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Just Looking
EMAILPRINTSony Pictures Classics
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 20 critic reviews
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Based on 3 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Written by: Marshall Karp
Directed by: Jason Alexander
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 13, 2000
DVD: April 24, 2001
Running Time: 97 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for strong sexuality, nudity, and language
Starring Ryan Merriman, Joey Franquinha, Peter Onorati, and Gretchen Mol
Lenny (Merriman) is a typical 14-year-old from the Bronx, Like every teenage boy, he is totally fascinated with the concept of sex. But the year is 1955, and Lenny is too scared to actually "do it." So he dedicates his summer vacation to the next best thing. Seeing two other people do it. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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What The Critics Said
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Miami Herald Curtis Morgan
The characters are easy to overplay, but the ensemble keeps its feet on the ground.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
A coming-of-age film that has the jaunty mood and egg-cream flavor of a Philip Roth memoir.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Too smitten with the Eisenhower-era nostalgia.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
There's not that much that's new in screenwriter Marshall Karp's sitcom-ish memoir, but Alexander keeps the laughs coming.
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
At best a vaguely Semitic episode of "The Wonder Years."
Read Full Review >Village Voice Leslie Camhi
Marshall Karp's script is clever and funny, though studded with anachronisms.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
Pleasant, ultimately sweet but never quite inspired.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Gene Seymour
There are enough grace notes and gentle surprises strewn along this well-trod path to make Just Looking just good enough to justify Alexander's career move.
Read Full Review >New York Post Jonathan Foreman
Generic memoir of lower-middle-class "white ethnic" life in the '50s.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Contains some nicely observed moments, but they're buried in an unrepentantly sitcomy script.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Fails to create a seamless and believable web of measured performances and period color.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
A candy-colored, unabashedly sentimental movie.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
This sort of nostalgia-drenched, sexual-coming-of-age saga has been done to death.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
[Anonymous] gave it a9:
Needs a sequel.
