The Sweetest Thing (2002)
Cameron Diaz is just a cutie. How can you not like
her? She's sassy and funny and sexy and real, even though
she has modelesque beauty. And she really is an awesome
actress. One of the most beautiful things about "The
Sweetest Thing" is the chemistry between her and Christina
Applegate. The duo is undeniable with charm and cool
sexiness abounding.
The film sets up Diaz and Applegate, along with
roomie Selma Blair, as three single women out on the
prowl. Writer Nancy Pimental's script seems only the
springboard for the actresses to riff off of. There
is so much chemistry and so much good natured fun going
on here, such true love between the characters, that
even the gross-out humor seems light and funny. This
film just continually delights.
Yes, there are cum jokes and oral sex jokes and
problems with piercings and all kinds of crazy sexual
stuff going on here. It's the 00's, that kind of stuff
is expected in comedies now. But everyone here seems
to be having such a fun time that it comes across as
honest and goofy humor, and not so much a lame attempt
to duplicate Diaz's success in the Farrelly's "Mary"
film or to appease the marketing department at the studio.
As the love interest, Thomas Jane doesn't seem
worthy of a stone cold fox like Diaz but who cares.
If she wants him, gurl, she should go out and get him!
I was happier to see Parker Posey and Jason Bateman
(TV's "Valerie's Family") and Georgia Engel ("The Mary
Tyler Moore Show") all get small roles. Director Roger
Kumble ("Cruel Intentions") seems to have some pop culture
savvy. He serves up characters we care about portrayed
by actors we love. What a winning combination.
"The Sweetest Thing" may seem like an episode of
"Sex in the City" directed by the Farrelly's, but that
doesn't make it any less fun. I giggled and guffawed
throughout.
Notes:
The film was written and made under the working
title of "The Untitled Nancy Pimental Project." In addition
to serving as a staff writer on "South Park," Pimental
also worked as Ben Stein's co-host on his game show
after Jimmy Kimmel went on to other things.
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Script:
B+
Acting: A-
Cinematography\Lighting: B-
Special Effects\Make Up: B+
Music: B+
Final
Grade: B
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