The Sweetest Thing unrated DVD (1 Viewer)

[Blu]

Why is this DVD unrated? There was practically no female nudity and the language wasn't even that bad! How could this rank as UNRATED???

 

[David Lambert]

You obviously don't understand "marketing". :wink:

 

[Blu]

Guess I'll just pull that hook out of my mouth.....

 

[rutger_s]

Its unrated mainly due to...

the inclusion of the Penis Song.

There is the original R-rated cut on DVD that omits that part. There are also extensions at the beginning of the film.

 

[Matt Pelham]

I don't believe the Penis Song
was unrated material, but it was not present in the R-rated theatrical cut of the movie. When they re-inserted it into the DVD cut, they didn't resubmit the movie to be rated and released it unrated to attract more sales.

 

[KimK]

I think when I first saw a trailer for this movie it was rated PG-13

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Matt nailed it on the head. It's a deceptive practice, since they just wedge a few extra scenes in. Technically, that version is now 'unrated', though the marketing would lead you to believe it's va-va-va-voom vvvvvrrttt yowza-yowza 'unrated'.

Forget 'unrated'; try 'unwatchable'. (Oh, me so clever.)

 

[Adam_WM]

Well, I'm watching this tonight with my girlfriend so I hope it's funny.

 

[Yumbo]

the song in the restaurant?

watching it now...

 

[Adam_WM]

Well, I just finished the Penis Song in the restaurant. That really was not funny. MOnty Python's penis song was SOOOOOO much better. The rest of the movie has been funny so far.


AFTER MOVIE EDIT: Well, I finished the movie. I'm going to have to give it the thumbs down. My girlfriend liked it, though. Oh well.

 

[Jenna]

I just finished the Penis Song in the restaurant. That really was not funny.

I cannot believe that ANYONE would find that funny. I was SOOOOO embarrassed for those actresses! I truly felt I was witnessing their collective career low.
Then again, that dress-up montage in the dressing room was pretty lame as well.

 

[Clinton McClure]

It would seem I'm in the minority as I saw it at the theater twice and rented the unrated version the day of release. Even my girlfriend found the penis song to be funny.

 

[Julian Lalor]

Well, I spent the whole film worrying about poor Selma Blair. Where does she live these days, Ethiopia? Someone pass her a chicken, or even a chicken bone. Otherwise, the film was been-there-seen-that.

 

[David Illingworth II]

It's not bad, not bad at all. It's certainly a little too gross in some parts, and not as good as Van Wilder.

 

[Adam_WM]

I agree. I thought Van Wilder was good ol' mindless fun.

 

[Chad R]

Any given episode of "Sex and the City" does the exact same thing with more wit and class.

 

[David Lambert]

I cannot believe that ANYONE would find that funny. I was SOOOOO embarrassed for those actresses! I truly felt I was witnessing their collective career low.

Y'know, I just got through watching this. That song was fun. The movie was fun. A lotta good things about it. Essentially it seemed like a typical guy flick turned on its ass, with the ladies being the ones trying to figure out if they should settle down. One of them bumps into "Mr. Right", and we spend the rest of the movie watching her track him down and find the guts to give the one-guy-life a try.
Now, I thought the scene with Selma "stuck" was a lot more embarrassing than the mentioned song. I'm not sure what convinced Selma Blair to do that scene. Ugh. Maybe the ladies find that funnier than the guys do; I dunno. But the purple elephant scene more than made up for it. Hilarious!
I don't know at what point I realized that Peter's brother was Jason "It's Your Move" Bateman, sibling of Justine "Family Ties" Bateman, and star of Teen Wolf 2 (just released to DVD last week on the same disc as Teen Wolf). It bowled me over to see him again (what's he been up to?). Then seeing Parker Posey as the bride floored me. The topper was when I saw the Priest at the wedding, and couldn't put my finger on where I knew him from. It bugged me, so I just looked it up at the IMDB. He played "Prof. Parsafoot" in the old Saturday morning live-action show "Jason Of Star Command" (which had James "Scotty" Doohan in it). All this, not to mention "Kelly Bundy" for an hour and a half. So the peeks at old friends were great!
The film wasn't perfect, but I can't really rag on it either. I enjoyed it.

 

[Carl C]

The topper was when I saw the Priest at the wedding, and couldn't put my finger on where I knew him from.

Dave, I know what you probably REALLY remember him from...

... He played the insurance fraud specialist that moves in with the Bundys on the episode of MWC where Al claims he is "afraid" of shoes and sues for emotional distress. At the end, he defeats Al by tempting him with the special pair of bowling shoes at the "Twiggy(?) Cup" bowling match. Good episode.

By the way, I enjoyed this movie as well and was very surprised at how funny it was.

 

[David Lambert]

I don't recall that one. However, growing up I was VERY into Jason of Star Command, and the show it was spun off from, "Space Academy" (starring Jonathan "Dr. Zakery Smith"/"Lucifer" Harris). I fondly recall Prof. Parsafoot!

 

[David Illingworth II]

Jason Bateman totally made this movie. "Don't be gay in the house of God, give me a slap!"
IIRC, that priest was also the guy in Liar, Liar who walks in on Jim Carrey kicking his own ass. A pretty memorable cameo there.
And I too thought the Selma Blair scene was shockingly out of tone and quality. It was like it was from another movie, though the cop at the end had a pretty good quip.