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Never Been Kissed
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Never Been Kissed is a 1999 American teen film directed by Raja Gosnell and produced by Drew Barrymore and Nancy Juvonen for 20th Century Studios and Flower Films. It stars Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Michael Vartan and Leelee Sobieski, with music by David Newman, and was filmed in and set in Chicago.
Distributed by Netflix and Disney+ on a budget of $25,000,000, the film earned $84,565,230 at the box office.
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Film · TMDB
6.2Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.
Cast
- Drew Barrymore as Josie Geller
- David Arquette as Rob Geller
- Molly Shannon as Anita
- Michael Vartan as Sam Coulson
- Jessica Alba as Kirsten
- John C. Reilly as Gus Strauss
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- high school
- newspaper
- journalist
- entrapment
- undercover
- nerd
- kiss
- romcom
- love
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Ratings
IMDb
6/10
101,798 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
56%
Metacritic
60/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 2 wins & 8 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Raja Gosnell
- Written by
- Abby Kohn , Marc Silverstein
- Produced by
- Sandy Isaac, Nancy Juvonen
- Starring
- Drew Barrymore David Arquette Michael Vartan Leelee Sobieski Jeremy Jordan Molly Shannon Garry Marshall John C. Reilly
- Cinematography
- Alex Nepomniaschy
- Edited by
- Debra Chiate, Marcelo Sansevieri
- Music by
- David Newman
- Production companies
- Fox 2000 Pictures , Flower Films , Bushwood Pictures, Never Been Kissed Productions
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- April 9, 1999 ( 1999-04-09 )
- Running time
- 107 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $84.6 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Raja Gosnell
- Cast member
- Carmen Llywelyn
- Composer
- David Newman
- Producer
- Nancy Juvonen
- Production company
- Flower Films
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 698747
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.foxmovies.com/neverbeenkissed
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- title
- Never Been Kissed
- distributed by
- Disney+
- different from
- Never Been Kissed
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 60/100
- publication date
- 1999-11-18
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Encyclopedic overview
Never Been Kissed is a 1999 American romantic comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell, and starring Drew Barrymore, Jessica Alba, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Leelee Sobieski, Jeremy Jordan, Molly Shannon, Garry Marshall, and John C. Reilly.
Shy newspaper reporter Josie Geller enrolls in high school undercover to do research for a story, inadvertently mutually falling for English teacher Sam Coulson.
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