Sal Cinquemani for Slant Magazine praised it as the best video for a song from '' Back to Basics '' . John Montgomery for MTV News commented on Aguilera 's " bad girl " image , writing " though Aguilera 's mostly going for glam here , she 's also plenty '' bad '' , too , swinging her way into some servicemen 's heart , coyly sipping on a milkshake and shaking it so hard your even your grandpa had to notice . " The video brought Aguilera and Rolston an MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Direction at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards , but lost to Justin Timberlake 's " What Goes Around ... Comes Around "
2007 MTV Video Music Awards
2007 MTV Video Music Awards
Candyman (Christina Aguilera song)