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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 0024543050438 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 17, 2002 Running Time: 97 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: 2001 Sales Rank: 12987 MPN: FOXD2005043D
Description: Sex and the single girl gets a fresh new spin in this "very funny movie"! (Joel Siegel, Good morning America) Fed up with her fruitless search for "Mr. Right" and tired of blind dates from hell, attractive journalist Jessica Stein whimsically responds to a classified ad - from Helen! Making and breaking new rules of dating as they go, the two women muddle through an earnest but hilarious courtship that blurs the lines between friendship and romantic love in this "smashing romantic comedy" (Rolling Stone)
Amazon.com: Blessed by casual charm and sophisticated wit, Kissing Jessica Stein does for same-sex romance what Annie Hall did for straight neurotics. The influence of Woody Allen is keenly felt on this resourceful New York comedy (expanded from an off-Broadway play), especially when cowriter and costar Jennifer Westfeldt channels Diane Keaton's "la-di-da" nervousness as Jessica Stein, a romantically frustrated heterosexual copyeditor who impulsively answers a personal ad from a bisexual woman. Helen (cowriter Heather Juergensen) is as relaxed about lesbian love as Jessica is anxious, but they click as lovers, and so does the movie's delightful exploration of their budding relationship, which is further complicated by Jessica's yenta-like mother (Tovah Feldshuh) and a former boyfriend (Scott Cohen) who's now Jessica's boss. While acknowledging the serious repercussions of Jessica's bisexual flirtation, Kissing Jessica Stein takes its characters on a smart, compassionate journey of self-discovery that's as truthfully observant as it is gently entertaining. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - KISSING JESSICA STEIN
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Rating: - Kissing Jessica Stein
This film is about relationships, regardless of the genders of the participants. Jessica Stein is a neurotic young woman who can't seem to find a man worth the time to date, so she answers a personals ... Read More
Rating: - Solid
KJS was directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, but written by Heather Juergensen & Jennifer Westfeldt, who star in the film as New Yorkers Jessica Stein & Helen Cooper. Despite the lesbianism there ... Read More
Rating: - What is so good about it?
Brought the movie because I've read the reviews here, and I thought it would be really good. This movie disappointed me, I was watching it and ended up thinking "What the hell this movie is trying to do?". ... Read More
Rating: - Honest gem of a film - real people navigating intimacy in relationships
I really enjoyed this film. It's funny but in a quiet way. I thought the relationship between Jessica and Helen felt real. Except for the portrayals of Jessica's mother and the wacky friend who gives overbearing ... Read More