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: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: January 28, 2003
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (282 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000069I2J
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,816 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

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

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Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews
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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.

46 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars for Being Funny & Original!, June 21, 2003

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C. J. Hardman (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sweetest Thing (Unrated Edition) (DVD)

Another great title for this flick would have been "The Secret Life of Girls", because the behavior you'll see here is more akin to the ~actual~ behavior of Girlus Americanus than the silly flakes we usually see on film. Bawdy humor (female style!), a (too) brief men's bun shot, and even a bonus musical number entitled "The Pen*s Song" in the unrated version (Mucho Hilarious).

This film is silly and light hearted, offering up punchline after punchline and twist after twist. I wouldn't say this is a "chick flick" in the conventional sense. There's none of that sappy over-emotionalism. Although the main actors are gals, the behaviors they exhibit are easily understood by both sexes. Ladies, you'll be laughing and nodding in agreement with the actors throughout. Men--not to worry, every guy I know has laughed throughout this movie, & two of my buddies even bought the dvd. Plenty of eye candy for guys & gals. If you liked "Something About Mary", you're gonna love this film!