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The Sweetest Thing (2002)

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Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 107
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 79

A collection of hit-or-miss gags tied together by a thin plot.

Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 19

A collection of hit-or-miss gags tied together by a thin plot.

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Former South Park writer and Win Ben Stein's Money sidekick Nancy Pimental makes her feature screenwriting debut with this relationship comedy. Cameron Diaz stars as Christina Walters, a jaded, club-hopping single woman in San Francisco who has given up trying to find the perfect mate to focus on "Mr. Right Now." Her equally cynical friend, Courtney (Christina Applegate), a divorce attorney, shares much the same attitude, while their pal, Jane (Selma Blair), is more starry-eyed and na�ve.

R, 1 hr. 31 min.

Comedy, Romance

Directed By: Roger Kumble

Written By: Nancy M. Pimental

In Theaters: Apr 12, 2002 Wide

On DVD: Aug 20, 2002

Box Office:$24.4M

Columbia Pictures

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Critic Reviews for The Sweetest Thing

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Female characters should be allowed to engage in raunchy humor on the big screen; they already do on the small one with Sex and the City. But unlike that HBO series, The Sweetest Thing has no guts.

July 20, 2002 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune

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Mark Caro

Chicago Tribune

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This picture is one of the flattest, stupidest, unfunniest sex comedies -- as well as one of the worst all-round pictures -- I've ever seen.

April 26, 2002 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Charles Taylor

Salon.com

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Seems to have been assembled (at short notice, with blindfolds on) by people who have never seen any movies outside of Cameron Diaz vehicles.

April 16, 2002 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Dennis Lim

Village Voice

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Loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes, twitchy acting, and general boorishness.

April 16, 2002 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

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The Sweetest Thing has nothing insightful to say about relationships, and nothing funny to say about the singles scene.

April 15, 2002 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

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Remember the movie critic Sony invented to give their films good reviews? Not even he would like this movie.

April 12, 2002 Comment

Joel Siegel

ABCNEWS.COM

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Extremely lowbrow -- definitely not for kids.

December 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

It's not great or inspired by any means, but it's cute and amusing enough.

September 23, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

Call it a younger, West Coast cousin to Sex and the City, or There's Something About Mary from the woman's point of view.

June 25, 2004 Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

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Judith Egerton

Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

If a date suggests the two of you should go and see this film dump them.

February 13, 2004 Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

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Harry Guerin

RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

...Mixes smut and wacky girlfriend antics in equal parts, often scoring the guilty chuckle in spite of itself, with plenty of bra-and-panty shots to please the guys.

February 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Quips Online

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John R. McEwen

Film Quips Online

Just when you think it's going to be a sappy chick flick, The Sweetest Thing surprises with a lewd joke or half-naked girl.

January 13, 2003 Full Review Source: Radio Free Entertainment

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Andrew Manning

Radio Free Entertainment

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The idea forwarded here seems to be that cows can be just as stupid and lewd and backward as bulls (!!!). The result amazingly reaches the same conclusion: boring, and embarrassingly so. The cast, however brave, fails to lift the material. The groaning you will hear, that'd be you.

September 26, 2011