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The Sweetest Thing (Starring Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate. Directed by Roger Kumble. R16. State Cinema)

This chick flick about girls who wanna have fun shows that coarse comedies grounded in gross-out gags and generally vulgar humour need not be just guy movies.

The Sweetest Thing has as much lewd material in it as you'd find in an American Pie-style comedy, but bases its story around three young women who enjoy casual sex and raunchy good times as much as any guy - as long as they are in control.

The key player here is sexy Christina (Cameron Diaz), who has left a trail of broken-hearted guys in her wake. A commitment-phobe, she stresses the importance of having barriers, not ...

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