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The Sweetest Thing

5 star:		(113)
4 star:		(40)
3 star:		(23)
2 star:		(27)
1 star:		(80)

 

 

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.

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.

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.

Big names, but strictly a film for teenage boys to snigger at. It's rated 18 - anyone older than that will be disappointed.

I think this movie must have been intended as an `American Pie' with women outside their teens. You know, raunchy, fun, yet with the grace of knowing what it is and laughing at itself and the world. Whatever, I am stunned that Cameron Diaz and Selma Blair would put their names to this tacky piece of film that is an excuse for pretty women to shake their booty and talk (and sing!) about male anatomy. Intelligent this is not. Christina Applegate's defining TV character Kelly might have written, produced and starred in this it is so mindless and immature. But here Applegate is the `mature' one - a foil to Diaz's ditzy character.

Perhaps this film is supposed to be striking a blow for feminism - you know, girls can be shallow and only after one thing too. That message is clear in the first five minutes of the film - I'm only sorry I spent the next 82 minutes of my life watching it to see if maybe there was something more. There wasn't.

This is a wild, not ready for prime time over the top parody of the dating and night club scene. The script is ably written from the female point of view by Nancey Pimental, directed by Roger Kumble. The gals rule, and turn the tables making the guys uncomfortable. The three Hoties...Cameron Diaz, Selma Blair & Christina Applegate (as Christina, Courtney and Jane) really shine here pushing the envelope of romantic comedy. It's ribald but only implied, not truly offensive. Yes, it's a daring comedy but a breath of fresh air too. Mostly cliche until near the end when true, sobering feelings are expressed, Love almost triumphs...only Almost, as this is a spoof throughout, including the hilarious special features. A delightful soundtrack here too. I am reviewing the Unrated Version. Cheers and bottoms up!!

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!

Here's a "chick flick" [sort of] that even the guys can enjoy. Written by Nancy Pimental (who worked for a time as a writer on "South Park"), it's solid proof that women can do raunchy, gross-out comedy just as well as the guys. Some gal pals of mine tell me that this absolutely nails the camraderie of girl-friends acting and talking among each other. Frequently hilarious and surprisingly unsentimental in its views of modern romance and sexuality. The opportunity to admire the three very attractive leads (who, by the way, throw themselves completely into their roles and are completely fearless of looking completly silly and/or putting themselves into totally humiliating circumstances) doesn't hurt matters either. Those who hate this movie are clearly missing the point. Of course, movies in this genre are easy targets for such critics. It's a formula film, to be sure, but when it's done with this much flair and devil-may-care energy, that matters very little. This is a perfectly wacky, light-hearted way to kill 90 minutes...nothing more, nothing less.

This is honestly one of my favorite movies. Yes it's crude, but I found it hilarious. It's one antic after another. Good all star cast too with Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair, Jason Bateman, Thomas Jane, and others. Christina Walters is a single woman who likes to have flings with guys, and then dispose of them by never calling or misleading them. All three girls play games with love, until Christina falls for Peter, and finds herself doing crazy things for love in it's pursuit. There's a lot of gags along the way that makes for a really funny movie. Highly reccomended!!

This is a not a good movie. Although there were some funny scenes such as the Ladies' room scene, the movie attempts to be funny by copying scenes from "There is Something About Mary. It is very awkward.

I like Cameron Diaz. She has evolved to an entertaining actress since I first saw her in the movie, "The Mask". I am sure she has a lot of script offers. It mystifies me why she accepted the script for this movie.

This was one of the worst movies I've ever seen for all the reasons that other reviewers have mentioned -- toilet humor, raunchy innuendos, and women who act like juvenile ditzbrains. Perhaps the most unnerving thing about it is the attitudes presented by the female characters, that bumping nasties with strangers you meet in bars is something to keep you occupied until you finally find "the one." What a terrible message for young women. What a terrible message for men. That the film ended with a "true love" situation was perhaps the most unrealistic aspect of the film. In the real world, the hunky male character would have boinked Christina (Diaz) and called it a day. But he sure wouldn't have married a woman who acted like a stoned 15-year-old!