Not exactly 'The Sweetest Thing'

Cameron Diaz gets down and dirty in the not-so-sugary, not-so-romantic comedy, "The Sweetest Thing." As the girls of the moment, Christina (Diaz, "Vanilla Sky"), Courtney (Christina Applegate, "Married with Children"), and Jane (Selma Blair, "Legally Blonde") are off to find men in this female-run sex comedy.

While possibly inspired by the sexually assertive girls of "Sex and the City," director Roger Kumble ("Cruel Intentions") misses the target as he wraps up a raunchy road-trip filled with drinking, oral sex and bodily fluid jokes and more perversion than one would expect out of typically adorable Diaz in just an hour and a half.

To forget about her troubles, Christina and Courtney take heartbroken Jane out clubbing, searching for "Mr. Right Now" instead of "Mr. Right."

After passing an abundance of swooning men, Christina and friends decide to stalk the only male to resist her charm from the night before, Peter (Thomas Jane). With little information of his whereabouts, they blunder through one crude scene to another in search of this Mr. Right.

Luckily, this Farrelly brothers'-style film, along with Diaz's typical fun-loving character and a diamond-in-the-rough cameo by Parker Posey ("The Anniversary Party"), manage to make this ride somewhat enjoyable … that is if bathroom humor doesn't bother you — think Clintonesque dresses and gagging on bodily parts in public restrooms.

The writing, by Nancy Pimental, is overdone on sex jokes and underdone on quality. However, the talented actresses manage to pull the script along, even though you may wonder what possessed them to choose these roles in the first place.

If someone can manage to turn a five-minute plot into a feature-length film, while also trying to counteract the stereotype of innocently sweet women as sex figures, then it's one magic trick worth seeing.