a shot of espresso for the tired romantic-comedy genre
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03/09/02
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Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)
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Reviews Counted:114
Fresh:96
Rotten:18
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: A trite but refreshing and comical spin on nature of love.
Theatrical Release:Mar 13, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $6,960,929
Synopsis: KISSING JESSICA STEIN: Jessica Stein (Jennifer Westfeldt) is a lovely young conservative Jewish girl with the perfect loft situated on New York City's Upper West Side, a fun job working for a hip... [More]
Starring: Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen, Scott Cohen, Tovah Feldshuh
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
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Reviews for Kissing Jessica Stein
The performances are quite good, the screenplay is full of observant moments and sharp one-liners.
05/07/02
Packed with sharp, intelligent dialogue about relationships, sexuality, art, family, careers and maturing.
04/04/02
The only time the writers deviated from the formula is when they replaced Troubled, Handsome Beau with Troubled, Pretty Lesbian.
04/07/02
Venturesome yet unthreatening, this movie is box-office smart enough to seem cutting-edge without ever drawing blood.
11/05/02
Top CriticAn indie romantic comedy that never makes it past first base.
03/10/03
The ending isn't entirely convincing, but it's easy to forgive flaws in such a hilarious date movie, and the history of first-date hell sequence is priceless.
06/10/02
More than anything else, Kissing Jessica Stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre, which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again.
03/15/02
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03/30/02
Puts a refreshing and comical spin on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman.
01/10/02
It wouldn't be out of place on television, where its cultural stereotypes and comfortable humor belong.
04/05/02
The cast is wonderful and the story is commendably free of the sectarian us-versus-them tone of many romantic gay movies.
02/03/09
Top CriticWhat makes the movie a comedy is the way it avoids the more serious emotions involved.
03/14/02
Top CriticThe good news for Jessica and the rest of us is that Kissing Jessica Stein delivers that rare combination of winning traits.
07/20/02
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04/29/09
Esta baboseira com pretensões intelectuais possui um roteiro (escrito pelas duas protagonistas) cheio de absurdos e um vocabulário rebuscado que denuncia sua própria arrogância.
07/25/03
Kissing Jessica Stein no es sólo una comedia simplista y socarrona; es un producto inteligente, incisivo, culto, reflexivo.
10/18/02
One of the greatest romantic comedies of the past decade.
04/05/02
A paradoxically sophisticated and yet fluffy sex comedy.
03/13/02
Will doubtlessly please many, so long as expectations are not more than a notch above sitcom standards.
03/12/02
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