Stars: Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Leelee Sobieski, Michael Vartan, John C. Reilly, Garry Marshall, Jeremy Jordan, Jessica Alba, Sean Whalen

Director: Raja Gosnell

Summary: Barrymore plays a newspaper editor who goes undercover at a high school to find out what the "cool kids are into." In the process, she redeems her first go 'round, which was nerdy, awkward and unbearable.

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Let's get this straight: Drew Barrymore started a production company to develop original scripts outside of Hollywood and the first project she chose to produce was this, a romantic comedy written by USC grads Abby Kohn and Mark Silverstein about a nerdy, virginal woman who returns to high school as an undercover reporter, finally gets to be popular, and falls in love. And Barrymore decided, as producer, that the perfect actress to play this virtuous, clean-cut, and downright annoying geek would be... Drew Barrymore? It's hard to believe that after The Wedding Singer Barrymore's not getting enough dopey, formulaic, predictable romantic comedies coming across her desk. The complete inability to buy Barrymore as unattractive, awkward, and unpopular ruins Never Been Kissed from the start, but it's doubtful a better actress could have saved it. The jokes fall flat, the romance between Barrymore and her English teacher (played by Michael Vartan) lacks chemistry, and the portrayals of high school and the newspaper newsroom is clichéd and uninspired (big surprise here: the director, Raja Gosnell, previously made Home Alone 3). Gosnell can't even give the gifted character actor, John C. Reilly, anything to do. Only David Arquette, who plays Barrymore's out-of-control brother, brings any energy to the film. -- Dave McCoy, Amazon.com--This text refers to the VHS edition of this video

Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Wide Screen, 16:9 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive Menus, Scene Access, Original Theatrical Trailer
Subtitles:	None
Year:	1999
Release Date:	June 19, 2000
Runtime:	103 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	14249 D V D
Keywords:	Comedy, Never, General, Wide, Screen, Been, Kissed
Genre:	Comedy