The Sweetest Thing
A romantic comedy without the sugar.
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.
- Director
- Roger Kumble
- Worldwide
- $69M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Sweetest Thing returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $43M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $69M
- Release date
- Apr 12, 2002
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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