Christina is a fun loving, attractive care free babe, who is an expert at the rules of dating. She has stopped looking for Mr. Right and started looking for Mr. Right Now. She loves dancing and is at a good place at the moment. Courtney is an ultra sexy, self centered and arrogant chick, who is also looking for the same as Christina, Mr. Right Now. She gets men right where she wants them and then devours them. Jane sadly is not as such a great place in her life. The minute she gets a man, she becomes very clingy and they all run away. Today when Christina and Courtney get back to their flat Jane is lying on the sofa crying her eyes out, over another man that has left her.
The other two decide that it would be a good idea for them to take Jane out to a club. When they get there though, Jane stays miserable, and the other two end up looking for hot dates, leaving their sad friend to fend for herself! ‘Accidentally’ Christina ends up pinching some guys ass, and they instantly get off the wrong foot. It emerges that his brother is getting married and he is only in town for the night. Although she keeps it up that she hates her new aquatence, she can’t stop thinking about him when she gets home.
Whilst moping about one day, Courtney makes a decision for her best friend. She decides that she is going to take Christine to her new loves brother’s wedding. A three our drive away and that can only mean one thing ROAD TRIP!!!
The two find themselves in the strangest situations, in pursuit of true love, but will it all work out? Will Jane get over her phobia of men? Will Courtney ever become less cocky? Will Christina e able to settle down with one guy,
if her nameless love will have her? And more importantly do you like Pina colada?
Cameron Diaz is very well cast in The Sweetest Thing. I am always surprised about how natural she is on screen. She really does have a massive screen presence, which is missing from a lot of stars today. The minute you see her, you fall in love with her as she had an infectious smile and a stunning personality, which shines through in every role she does, including a big green ogre! I think she will be in movies for a long time, as she obviously has talent and a whole load of charm. As Christina Walters she takes full advantage of the dancing aspects of her character and simply sparkles through the film with sheer beauty. I think it is a great performance, which GREATLY helps the film.
Christina Applegate is not my most favorite of actress’s, but I do recognize that she has some talent. She has wicked comic timing, and bounces off Diaz perfectly. I think as Courtney Rockcliff she has the needed amount of spunk and plays off her public image well, making herself as self centered, arrogant and cocky as everyone thinks she is anyway. I am not a fan but, I think this is an energetic performance, in which Applegate plays with people’s perception of her.
Selma Blair was good in Cruel Intentions and A Guy Thing which made me think she was the new Posey Parker, but then came her stupid performance in Hellboy, which made me slightly skeptical, but I am glad to say that she comes off quite well in The Sweetest Thing. Again it is an energetic and natural performance, which falls short slightly, as Blair tries to play her character as very naive when she wasn’t written that way but apart from that I was fairly impressed. It was nothing that impressive, but she obviously had a lot of fun and that came through in the performance.
Thomas Jane is fairly ordinary as Peter Donohue. I always think that the males in these romantic comedies get the short end of the deal, as they never get as good characters as the females. Although ordinary there is nothing I can point out that is wrong with this performance.
Now I like romantic comedies more than most other guys, but I thought that this took the whole, we are all soul mates, lets live happily ever after thing just a tad too far. It works on the principle that everybody looks like Cameron Diaz and we all have the time and money to chase somebody that may hate us for three miles, to go and split up his brothers wedding day. Now like I said I like a bit of romantic fluff, but I thought this was ridiculous.
Also on another bad note The Sweetest Thing must have one of the most awkward scenes in movie history. That scene is the musical outburst that is ‘Your Penis Is Too Big’ it has a granny doing back flips around a café singing ‘You’re too big to fit in her, too big to fit in here, too big to fit in here!’ As if that would ever happen! Although the words are quite clever (my body is the movie and your penis is the star!) it just felt very unprofessional, rushed, forced and awkward.
The gapping plot holes aside the script is quite witty. I honestly think that it does say something about or times, and I am sure a lot of women will be able to relate to it. I know Aimee loved it. I thought that it had an insightful and often funny way of flipping around sexual stereotypes and the script writer has a good way of building the relationship between the three main female characters. Although not Oscar worthy, the script is wittier than critics would have you believe.
Roger Krumble writer/director of Cruel Intentions directs this, with little vision or insight. Visually it is okay, with high production values, but very little in way of direction manages to distinguish this from any over gross out romantic comedy out there. Sure it has some good performances (which I doubt where down to Krumble) but that is about it.
Although a lot of the jokes are forced and silly, it is quite a funny film, mainly because of the great comic performances. Also because of the stupid situations the two run aways find themselves in. Especially when the two go into a dodgy men’s toilet, now that is very, very funny.
Even though I know this is a bad movie, I couldn’t help but fall in love with it’s whimsical charm, it I so sloppy in it’s nature that you kind of feel that it’s the underdog, and as a British citizen (don’t the British always love losers, it’s ridiculous) I loved it for not wanting to be anything other than it is. I got the impressions that the production was rather small in its anticipations, and for that I think it should be applauded.
The soundtrack to The Sweetest Thing includes songs from Macy Grey, Rupert Holmes, Usher and Jamiroquai. The highlight most defiantly being Escape. Everyone sing along ‘If you like Pina Colada, Getting Caught In the Rain’
Okay, all though this isn’t the greatest film in the world, I really enjoyed it, mainly because of the performances, but it does provide a good load of laughs and has its heart in the right place. Not great, but quite a laugh.
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I don’t know whether I recommend you buying this, as it is quite bad. But I guarantee that if you are having friends over and you pop this in, you will all have a laugh at the stupid gross out humor!
Thank you everybody for reading and rating again. Best Wishes (as always) : ) Jay
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This film is so bad but so so funny. When the penis song came on I actually couldn't believe it! I was like what the hell is going on!!!
I have a very silly sense of humour though, and I love things that are outrageous and daft :) hence I was amused by your member picture.
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Advantages: Some funny moments, good chemistry between the female leads. Disadvantages: Gross-Out humour might not be to everybody's taste.
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Advantages: Cameron Diaz flashing again, its a very short film (thank god), You get to see Christina Applegate (for fans of Married with Children) Disadvantages: Stupid! Crap! Not Funny! Its out on DVD
Advantages: Some funny moments, good chemistry between the female leads. Disadvantages: Gross-Out humour might not be to everybody's taste.
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Advantages: Cameron Diaz flashing again, its a very short film (thank god), You get to see Christina Applegate (for fans of Married with Children) Disadvantages: Stupid! Crap! Not Funny! Its out on DVD
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