bucks on this one.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I feel sorry for the youth of America., April 16, 2002

By	William F. Cody (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I will start out by saying that I did not pay to see this film. I paid to see Y Tu Mamma Tambien, and then went into The Sweetest Thing - because I wanted to see what a 1.75 million dollar screenplay looked like. Well, it looked like the kind of bad B-movie that I used to rent for fun back in the eighties. No story, no plot, no real humor and a lot of bad unbelievable dialogue. The main differance was that this film had a big star like Cameron Diaz instead of someone like Linnea Quigley or PJ Soles - and it was presented as A-level entertainment for theaters instead of a B-movie rental.

I will say this. It was filmed just like a B-movie. It had terrible lighting (did they even have a gaffer on this mess) and editing, and Cameron Diaz is looking pretty used up like a lot B-movie attresses. Feel free to use a filter on the lens when your actors stay out all night partying - it's good for them and us.

I advise young people to stop going to the movies. Just stay home and rent some old films to see what story and plot can do for a film. I watched this film on Friday afternnon and I thought I was there for a least a week. On Saturday night, I took in a screening of Billy Wilder's Witness For The Prosecution and the time just flew by - full of laughs, twists and great acting. What a difference a day makes as the song goes.

One more thing. I have seen the American Pie movies that many people say started this whole gross out comedy trend (along with Something About Mary). The difference between those movies and The Sweetest Thing is a simple one. The makers of the American Pie movies like their characters, and they like the world they have created. (The most obvious reference points for those movies are Diner and American Graffiti.) The makers of the Sweetest Thing seem to hate the world and the people in it and it shows. It is cynical, manipulative and heartless. And it's boring to boot.