Never Been Kissed (1999)

  - ‘Some things are worth waiting for’

She’s Never Been Hip, She’s Never Been Cool, and She’s Never Been In until now….

“That thing. That moment. You kiss someone and it's like the world around you gets all hazy and the only thing in focus is you and this other person and you know that one person is the person you're meant to be kissing for the rest of your life...” 

Look its Josie Geller, 25, cute, blonde, and has never been kissed. In the opening scene we hear the chanting of a crowd…Wow could this be the ending of the movie already??? No it’s only just the beginning of something great.

After suffering from an atrocious high school experience and being victimised through bullying, name calling, and egg throwing. Scaring Josie Geller (Drew Barrymore) for life. At 25 she is now the youngest and most successful copy editor working at the Chicago Sun-Times, with aspirations of one day becoming a reporter. Josie is unexpectedly offered a promotion that turns her life upside down -been granted a second chance to relive her teenage years, to finally fit in and undergo that high school experience she has longed for and been neglected from.  She enrols in her old high school as an undercover journalist as part of her research for a story. What she expects to find is a story but what she ends up finding is her self wrapped up with a whole heap of love.

Drew Barrymore excels as her character. She is the major highlight of the film. The film uses effective camera techniques in order to assert certain emotions and create meaning to viewers. It is through recursive flash backs of Josie’s terrorised past schooling that we as the audience begin to relate and sympathise with the character.

‘Never Been Kissed,’ shows that high school is the epitome of our developmental years. It depicts the highlights of our school years and how much of it affects the rest of our lives.

Described as ‘a comedy with class’, it is prefect for viewers wanting a laugh and a little romance. It’s perfect for people who have never truly been kissed, and who are still waiting for that right person to give them the wet, sloppy warm feeling of tongues intermingling, reassuring them that their search for true love is over.

For its originality, suspense, and uproarious nature I give this film a rating of 3.5 out of 5. 

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