Endearing stuff punctuated by some genuinely hysterical moments.
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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
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
Top CriticIt'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.
01/01/00
I smiled all through this movie, partly because it had something worthwhile to say, and partly because Drew Barrymore brings such a wonderful energy to it.
01/01/00
If you're having a hard time imagining Drew Barrymore as a nerd, you must see this movie.
01/01/00
A comedy of humiliation that mistakes bathos for humor.
01/01/00
Barrymore and Arquette take their performances to heart and are clearly having a ball with the material, but it's Gosnell's solid direction that keeps the film afloat.
01/01/00
Drew Barrymore is an American treasure.
01/01/00
This kind of dippy, silly drivel has no right to succeed, yet it does...
03/24/02
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10/18/08
Drew Barrymore’s virtuoso performance smooths over the plot holes.
08/07/07
The movie's screenplay is contrived and not blindingly original, but Barrymore illuminates it with sunniness, and creates a lovable character.
01/01/00
Top CriticDumb plot and poor script!
01/01/00
Barrymore continues to grow as a comic actress, with solid support from Sobieski and Arquette, and the story has energy to spare.
01/01/00
Never Been Kissed, like so many coulda-shoulda-woulda-been-good movies, starts out strong. Then it loses its nerve in the third act, substituting a fuzzy emotional spectacle for a coherent conclusion.
10/15/02
...here is a film that is lighthearted and simple, but is made all the more appreciative because of Barrymore's presence...
01/01/00
As light entertainment it certainly makes the grade.
01/01/00
The material is pretty much the same as She's All That and the other recent high school movies, but Barrymore has the big screen stuff to pull it off.
05/26/06
Rent it and watch only the last five minutes.
01/01/00
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