The Sweetest Thing (2002)

I am not exaggerating when I say that this is the absolute worst movie I have ever seen in my life and yes I have seen "The Room." This is pure unadulterated evil.

Is it just me, or is Cameron Diaz the most nauseating actress...ever? Lately it seems that every movie she is in that shows her grinning into the camera should insert a sparkling gleam like a gum or toothpaste commercial. That sickening sweet smile and cutesy looks are getting OLD!!!! Honestly, I see no acting talent. All I see is cute smiles and looks into the camera that screams, "Look at me! I'm pretty!". Think I'm kidding? Watch The Holiday with her and Kate Winslet. In fact, Cameron Diaz AND Jude Law are too sugary sweet in that movie that I could do without either one of them and just have the movie with Kate Winslet and Jack Black only featured and it would be a far better movie with far better actors. Also......Cameron Diaz seems to have developed John Travolta's issue of having to dance in almost every movie she is in or that I have seen her in. Honestly, she doesn't dance that great. Does she know it, though? I think she should be told.

"The Sweetest Thing" is an ofttimes lewd, crude, socially unacceptable, mindless romp featuring a bunch of characters whose lives are ruled by raging hormones. But with a very cool twist: they're women.Since the dawn of time (or at least the 80s), we've been barraged with crass sex comedies, almost all of which are aimed at 16-24 year old males. "Porky's", "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", "Bachelor Party", "American Pie" ...and those are just the classics. Here we have a film that is every bit as vapid and morally bankrupt, but with the deliciously novel approach of being from the late-20s female perspective.Ladies, this is your chance to get even. Gents, this is your chance to see what really goes on during "girl's night out" ...or at least what goes on according to a slightly demented mind (that of writer Nancy Pimental who wrote 63 episodes of South Park if that's any indication). Let me put it this way: I'm a guy who thought he had a moderately wild & crazy youth, but this made me feel like I've been living in Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Kazowie! I found myself constantly thinking, "Did I just see that??"Although there's no explicit nudity, be prepared to see every possible suggestion of explicit sex in very funny ways. And I don't care what anyone says, the "stain on the dress" scene is a classic, as is the ...um, well, the scene where someone gets poked in the eyeball (and it ain't with a finger neither). These scenes, and others, are just so over-the-top ridiculous, it's as if "Sex and the City" got drunk and hooked up with "Airplane!" and this is their illegitimate offspring. Really, this movie doesn't just push the envelope, it bumps & grinds that envelope and fills it with bodily fluids.The story, believe it or not, is pretty interesting as a romcom and packs some good plot elements and a good twist or two. Cameron Diaz plays a "party girl" who starts thinking about settling down. Or is she just chasing after what every party girl wants: the impossible? Christina Applegate plays her "wing man" while Selma Blair plays the "quiet one" completing a brilliant comedic trio.I have to admit, after the initial shock wore off, I really enjoyed this movie. It reminded me of something I once read on Urban Dictionary: "the definition of a slut - a woman with the morals of a man!" Touché.

Christina (Cameron Diaz) is a real heart breaker. She and her friend Courtney (Christina Applegate) are party girls who want to steer Jane (Selma Blair) away from the futile search for open and honest love. While partying with Jane at a bar, Christina meets Peter (Thomas Jane) who could turn out to be the love of her life.It's a age old question. Can hot girls be funny? They can definitely play dumb. Selma Blair has a couple of setups for her to shine. The funniest has to be the dry cleaner. The BJ scene isn't as funny as it could be. They could never show the actual BJ in a movie. So it only could ever be half funny. Selma has the funniest two scenes.The fact is Diaz and Applegate are smart, great actors with good comedic skills. But that's not their best assets. They're hot. The brains come second. The hot-girl default punchline to most jokes is the classic girlie squeal. It's never been a funny punchline to me.The girls aside, Thomas Jane is a blank in this movie. He's not funny, and he has no heat with Diaz. If this was a regular rom-com, he would need more screen time, and it would need somebody other than Thomas Jane.This is still relatively early on for the gross out humor era. Both Diaz and Applegate have done better in other comedies. They're too much alike. They don't make for a compelling comedy duo.