Never Been Kissed

Never Been Kissed (1999)

  • 56% of critics liked it
    (80 reviews)

  • 70% of users liked it
    (417,781 ratings)

Many people wish they could go back to high school, knowing what they know as an adult; Josie Geller gets the chance to do just that in the comedy Never Been Kissed. Josie (played by Drew Barrymore) is a 25-year-old copy editor at a newspaper in Chicago. But it's her youthful looks as much as her… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 47 min.
Directed By
Raja Gosnell
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Apr 9, 1999 Wide
On DVD
Jan 8, 2002
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

    Drew Barrymore's virtuoso performance smooths over the plot holes.

  • Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

    The most exhilarating American movie I have seen this year -- which isn't saying much.

  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

    Drew Barrymore has been well cast as someone who doesn't act her age.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Relatively inoffensive and relentlessly mediocre.

  • Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

    While Never Been Kissed belongs heart and soul to Barrymore, Sobieski's natural poise and assurance reminds us that her own prime time is not so very far away.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Martin S


    I don't wanna be the badguy...but kinda boring

  • Cassie H


    Adorable movie about a journalist, Josie Geller, asked to go undercover as a senior student at South Glen South High School. She agrees to it but forgets that whenever she was in high school she was called names. At first she has a hard time fitting in but her brother enrolls and… More

  • Bethany M


    Another great romantic film! Drew Barrymore plays her character perfectly. A must see!

  • Jennifer X


    I'll admit, the final football scene was kind of cute, and Michael Vartan is really freaking fiiiiiine, but god this dialogue makes me want to throw up.

  • Thomas B


    Despite a few genuinely funny moments, this is pure schmaltz coupled with a bad case of stereotype. Only Drew Barrymore's great performance saves it. Full review later.

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