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Never Been
Kissed
by DeWyNGaLe Rating: A
Drew
Barrymore has come a long, long way in her life. Her
parents were very famous actors, and they were well known
for classic movies. At first, Drew Barrymore seemed like
she wasn't going to go anywhere with her career in
acting. In my opinion, her breakthrough movie was 1996's
Scream (A+), where she played a small role, but also a
great role. Next Drew went on to co star with Adam
Sandler in 1998's the Wedding Singer (B+), where she was
good but didn't get the chance to show off her skills.
Later on in 1998, with Ever After (A-), Drew was almost
able to carry the movie by herself, but not without help
from Angelica Huston. Now, in Never Been Kissed, Drew has
gotten the opportunity to show off her stuff. After
coming through a hard childhood, Drew has finally gotten
the title of "great actress" in my opinion.
In Never Been Kissed, Drew stars as Josie Gellar, a
journalist at the Chicago Sun Times. At the Chicago Sun
Times, things are a little slow, and they need a really
good story. Josie is picked to do the story, and she is
now a reporter. The task is a hard but fun one- Josie
must enroll in high school to study today's teenagers and
schools in America. There is only one pressure holding
Josie back from the job. When Josie was in high school,
she was the class outcast, and she had the nickname
"Josie Grossie." She barely had any friends at
all, but she held on to become successful after high
school.
Josie decides to take her chances. On the first day of
school, everything goes horrible. She makes a fool of
herself in front of everyone, including the popular
people who remind her of some people back when she was in
high school. Everyone finds her to be very strange the
first day, so she must try harder to be a teen again.
Josie's brother Rob, played by David Arquette, is a
worker at the Tiki Post, a place for office supplies. He
realizes that this story is very important to her, and he
must help her out. He enrolls in high school to help
Josie, and also plans to fulfil his dreams of playing
baseball in college. Rob becomes popular instantly, and
he knows that if he puts the good word in for Josie, they
will accept her as well.
Never Been Kissed may not highly original, but Drew
Barrymore, who also produces the film, did such a
wonderful job as Josie Gellar. She created one of the
most likable characters I have ever seen in a movie. Drew
is funny as Josie, and is also very emotional and
realistic. On the other hand, Kirsten, Gibby, and
Kristen, who are the mean, popular girls played by
Jessica Alba, Jordan Ladd, and Marley Shelton do a good
job as well, but characters are very unlikable. A
performance which was surprisingly strong was that of
Leelee Sobieski's as Aldys, a girl who becomes friends
with Josie at the high school.
In many films today, sub-plots are what ruin many of
them. That's not the case in Never Been Kissed. There are
quite a few sub-plots containing plots similar to Message
In A Bottle, EDTV, and even Carrie. Molly Shannon, who is
involved in one of the sub-plots, is very funny as Anita,
a worker at the Chicago Sun Times.
On the trailers, it looked like Never Been Kissed would
be a laugh riot, but it was so much more than that. It
was very funny, but also inspirational, sad, and
meaningful. There are so many unexpected elements in the
movie, and that's what makes it fun all the way through.
The scenes that were supposed to make you laugh made you
crack up, and the scenes that were supposed to make you
think made you really think. It is very rare a film does
either one of these, but Never Been Kissed certainly
succeeded.
The Bottom Line- There's something about "Drew"
in this one.
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