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The Sweetest Thing
2002
Features the comedies YOU, ME AND DUPREE, DEUCE BIGELOW - EUROPEAN GIGOLO, and THE SWEETEST THING.In YOU, ME AND DUPREE, Carl Peterson and Randy Dupree have been friends forever. But everything changes when Carl marries Molly Thompson and best man Dupree becomes the third wheel. Free-spirited Dupree's antics suddenly seem .. Read more
| Starring | Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Thomas Jane, Parker Posey |
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| Director | Roger Kumble |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
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The Sweetest Thing
Features the comedies YOU, ME AND DUPREE, DEUCE BIGELOW - EUROPEAN GIGOLO, and THE SWEETEST THING.
In YOU, ME AND DUPREE, Carl Peterson and Randy Dupree have been friends forever. But everything changes when Carl marries Molly Thompson and best man Dupree becomes the third wheel. Free-spirited Dupree's antics suddenly seem juvenile and Carl has to decide where his loyalty lies--with his new wife or his best friend. Still, when Carl discovers that Dupree is down on his luck, he invites his best buddy to move in until he's back on his feet. Unfortunately, Dupree isn't exactly Molly's idea of the perfect houseguest as the perpetual bachelor is really an overgrown kid.
In DEUCE BIGELOW - EUROPEAN GIGOLO, Deuce Bigalow is invited to Amsterdam. Deuce shows up in Europe only to find that a mysterious killer is knocking off the city's man-whores.
In THE SWEETEST THING, three single women, Christina, Courtney and Jane, regularly have a good time in the city's nightclub. Then one night Christina meets her perfect partner but discovers too late that he's left town. Now she and Courtney are off on the road to find him.
| Starring | Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Thomas Jane, Parker Posey, Selma Blair, Jason Bateman, Johnathon Schaech |
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| Director | Roger Kumble |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 27 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | French |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Hindi |
| Released | DVD: 03 Feb 2003 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
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Cruel Intentions director Roger Kumble gives crass humour a feminine edge in this bright and frothy take on the “chick flick”. Essentially a straight romantic comedy clothed in Farrelly brothers-style laughs, it emphasises that women can be just as irreverent as their male counterparts. The end result is something akin to a celluloid hen night, as serial heart-breaker Christina (Cameron Diaz) and her two brash best friends (the hilarious Selma Blair and Christina Applegate) encounter the highs and lows of commitment-free love. These Sex and the City-type frivolities incorporate outrageous, though occasionally jarring, scenes — such as Diaz's eye-opening naivety in a men's toilet. Predictably, all that the women secretly yearn for is long-term emotional security, therefore providing this uneven film with a forced, saccharine conclusion. However, for the most part it's a sharp and well-observed look at the modern dating game, though the extreme high jinks may upset the easily offended.
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A botched attempt to fuse Farrelly-style gross out with chick flick romantic comedy. Diaz and friends are sexually... read more on Time Out
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30 out of 36 people found this review helpful
oh dear.
This is possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. It fails to work on any level, is self-conscious through out (well I assume it is, I confess that I made the decision not to waste to much of my life by watching all of it) and contains some of the worst moments in cinematic history yet perpetrated by the hand of man. Notably 'the penis song' which had me watching in open-mouthed disbelief as to how they persuaded any of those involved to participate. If ever when I am old and alone, down and out and destitute, I begin to feel the chill of winters frosty hand icing my blood I will merely need to remember 'the penis song' and the warm glow of empathetic embarrassment will render me instantly toasty and warm till comes the spring. It has invaded my head and drowns out the cheerful chirrup of the little birds in the trees, the laughter of happy children and for all I know the frantic horn blowing of cars speeding out of control in my general direction.
It is not good. The only reason to rent this movie (for god?s sake do not purchase it) is to witness for yourself its general poorness and perhaps regale people at parties with amusing accounts of its witlessness. As I now intend to do for the rest of my days. Should you choose to watch it remember to check out the bizarre directors commentary where the director and 'stars' sit around with whoopee cushions, prattling happily about their offering as perhaps a toddler might on having produced its first stool without the aid of adult supervision. You will probably not be able to take a great deal of it, but providing you have been primed with strong drink before hand you are unlikely to suffer long term film aversion.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
One of the worst I have ever had the misfortune to watch!!!
Oh my god this movie is shocking!!! Girls are NOT like this…. And Cameron Diaz really can’t dance! She is not putting on the lack of rhythm she shows in the terrible parts of this move that require movement.. I honestly can’t believe that this movie was made, what a waste of money and time!!
Do yourself a favour, go mow the lawn but whatever you do DON’T watch this movie!!
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Features the comedies YOU, ME AND DUPREE, DEUCE BIGELOW - EUROPEAN GIGOLO, and THE SWEETEST THING.
In YOU, ME AND DUPREE, Carl Peterson and Randy Dupree have been friends forever. But everything ... -