Never Been Kissed
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Metascore
60 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critics What's this?

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6.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

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  • Starring: Drew Barrymore
  • Summary: A Chicago newspaper reporter (Barrymore) who goes undercover at a high school to research an article gets the chance to relive her teen years. (20th Century Fox)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    80
    Barrymore pulls off the neatest trick of the year: She makes all this pop schlock matter.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    80
    An easygoing and amusing romantic confection.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Ron Wells
    60
    Unfortunately, the script is a light romantic comedy and unwilling to go the extra distance to really make it stick.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    25
    Labored miscalculation of a teen-trend comedy.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. JayH
    6
    Barrymore is great fun and the premise of the film is clever. It doesn't always make the best use of the plot idea, I think they miss some good opportunities, but I was always entertained. A fun and harmless film.… Expand
  2. jimmytancredi
    5
    Josie is an editor who works for a newspaper and has only 25 years. Her boss wants her to disguise herself as a teenager and sneak into college to do an investigative piece. The problem is that in her early teens, she hasn't had good experiences and has fears that they repeat and it causes her resignation. Starting with the fact that hardly a woman of 25 years would pass for a teenager, and more strenuous has never been kissed. Taking into consideration that is a fiction we get the part that is a romantic comedy, and especially in the 90s. I believe that in the epoch it worked well in a successful way, almost became a modern fairy tale.… Collapse

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