Never Been Kissed: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

17

Embarrassing, witless!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)

60

A bogus, bottom-of-the-barrel Cinderella story!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rita Kempley Washington Post (Top Critic)

50

Predictable, slightly painful and as embarrassing as all get-out.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Tom Maurstad Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

There's plenty to pick on, such as the mean-spiritedness of much of the film's humor, or yet another relentless parade of pointless pop-culture references.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Mark Caro Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

Dumb plot and poor script!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

Drew Barrymore's virtuoso performance smooths over the plot holes.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Bob Fenster Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

A comedy of humiliation that mistakes bathos for humor.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Andrew Sarris New York Observer (Top Critic)

The most exhilarating American movie I have seen this year -- which isn't saying much.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

50

Drew Barrymore has been well cast as someone who doesn't act her age.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Stephanie Zacharek Salon.com (Top Critic)

The movie's tiresome joke is that, even the second time around, Josie still can't get it right.
Full Review » 12 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

50

Seriously flawed!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Peter Travers Rolling Stone (Top Critic)

Relatively inoffensive and relentlessly mediocre.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

80

While Never Been Kissed belongs heart and soul to Barrymore, Sobieski's natural poise and assurance reminds us that her own prime time is not so very far away.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

80

A genuinely sweet and romantic story for teens.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid

75

The material is pretty much the same as She's All That and the other recent high school movies, but Barrymore has the big screen stuff to pull it off.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Trevor Johnston Time Out

Barrymore again displays her remarkable ability to get the audience rooting for her singular blend of vulnerability and sunny optimism.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Ron Wells Film Threat

60

This is an okay date flick. It's somewhat forgettable, like high school should be, but possessing a few moments it'll be tough to get out of your head.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews

75

A surprisingly solid and entertaining teen flick
Full Review » 7 years ago
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

63

The less Never Been Kissed forces its material, the more enjoyable it is.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Palo Alto Weekly

75

Barrymore demonstrates an acute sensitivity to the angst of adolescence, and handles it with kid gloves.
Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

40

Have you noticed yet that there's really no point to this story?
Full Review » 9 years ago
James Rocchi Netflix

70

The deft script and solid performances turn what could have been empty piffle into remarkably entertaining piffle that'll leave you smiling.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer

50

Never Been Kissed, like so many coulda-shoulda-woulda-been-good movies, starts out strong. Then it loses its nerve in the third act, substituting a fuzzy emotional spectacle for a coherent conclusion.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Kevin Lally Film Journal International

Thanks to Barrymore's goodhearted presence, Josie's comic emotional journey has plenty of mass appeal.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Tom Meek Boston Phoenix

This kind of dippy, silly drivel has no right to succeed, yet it does...
Full Review » 10 years ago