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Synopsis
Many people wish they could go back to high school, knowing what they know as an adult; Josie Geller gets the chance to do just that in the comedy Never Been Kissed. Josie (played by Drew Barrymore) is a 25-year-old copy editor at a newspaper in Chicago. But it's her youthful looks as much as her journalistic skills that finally win her a writing assignment: she's ordered to enroll in high school posing as a teenager for a story on the state of America's youth. Trouble is, Josie was a hopeless nerd in high school (called "Josie Grossie" by her classmates); she had no idea of how to fit in with the cool kids, and she's hardly gotten any better at it in the seven years since graduation. While Josie makes fast friends with a bookish girl named Aldys (Leelee Sobieski), and also takes notice of her good-looking English teacher Mr. Coulson (Michael Vartan), she realizes for the sake of her story she has to infiltrate the cool girls' clique, which will be impossible without someone to give her a crash course in hipness. Josie's brother Rob (David Arquette), obviously the more style-conscious sibling, offers to sign up for the same school to act as the cool-guy friend she'll need to fit in, but just when Josie starts making headway (and starts enjoying high school for a change), her editor changes the focus of the story -- he now wants a feature on improper relations between teachers and students, which will not be good for her deepening friendship with Mr. Coulson. Never Been Kissed also features supporting performances from John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon and Jordan Ladd (the latter in a much more wholesome vehicle than her last cinematic visit to cinematic teen-town, Gregg Araki's Nowhere). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

David Arquette Rob Geller
Drew Barrymore Josie Geller
John C. Reilly Gus
Molly Shannon Anita
Marley Shelton Kristin
Sean Whalen Merkin
Garry Marshall Rigfort
Jeremy Jordan Guy Perkins
Jordan Ladd Gibby
Leelee Sobieski Aldys
Michael Vartan Sam Coulson
Jessica Alba Kirsten

Production Crew

William Hiney Art Director
Justine Baddeley Casting
Kimberly Davis Casting
Alex Nepomniaschy Cinematographer
Jeffrey Downer Co-producer
David Newman Composer (Music Score)
Mona May Costume Designer
Raja Gosnell Director
Debra Chiate Editor
Marcelo Sansevieri Editor
Drew Barrymore Executive Producer
Richard Graves First Assistant Director
Mary Ramos-Oden Musical Direction/Supervision
Michele Kuznetsky Musical Direction/Supervision
Nancy Juvonen Producer
Sandy Isaac Producer
Steven Jordan Production Designer
Abby Kohn Screenwriter
Marc Silverstein Screenwriter
Suzette Sheets Set Designer
Keith A. Wester Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1999
Runtime: 107
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
for sex-related material and some drug content
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy

Color type
Deluxe

Sound
Dolby

Produced by
Bushwood Pictures
Flower Films
Fox 2000 Pictures

Release
April 09, 1999 (USA)
by 20th Century Fox