Themes: Lovers Reunited, Women's Friendship, Looking For Love
Main Cast: Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair, Thomas Jane, Jason Bateman, Parker Posey
Release Year: 2002
Country: US
Run Time: 84 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
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 naïve. Christina's attitude gets an unexpected makeover one evening at a nightclub when she meets Peter Donahue (Thomas Jane), a real estate agent she finds adorable and just about perfect. Unfortunately, Peter leaves and all Christina knows about him is that his brother, Roger (Jason Bateman), is getting married soon in their small hometown. Recognizing her friend's romantic distress, Courtney suggests they road trip to the wedding and Christina agrees, leading to encounters with a series of obstacles, including some funky leftovers, a filthy service station restroom, and a rather unpleasant revelation once the women arrive at the nuptials. The Sweetest Thing co-stars Parker Posey. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Gershon Ginsburg - Art Director, Dixie J. Capp - Associate Producer, Lisa Beach - Casting, Robin Antin - Choreography, Denise Wingate - Costume Designer, Sam Hill - First Assistant Director, Roger Kumble - Director, Wendy Greene Bricmont - Editor, David Rennie - Editor, Stuart M. Besser - Executive Producer, Ricky Strauss - Executive Producer, Ed Shearmur - Composer (Music Score), John Houlihan - Musical Direction/Supervision, John Gary Steele - Production Designer, Anthony Richmond - Cinematographer, Stuart M. Besser - Producer, Cathy Konrad - Producer, Ricky Strauss - Producer, Thomas Betts - Set Designer, Maggie Martin - Set Designer, Charisse Cardenas - Set Designer, Jim Steube - Sound/Sound Designer, Nancy Pimental - Screenwriter, Ron Bolanowski - Special Effects Coordinator, John Morris - Supervising Sound Editor
This plot begins with Christina Walters (Cameron Diaz) and Courtney Rockcliffe (Christina Applegate), all-around party girls, attempting to ease their roommate Jane Burns' (Selma Blair) relationship-induced depression by taking her on a girls' night out. During that evening Walters meets Peter Donahue (Thomas Jane) and falls for him. However, having missed her chance that evening, Walters and Rockcliffe spend the rest of the movie chasing him down, driving in a Saab 9-5 estate.
The film uses mostly physical and crude gags as its source of humour. One memorable scene finds the main characters leading a musical number in a restaurant, the lyrics of which are about how women flatter men by praising the size of their genitals. In one of the scenes of the film the characters were singing while the character of Jane Burns cannot sing because during that time she was having oral sex. This musical number, (based on the song "I'm Too Sexy" by British group Right Said Fred) was removed from the U.S. theatrical release but remained in the versions shown theatrically in other countries, and was restored for the unrated version of the U.S. video release.
Box office and critical reception
The film flopped in the US grossing $24,718,164 U.S. of the $43,000,000 production budget. The overseas box office gross was $43,978,606.[2] Critical reaction centered on the utter unbelievability of physically attractive females experiencing mating frustrations in a club environment.
