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Just A Kiss
2002
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 .. Read more
| Starring | Ron Eldard, Kyra Sedgwick, Marisa Tomei, Patrick Breen |
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| Director | Fisher Stevens |
| Genres | Drama |
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Just A Kiss
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.
| Starring | Ron Eldard, Kyra Sedgwick, Marisa Tomei, Patrick Breen, Marley Shelton, Taye Diggs, Sarita Choudhury |
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| Director | Fisher Stevens |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 06 Oct 2003 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
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Joint lead Patrick Breen adapted his off-Broadway stage play for this feature debut directed by actor Fisher Stevens. Exploring how a single action, in this case an illicit kiss, can trigger off a chain of far-reaching events, it's a shallow relationship comedy laced with gallows humour. Performance-wise the film's nothing special, with attractive cast members, such as Kyra Sedgwick and her unfaithful beau Ron Eldard, acting as if they're in an X-rated episode of TV's Friends. But it's the constant to-ing and fro-ing of timelines and the inappropriate flashes of “rotoscope” animation that are the picture's major downsides. They disturb the overall fluidity and make Stevens look like he's trying way too hard to be hip and edgy.
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"...Breen's smart dialogue and actor-turned-director Fisher Stevens' lively staging generate their share of amusing moments throughout..."
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Don't worry - Time is Construct
Starts as a romantic comedy but loses the plot (literally) as characters get to expore timelines and alternative realities. Cruel in parts but then loses its nerve. Some excellent touches like the carton overlays are wasted by over-clever plotting and just too many characters, leaving the film flailing around. However, an intriguing attempt at something different.
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Don't worry - Time is Construct
Starts as a romantic comedy but loses the plot (literally) as characters get to expore timelines and alternative realities. Cruel in parts but then loses its nerve. Some excellent touches like the carton overlays are wasted by over-clever plotting and just too many characters, leaving the film flailing around. However, an intriguing attempt at something different.
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Just A Kiss
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 ...
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