| | | Every kiss has a story.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby, Digital Audio, English, Subtitled
It's not simple being a young, attractive, sexy, single professional living in Manhattan and looking for love. Take it from Halley (Kyra Sedgwick) a tenderhearted videographer; Paula (Marisa Tomei) an intense bowling alley waitress; Dag (Ron Eldard) a brash TV commercial director; Andre (Taye Diggs) a soft-spoken cellist; Peter (Patrick Breen) a neurotic actor; and Rebecca (Marley Shelton) an emotionally fragile ballerina. All they wanted was the relationship of their dreams. All they got was a hilariously convoluted nightmare that began with...just a kiss. It's a twisted story of sex between six consenting adults that New York Magazine hails "A stylized comedy with magical flights of fancy!"
"A trippy, absurdist tale of interlocking love triangles and sex!" Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
"What elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish." Stephen Holden, New York Times
Editor's Note
Directed by Fisher Stevens with a sharply witty script from writer Patrick Breen, who also stars as the film's antihero, Pete, JUST A KISS is a smart, hip black comedy with an energetic soundtrack, a sexy cast, and expert use of digital animation. The first scenes, while the credits are still rolling, are some of the most dramatic in the film simply because of the near total use of brightly colored, graffiti-like animation. After those first sequences, the animation is used only for emphasis on certain details, or to depict fantasies, and the film takes on a more traditional style. JUST A KISS follows a group of friends--couples Dag (Ron Eldard) and Hallie (Kyra Sedgewick), Pete (Patrick Breen) and Rebecca (Marley Shelton), Andre (Taye Diggs) and Colleen (Sarita Choudhury), and the one black sheep, Paula (Marisa Tomei); as they learn the hard way that a kiss is never just a kiss. The film's themes of constant, inevitable infidelity and constant, inevitable sex are played out so obviously that the result is hilarious, cruel, and poignant. In addition, the imagination behind some of the gags in the film is nothing short of brilliant. JUST A KISS is a must-see comedy that will keep audience members smirking long after the movie ends.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Surround | | Widescreen Version Enhanced For 16x9 TVs | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 12/30/2003 |
| Running Time: 90 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 340714 | | UPC: 00097363407140 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
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"...Breen's smart dialogue and actor-turned-director Fisher Stevens' lively staging generate their share of amusing moments throughout..." 09/01/2002 p.150TV Guide's Movie Guide 8 of 10
The directing debut of actor Fisher Stevens, this small-scale film isn't for all tastes. But veterans of the dating wars will smirk uneasily at the film's nightmare versions of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures. Stevens makes good use of Manhattan locations and elicits excellent performances from his capable cast, who give their characters enough depth to make the film's do-over conceit seem less like a cheap gimmick than a guilty pleasure. - Maitland McDonagh
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