Barrymore again displays her remarkable ability to get the audience rooting for her singular blend of vulnerability and sunny optimism.
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01/26/06
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
Endearing stuff punctuated by some genuinely hysterical moments.
01/01/00
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
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08/07/08
Drew Barrymore’s virtuoso performance smooths over the plot holes.
08/07/07
The most exhilarating American movie I have seen this year -- which isn't saying much.
04/27/07
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
This is an okay date flick. It's somewhat forgettable, like high school should be, but possessing a few moments it'll be tough to get out of your head.
12/06/05
A surprisingly solid and entertaining teen flick
04/09/05
The less Never Been Kissed forces its material, the more enjoyable it is.
06/12/03
Barrymore demonstrates an acute sensitivity to the angst of adolescence, and handles it with kid gloves.
05/14/03
Have you noticed yet that there's really no point to this story?
02/08/03
The deft script and solid performances turn what could have been empty piffle into remarkably entertaining piffle that'll leave you smiling.
11/07/02
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
Thanks to Barrymore's goodhearted presence, Josie's comic emotional journey has plenty of mass appeal.
09/09/02
This kind of dippy, silly drivel has no right to succeed, yet it does...
03/24/02
Drew Barrymore has been well cast as someone who doesn't act her age.
03/22/02
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