Kissing Jessica Stein

Ho ho ho, I'm a lipstick lesbian because I can't find a man, wait no I'm not,or am I? It's not a terrible film and some of the stuff it's trying to explore is interesting but the tone of the movie just doesn't work and the amateurish acting doesn't help.

I love this movie; it's original and funny, smart and cute.

Although the ending is a bit of a cop-out and it suffers from the "early 2000s indie film" look, this was much better than I was expecting, with well-drawn and acted secondary characters, and sweet but not cheesy dialogue. It does stumble at the end, which is unfortunate (there's really no emotional consequences for the break-up, so it ends up feeling weirdly empty), but in comparison to other entries in the pantheon of lesbian cinema, it's practically perfect.

Revisited (2)

LOVED the movie.. Absolute worst ending ever.

Engaging middle, dissapointing ending. A decent enough fluff movie.

Just a so-so portrayal of a woman "choosing" to awaken her lesbian side. There are some aspects of the movie that could be offensive to the homosexual community, but besides that, it's just a fairly standard, run-of-the-mill movie in this genre.

It's mildly cute and totally harmless, but if you look past the novelty of the lesbians it's really nothing more a standard Manhattan-set sitcom episode extended to feature length. I saw another Manhattan-set lesbian romcom called Saving Face that was quite a bit better.

It's a little too much like a JAP trying really hard to make a dyke film. And not totally succeeding.

I recall this being pretty well-acted when I saw it on TV. Not bad.

The protagonist is unlikeable and frustrating. People like her are the reason why bisexuals are so poorly looked upon by both the gay and straight community.

This was a quite pleasant and unique surprise.

Note to self: Rewatched on June 19, 2013. First watched about 10 years ago and guessed my rating would be ~75 then. Now though it's ~60 (65 is probably too high and 55 probably too low).

- highly recommended

The ending destroys the whole movie.

not good