The Sweetest Thing

The Sweetest Thing (2002) is a romantic comedy movie, directed by Roger Kumble and written by Nancy Pimental, based on her relationship with Kate Walsh. It starred Cameron Diaz, Selma Blair, Christina Applegate, Thomas Jane, Frank Grillo and Jason Bateman.

Plot

This plot begins with Christina Walters (Diaz) and Courtney Rockcliffe (Applegate), all-around party girls, attempting to ease their roommate Jane Burns' (Blair) relationship-induced depression by taking her on a girls' night out. During that evening Walters meets Peter Donahue 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: "You're... too big to fit in here! My body is a movie and your penis is the star!" This musical number, known as "The Penis Song," (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 leading to a barely profitable $68,696,770.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

• Cameron Diaz as Christina Walters
• Christina Applegate as Courtney Rockcliffe
• Selma Blair as Jane Burns
• Thomas Jane as Peter Donahue
• Jason Bateman as Roger Donahue
• Parker Posey as Judy Webb
• Eddie McClintock as Michael

Trivia

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• The leather-coat guy that picks-up Christina Applegate's character at the bar was her then-husband, Johnathon Schaech.
• When Christina (Cameron Diaz) is in the back seat of the car trying to find the mysterious smell there is an "In Style" magazine with Madonna on the cover.
• The three leading actresses co-wrote "The Penis Song", but the trio's performance of the song was edited out of the final cut (U.S. only).
• The director, James Mangold, made a cameo as Dr.Greg, Courtney's boyfriend.
• The writer of the film, Nancy Pimental, made a cameo as the "vomit girl" in the club, when Peter's brother is inviting Courtney back to the hotel for a party.

External links

• The Sweetest Thing at the Internet Movie Database
• The Penis Song
• Alternate film versionsde:Super süß und super sexy

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