The Sweetest Thing
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| The Sweetest Thing | |
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| Directed by | Roger Kumble |
| Produced by | Cathy Konrad |
| Written by | Nancy Pimental |
| Starring | Cameron Diaz Christina Applegate Selma Blair Thomas Jane Jason Bateman Parker Posey Eddie McClintock |
| Music by | Edward Shearmur |
| Cinematography | Anthony B. Richmond |
| Editing by | Wendy Greene Bricemont David Rennie |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 12, 2002 (USA) |
| Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Sweetest Thing is a 2002 comedy film directed by Roger Kumble and written by Nancy Pimental, who based the characters on herself and friend Kate Walsh.[1] It starred Cameron Diaz, Selma Blair, Christina Applegate, Thomas Jane, Frank Grillo, and Jason Bateman.
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[edit] Synopsis
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.
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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Cast
- Cameron Diaz as Christina Walters
- Christina Applegate as Courtney Rockcliffe
- Selma Blair as Jane Burns
- Thomas Jane as Peter Donahue
- Frank Grillo as Andy
- Jason Bateman as Roger Donahue
- Eddie McClintock as Michael
- Lillian Adams as Aunt Frida
- James Mangold as Dr. Greg
- Johnny Messner as Todd
- Parker Posey as Judy Webb
- Johnathon Schaech as Leather Coat Guy (Uncredited)
[edit] References
- ^ "Kate Walsh: Five Fun Facts". people.com. http://www.people.com/people/kate_walsh. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ "Box Office Mojo: The Sweetest Thing". boxofficemojo.com. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sweetestthing.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
[edit] External links
- The Sweetest Thing at the Internet Movie Database
- The Sweetest Thing at Allmovie
- The Sweetest Thing at Metacritic
- The Sweetest Thing at Rotten Tomatoes
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