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- 2002
- R
- Paramount Classics
- 1 h 29 m
- 2002
- R
- Paramount Classics
- 1 h 29 m
Summary The romantic comedy as Kafkaesque nightmare -- a sexy, surrealistic trip through the modern relationship minefields of mistrust, misunderstanding, missed warning signs and messing around. (Paramount Classics)
Directed By: Fisher Stevens
Written By: Patrick Breen
- 2002
- R
- Paramount Classics
- 1 h 29 m
- 2002
- R
- Paramount Classics
- 1 h 29 m
Just a Kiss
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Summary The romantic comedy as Kafkaesque nightmare -- a sexy, surrealistic trip through the modern relationship minefields of mistrust, misunderstanding, missed warning signs and messing around. (Paramount Classics)
Directed By: Fisher Stevens
Written By: Patrick Breen
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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14% Positive
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33% Mixed
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52% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
39
14% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
33% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
52% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Marisa Tomei turns in a blitzkrieg performance.
This small-scale film isn't for all tastes. But veterans of the dating wars will smirk uneasily at the film's nightmare versions of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures.
Stevens has a keen sense of the absurd, but the whole thing is too forced - and his use of "rotomation" (last used in Richard Linklater's "Waking Life") to give a Timothy Leary-swirl to key dramatic moments winds up looking incongruous.
What a mess.
It's coherent, well shot, and tartly acted, but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate.
The best thing you can say about Just a Kiss is that it isn't every romantic comedy that throws in suicide, bondage and a plane crash in between all the bed hopping.
A convoluted writing exercise gone horribly wrong.
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Production Company
GreeneStreet Films
Release Date Sep 27, 2002
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating R
Tagline Every kiss has a story.
Awards
Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Gotham Awards
• 1 Nomination
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
