Kissing Jessica Stein is a fresh take on the subject of sex and the single girl. When we first meet Jessica — a sensitive but neurotic New York journalist — she is at the end of her emotional rope. Her brother’s engaged, her best friend’s pregnant, she hasn’t dated in a year, and she can’t sleep.
After an optimistic but nightmarish dating spree, she happens upon an intriguing personal ad, whose only drawback is that it’s in the “women seeking women” section. On a daring whim, she decides to answer it. She meets funky downtown hipster Helen Cooper for drinks and, to her surprise, they click instantly. Their evening of banter, connection and heated debate culminates in a kiss that confounds and intrigues even the reluctant Jessica.
With conventional gender roles absent, the two women proceed to muddle through an earnest, but hilarious courtship, making up the rules as they go along. Kissing Jessica Stein is a modern romantic comedy that breaks all the rules — it blurs the lines between friendship and romantic love, and finds the funny, surprising and ultimately poignant overlap between the two.
Jessica, una sensible y neurótica periodista de Nueva York, no se encuentra en su mejor momento sentimentalmente hablando. Su hermano tiene novia, su mejor amiga está embarazada, no ha tenido una cita en el último año y además no puede dormir. Después de una desastrosa serie de citas, se topa con un sugerente anuncio que sólo tiene una pega: está en la sección de "mujer busca mujer". Contesta por ver qué pasa. Así queda con Helen Cooper, una chica progre y miedosa de la ciudad, para tomar unas copas, y para su sorpresa, se llevan bien. Su emocionante noche de cotilleo, charla y discusiones termina por confundir e intrigar aún más a la pobre Jessica.
ORIGINAL TITLE :: TÍTULO ORIGINAL Kissing Jessica Stein :: Besando a Jessica Stein
YEAR :: AÑO 2002
RUNNING TIME :: DURACIÓN 96 min.
COUNTRY :: PAÍS 2002
DIRECTOR :: DIRECTOR Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
SCREENWRITER :: GUIÓN Jennifer Westfeldt & Heather Juergensen
COMPOSER :: MÚSICA Marcelo Zarvos
CINEMATOGRAPHER :: FOTOGRAFÍA Lawrence Sher
CAST :: REPARTO Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen, Scott Cohen, Tovah Feldshuh, Jackie Hoffman, Carson Elrod, Michael Mastro, Esther Wurmfeld
STUDIO/PRODUCER :: PRODUCTORA Fox Searchlight
TRAILER
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