Christina's love life is stuck in neutral. After years of avoiding the hazards of a meaningful relationship, one night while club-hopping with her girlfriends, she meets Peter, her perfect match. Fed up with playing games, she finally gets the courage to let her guard down and follow her heart, only to discover that Peter has suddenly left town. Accompanied by Courtney, she sets out to capture the one that got away.
The Sweetest Thing has nothing insightful to say about relationships, and nothing funny to say about the singles scene.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
15 Apr 2002
rotten:
Loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes, twitchy acting, and general boorishness.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
16 Apr 2002
rotten:
Seems to have been assembled (at short notice, with blindfolds on) by people who have never seen any movies outside of Cameron Diaz vehicles.
– Dennis Lim,
Village Voice,
16 Apr 2002
rotten:
This picture is one of the flattest, stupidest, unfunniest sex comedies -- as well as one of the worst all-round pictures -- I've ever seen.
– Charles Taylor,
Salon.com,
26 Apr 2002
rotten:
Female characters should be allowed to engage in raunchy humor on the big screen; they already do on the small one with Sex and the City. But unlike that HBO series, The Sweetest Thing has no guts.