It's hard to suppress the beauty and charm of Drew Barrymore, but in allowing her to play an air-headed defective, Never Been Kissed manages to do this.
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01/01/00
Never Been Kissed (1999)
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Reviews Counted:79
Fresh:44
Rotten:35
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Unoriginal and unremarkable high school satire adds little to the genre.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Drew Barrymore gets what others only dream about in this charming, fun comedy: a second chance to right the wrongs of high school! At 25, Josie Geller is the youngest copy editor at the Chicago... [More]
Starring: Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Leelee Sobieski
Director: Raja Gosnell
Reviews for Never Been Kissed
Endearing stuff punctuated by some genuinely hysterical moments.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe script efficiently contrives a spiral of dilemmas and challenges to bring about Josie's ultimate blossoming.
03/05/02
Barrymore again displays her remarkable ability to get the audience rooting for her singular blend of vulnerability and sunny optimism.
01/26/06
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10/18/08
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10/18/08
Do nineties filmmakers forget what it was like to be a teenager, and call upon "Saved By the Bell" reruns for a refresher course?
10/22/01
It has some warm and humorous spots, but not enough to overcome its many obstacles.
01/01/00
A comedy of humiliation that mistakes bathos for humor.
01/01/00
Rent it and watch only the last five minutes.
01/01/00
Barrymore's acting looks disorganized and undisciplined.
01/01/00
Weak and sloppily-written.
01/01/00
The movie makes virtually every mistake in the book, including flagrantly violating the moral of their own story.
01/01/00
Seriously flawed!
01/01/00
When the story begins to turn toward Josie's growing relationship with her attractive English teacher, Sam Coulson (Michael Vartan), the movie begins to unravel because it's dealing with a subject that is above its grasp.
02/27/01
Never Been Kissed is all over the movie genre map, from romantic comedy to teen comedy to poignant high school drama. And, unfortunately, little of it works.
01/01/00
The plot is full of gaping holes!
01/01/00
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08/07/08
The flashback-Josie is so grotesque, and the present-tense-Josie so unbelievable that "Never Been Kissed" is essentially an exercise in humiliation.
01/01/00
Have you noticed yet that there's really no point to this story?
02/08/03
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