The Sweetest Thing

2002 "A romantic comedy without the sugar."
5.2| 1h24m| R| en
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Christina's love life is stuck in neutral. After years of avoiding the hazards of a meaningful relationship, one night while club-hopping with her 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, only to discover that Peter has suddenly left town. Accompanied by Courtney, she sets out to capture the one that got away.

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Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Caryl It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
jamariana Vulgar, irritating, and absurd in a bad way. I was watching this as daylight savings time began and I feel like I lost an entire day of my life rather than just an hour plus the run-time of this garbage movie. I wish I didn't decide to watch this film because as soon as I started I regretted it, but I like to finish what I start so really I only have myself to blame. Imagine paying to go see this though. What an absolute assault on everything decent and beautiful the medium of film has come up with before this monstrosity.
dianaarous-34640 Well, judging from the comments/reviews, i guess i'm one of the few people who loves this movie ! i think it's fun to watch, and the chemistry between the actresses is amazing especially Cameron and Christina,it's not meant to be deep or meaningful or teach you something, personally all the sexual references were fun to me and it's not your usual romantic-comedy movie which is refreshing !The chemistry between the cast is very attracting, and the small details and the cozy atmosphere of their house along with their hangouts is really nice to watch, it feels like the characters really known each other from the 2nd grade.if you're not into sexual comedy it's not the movie for you, if you enjoy a fun mindless humor then you're gonna enjoy watching it !7.5/10 from me
Maynard Handley I confess to a weakness for what some might call stupid comedies --- American Pie, Dumb and Dumber, There's Something about Mary. However I found this movie mostly disappointing and don't agree with the comments that it's a female version of those classics. I think it fails because it tries too hard and makes the trying very obvious. All the way through, the characters (especially the Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate characters, Selma Blair not so much) are constantly trying to appear and act "wacky". It's irritating as hell, and leads you to despise the characters rather than feel empathy for them. I assume this is not the actresses faults --- Ms Diaz obviously did her job well in There's Something about Mary, while Ms Applegate handled years on Married with Children --- so I'm guessing either the director or the writer didn't have much confidence in the material and felt it necessary to add a layer of (non-amusing) idiocy. To me it felt like one of the bad Adam Sandler comedies or the bad Rob Schneider comedies or the bad (ie all of them!) Pauly Shore comedies, which also devolve into "irritating characters acting wacky" because there's not enough decent comedic material there to sustain the movie. If you want a girl's comedy done right, I'd recommend you stick with Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, rather than persisting with this through some sort of misplaced female solidarity. The three or so genuinely funny scenes don't justify the rest of the movie. It wasn't AWFUL, as a comedy, but it just wasn't as great as people are claiming.
signemarie I can sort of understand why this movie has such a low rating. There's not just one but several downright cringeworthy scenes, consider yourself warned. IF you can see past that, though, this is a wonderfully entertaining and funny movie that actually accomplish what few movies do: It makes me laugh so hard my stomach aches in recognition of these silly, immature, stupid ideas and situations that takes place between girlfriends. I know, I know, there will be women out there now saying "I NEVER act this way" and that's all good, but I do, and I thoroughly appreciate a movie that shows this side of (some) women, because I can totally relate. There are scenes in this movie that makes me laugh so hard I roll down from the couch. My boyfriend even commented that he understands the giggle scenes between me and my girlfriends a little better now. We are just being silly, stupid and immature. Sorry, but we are. It's not the end of the world.So yeah, not a masterpiece, the movie stalls in some places and the music scenes are kind of out of place, but I still like it and wouldn't mind watching it again.