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Just a Kiss (2002)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:3
Rotten:19
Average Rating:3.7/10
Consensus: With annoying characters and gimmicks, the romantic comedy Just a Kiss is neither touching nor funny.
Theatrical Release:Sep 27, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: Directed by Fisher Stevens with a sharply witty script from writer Patrick Breen, who also stars as the film's antihero, Pete, JUST A KISS is a smart, hip black comedy with an energetic soundtrack,... Directed by Fisher Stevens with a sharply witty script from writer Patrick Breen, who also stars as the film's antihero, Pete, JUST A KISS is a smart, hip black comedy with an energetic soundtrack, a sexy cast, and expert use of digital animation. The first scenes, while the credits are still rolling, are some of the most dramatic in the film simply because of the near total use of brightly colored, graffiti-like animation. After those first sequences, the animation is used only for emphasis on certain details, or to depict fantasies, and the film takes on a more traditional style. JUST A KISS follows a group of friends--couples Dag (Ron Eldard) and Hallie (Kyra Sedgewick), Pete (Patrick Breen) and Rebecca (Marley Shelton), Andre (Taye Diggs) and Colleen (Sarita Choudhury), and the one black sheep, Paula (Marisa Tomei); as they learn the hard way that a kiss is never just a kiss. The film's themes of constant, inevitable infidelity and constant, inevitable sex are played out so obviously that the result is hilarious, cruel, and poignant. In addition, the imagination behind some of the gags in the film is nothing short of brilliant. JUST A KISS is a must-see comedy that will keep audience members smirking long after the movie ends. [More]
Starring: Marisa Tomei, Kyra Sedgwick, Taye Diggs, Ron Eldard
Starring: Marisa Tomei, Kyra Sedgwick, Taye Diggs, Ron Eldard, Marley Shelton, Sarita Choudhury, Patrick Breen
Director: Fisher Stevens
Director: Fisher Stevens
Screenwriter: Patrick Breen
Producer: Matthew Rowland
Studio: Paramount Classics
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Reviews for Just a Kiss
Winds up feeling like lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness points with young adults.
We have poignancy jostling against farce, thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners, and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except, maybe, that it looks neat.
For the most part Stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue.
When the film isn't uncomfortably contrived it's just downright offensive.
A series of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander, some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story.
Aggressively unfunny, with jokes about suicide attempts and fatal airplane crashes.
Talkiness isn't necessarily bad, but the dialogue frequently misses the mark.
It's coherent, well shot, and tartly acted, but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate.
A small independent film suffering from a severe case of Hollywood-itis.
Stevens has a keen sense of the absurd, but the whole thing is too forced.
What elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish.
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