Christinas 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. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: Cameron Diaz Selma Blair Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Ur Director: Roger Kumble
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
Theatrical release date
2002-04-12
DVD release date
2002-08-20
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