Full Of It #119 - The Sweetest Thing (Patreon)

The Sweetest Thing is a 2002 American rom-com starring Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate and Selma Blair. Released to hideous reviews and an underwhelming box-office performance, I've decided that the film has earned cult status despite there being no mention of its greatness online. I first saw the movie as a closeted teenager before I was of legal age to view it and it swiftly became a goldmine of quotes between my friend Al and I. The weird thing is seeing the slew of negative criticism coming largely from men on Rotten Tomatoes and how it all has an alarmingly blatant air of misogyny. 

We didn't care that they were women when we were teens, we still saw ourselves in the characters (which might seem odd given how predisposed we were to throwing people off the gay scent). I think it all speaks to how universally underrated this gem is. It'd kill if it was released today - but in a Y2K world, men didn't want to see women acting like them.

Contains very brief allusions to eating disorders.