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Summary: Loved the movie, despised the ending
Review: "Kissing Jessica Stein" is one of the best movies I've ever seen, and contains perhaps the most touching, heartfelt, and believable romances in modern film. Frustrated single girl Jessica Stein decides to try something different (to put it mildly) and answer a lesbian personal ad in the paper; never did she expect to meet Helen. The two lead actresses are also the writers and producers of the is fine movie, and they are FANTASTIC. Westfeldt (Jessica) and Juergensen (Helen) are both radiant and adorable, and share rare, utterly convincing chemistry. The movie is hilarious, wildly romantic, touching, and poignant, all blended into one bittersweet milkshake. Jessica and Helen just make the most adorable and gorgeous couple ever. It's difficult to choose a favourite, since both girls are so beautiful and likeable. Women and romantic straight men should greatly enjoy this movie. And special mention must go to Tovah Feldshuh, who played Jessica's mother and was in the most heartwrenching and touching scene in the movie. You'll know what I'm talking about when you go see it. That said, I found the ending greatly unappealing. I felt like cheated by the ending, like a cop-out. In the DVD commentary, Juergensen and Westfeldt defend their decision for the nature of the ending, and I can see where they're coming from, but personally I don't agree. I just feel that the tone and events of the ending are incongruous with evidence from the rest of the movie, and that it should not have occurred. It did not seem to me that this was the ending we were headed towards, and I felt the ending we did get was forced and artificial. My apologies for the vagueness, but I'm trying not to give too much away. Other than that, prepare for a rare treat of a movie.
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Summary: One of the BEST Films I have EVER SEEN
Review: This is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. It is funny, and not stupid dumbed down funny, smart and intelligent funny. It is a bold film, that really makes you question day to day relationships. I am adding it to my personal collection.
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Summary: A journey of bi-sexual discovery
Review: Bound to make women a little angry on all sides of the lesbian/bisexual issue, Kissing Jessica Stein will also make them laugh, cry, puzzle about the human thing called love, and have a thoroughly enjoyable evening with this video. Sophisticated in its acting, filming, direction, and setting (New York), Kissing JS follows indecisive, confused, and somewhat neurotic Jessica as she tries to sort out her own sexuality. Best of all perhaps is Jessica's overbearing but infinitely loving mother, played by Tovah Feldshuh.
Don't miss it. You might even want to watch it twice, once for laughs, and once for all the thought-provoking stuff it brings up.
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Summary: Charm at it's Best!
Review: "Kissing Jessica Stein" is the prime example of romantic-comedies that is actually funny and romantic, not just one or the other. I saw this movie today on my canadian satellite, and was impressed beyond impressiveness! The great New York shots, and, being a lover of jazz, the music was perfect and superb all at once. This movie is a must see, considering the fact that anyone, ga/straight/bi, can relate. Funny, gorgeous and charming, "Kissing Jessica Stein" is much, much more than a comic love story. It is a story of living your life the way your heart tells you to.
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Summary: DVD collector and bisexual female
Review: I think this flick aptly captures the spirit of various relationship struggles that almost everyone encounters at one point or another. The fact that it takes place between two beautiful ladies is merely an interesting take on the way we view such connections between two people. It definitely makes you think and look for new ways to understand yourself and your relation to others. I recommend this movie for people who have an open mind and an interest in seeing a new perspective on what it means to be a couple.
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Summary: OVER RATED!
Review: The movie trys too hard and is full of cliches. Why it has such good word of mouth is beyond me. It telegraphs every plot twist a mile away. The film likes to think it is, and trys real hard to be, a urbane comedy but it does not have an once of wit. There is not one funny moment in the entire film. Want dry wit? Want to laugh? Buy the first season of "The Office,"
or any of the films this movie is compared to in error.
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Summary: Hey, it happens.
Review: Jessica is pushing thirty and looking for a meaningful relationship. She finds it through a personal ad. Only problem is the person she meets is a woman and Jessica is straight. But hey, you don't know if you like something until you try it. And so she does try it, with Helen, an artsy type who is as patient with Jessica as she is sexy. What develops is a sweet and endearing relationship between the two which eventually gives Jessica the courage to shake up other areas of her life and take responsibility for making her own happiness.
The ending is unexpected and at first might piss you off. But if you watch it again and think about who this character is you realize it had to end that way. You can't make someone who is gay straight and you can't make someone who is straight gay. The writers in my opinion had the courage to make a story about a woman who "tries out" being a lesbian rather than a story about a woman who, "presto, chango", becomes a lesbian. And although you are hoping these likeable characters end up together and make it work you have to accept the ending for what it is because hey, it happens.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: The creators of this film have tackled a very uncomfortable issue for many (the relationship between two women) and have tastefully created a highly entertaining movie. Jessica is a cynical person who never seems to have any fun. Tired of the dating scene, she answers a woman's personal ad on a whim. When she goes to a bar to meet the woman she chickens out. However, the woman, who seems to be unhappy in her own relationships, seems to be immediately attracted to Jessica and tries to introduce herself. Jessica apoligizes to the woman for wasting her time and tries to unsuccessfully hail a cab. The woman then spills the contents of her bag causing Jessica to pause and help her. That pause is all she needs to begin a conversation. During the conversation, Jessica admits to never doing anything spontaneous, claiming that is not her. The woman rather rapidly kisses Jessica who seems to enjoy the kiss. They say goodbye and Jessica leaves it go at that, prepared to go back to her "normal" cynical life. However, her personality seems to change. She is cheery and dreamy at work and apparently can't get the woman out of her mind. What follows is a series of dates that in which the cold fish Jessica very slowly lets her guard down until a real relationship develops between her and the woman. What follows is that once Jessica accepts her relationship with the woman, she finds it very difficult to share the "news" of her relationship with her family and other friends. There are some very touching moments, where Jessica's fear almost destroys the one relationship that seems to have turned her life around and to give some happiness to her.
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Summary: Total Gem!!!
Review: It's funny because it's so intimate.
It's so intimate because I think people think like this.
'I think people think like this because it's so real.
It's so real because the camera shakes, I've heard of Nobu, and I now think like this.
I now think like this because I'm sexually dysfunctional.
I'm sexually dysfunctional because the movie told me to be.... ...and I'm an idiot!'
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Summary: Total garbage!!!
Review: It's funny because it's so intimate.
'It's so intimate because I think people think like this.
I think people think like this because it's so real.
It's so real because the camera shakes, I've heard of Nobu, and I now think like this.
I now think like this because I'm sexually dysfunctional.
I'm sexually dysfunctional because the movie told me to be.... ...and I'm an idiot!'
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