The Sweetest Thing

“First came the rules of love. Now comes the fun.”

Character: Christina Walters
Released: April 12, 2002

Directed by: Roger Kumble
Written by: Nancy Pimental
Genre: Romantic comedy

Co-Starring: Christina Applegate, Thomas Jane, Selma Blair, Jason Bateman, Parker Posey. (click here for additional cast)

When it comes to dating, Christina Walters has a golden rule: avoid searching for Mr. Right and focus on Mr. Right Now. That is until one night at a club when she unexpectedly meets Peter, only to see him suddenly disappear the next day. She and her best friend Courtney decide to break the rules and go on a road trip to find him, encountering wild and hilarious misadventures along the way.

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Movie Trivia

• The three leading actresses co-wrote “The Penis Song”, but the trio’s performance of the song was edited out of the final cut (though in The US only).
• The movie is based mainly on writer Nancy Pimental’s relationship with friend Kate Walsh (“Private Practive”).

Movie Quotes

Christina: Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.

Christina: I wasn’t suggesting that the two of you get married, I just thought maybe you could get it on!

Courtney: How could you not know what a glory hole is?
Christina: Well unlike my WHORE friend Courtney Rockcliff, I don’t usually spend much time in men’s public bathrooms.

Christina: You know when I was 22, my breasts were up here, nice and perky, but gravity has taken them. It’s like 22, 28, 22, 28, 22…
Courtney: Buy some new ones!

Courtney: Maybe it’s you. Did somethin’ crawl up your poonani?
Christina: Hey! I have never had any complaints in the poonani odor department!
Courtney: Yeah! Well neither have I, okay!
Christina: High five on the clean poonani!
Courtney: Bitch!

Courtney: This isn’t the Glichtman Barmitzvah is it? Mosha are you in here, no?
Christina: Come along Sharron. Mazeltov! Shalom!

Cast and Crew Quotes

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