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  • 2001
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  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2001
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary A modern romantic comedy that breaks all the rules -- it blurs the lines between friendship and romantic love, and finds the funny, surprising and ultimately poignant overlap between the two. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Directed By: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld

Written By: Heather Juergensen, Jennifer Westfeldt

  • 2001
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2001
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 37 m

Kissing Jessica Stein

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 36 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
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Summary A modern romantic comedy that breaks all the rules -- it blurs the lines between friendship and romantic love, and finds the funny, surprising and ultimately poignant overlap between the two. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Directed By: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld

Written By: Heather Juergensen, Jennifer Westfeldt

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Generally Favorable Based on 36 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 36 Critic Reviews
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100
Delightfully unpredictable, hilarious comedy with wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender labels.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
88
The screenplay is written with a thinking audience in mind, the dialogue sparkles, the characters leap off the screen in full three-dimensionality, and the cliches are kept to a bare minimum.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
80
Pays off in laugh-out-loud lines, adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances, and sparkling, bittersweet dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl's dilemma.
By Leslie Camhi FULL REVIEW
75
Not about sex; it's about leaps of faith, at work, in love, in life.
By Connie Ogle FULL REVIEW
70
It all works on the level of a sprightly sitcom: lesbianism for the Lucy-and-Ethel crowd.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
63
One of the film's strengths is that nobody -- male, female, gay, straight or Jewish mother -- is reduced to stereotype.
By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW
40
The actual finale, which so betrays what's come before it that it leaves one walking out of the theater holding a grudge against what was.
By Robert Wilonsky FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
7.5
69% Positive
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19% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
7.5
69% Positive
11 Ratings
19% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Production Company Fox Searchlight Pictures, Brad Zions Films, Eden Wurmfeld Films, Cineric, Michael Alden Productions
Release Date Mar 13, 2001
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline When it comes to love, sometimes she just can't think straight.
Website http://www.foxsearchlight.com/kissingjessicastein/
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Awards

Los Angeles IFP/West Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations

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