richspenc Josie Geller apparently has never been cool. Well, not in highschool anyway. She was an outcast, ridiculed, and mocked during her original highschool experience, and Josie starts getting ridiculed and mocked again when she goes back to highschool undercover from the Chicago sun times at age 25. Josie really is clueless, just look at what she wears on her first day back in school, and look how stupid and awkward she acts in her first class (I came from Billy, Billy Bali, I was a sheep herder). She accidentally said Billy cause she thought she saw Billy, her old highschool crush (who didn't like her anyway) for a second. But why would she think that he would be going back to highschool too, on the same day, in the same class. And even if she did accidentally say Billy, she could've thought of something better to say then "Billy Bali", and 'I was a sheep herder". Don't ask questions. At lunch when seeing a popular guy named Guy, Josie says " yes, you are a guy. What a guy...Yikes!..Bikes!" That's right, I'm serious. At age 14, I would've known cooler ways to act in school, and she was 25! Josie only later becomes cool because her brother Rob enrolls, becomes cool on his first day when winning a coleslaw eating contest, and tells the other popular kids Josie really is cool. Yeh. Like that will automatically change things. In my four years of highschool, I never knew of any kid who became popular on his first day at a new school by eating a gigantic trash barrel sized container of coleslaw. Another thing I noticed about the highschool in this movie was the scantily revealing outfits the girls (such as Jessica Alba) were wearing in school. Don't most schools have dress codes? I mean, they have strict airport style security at the school entrances and take away straws and nail files from you saying that they're weapons, but they let the girls there dress all slutty. And the airport style securities were never seen again after the one scene the whole rest of the movie, but Josie and other characters were still seen coming into school entrances several more times without the securities anywhere in sight. Then there's Josie's 23 year old brother Rob there who looks at the girls and says things such as "looks like we have some underage hottie's on our hands". And he starts going out with a 16 year old gymnast. In real life, I believe he would be in jail. Then there's the unpopular girl who becomes Josie's only friend on her first day. Why is she unpopular? She is just as pretty as the popular girls. She just isn't a complete bitch who dresses like a slut, and she's on the math team. Wait, I just answered my own question. Then there's Josie's workplace at the Chicago sun times. Josie's boss Gus (Jon O'Reilly) yells at her way too much like he just simply hates her. But I believe part of the reason of that is that Gus's boss Gary Marshal in the board meetings is such a jerk to him. I mean, Gary says that if Josie screws up, he won't just fire Josie, he'll fire both Josie and Gus. Then there's the hidden camera on a pin button that they put on Josie's shirt before she enters the school. I am able to know that such a thing is illegal. It's a violation. I mean, everyone at work would be able to see everywhere she goes, including the ladies room. Then after they put the button on Josie's shirt, suddenly everyone at the Chicago sun times is suddenly not doing anything anymore except all sitting around watching Josie's day on the TV. So did everyone else at work have no other work to do anymore?

capone666 Never Been Kissed The hardest part of going back to high school undercover is getting your acne to flare up again.Luckily, the undercover journalist in this romantic-comedy has her virginity to draw upon.Sent back to high school by her editor (Garry Marshall) to get the scoop on today's youth, Josie (Drew Barrymore) jumps at the chance to show her skills.But the thought of returning jogs her own high school memories of being a loser.Unable to escape that categorization again, she's lumped with bully target Aldys (Leelee Sobieski).Meanwhile, Josie has her first romantic relationship with a teacher (Michael Vartan), who believes her to be a student.Despite the earmarks of a typical rom-com, Never Been Kissed exceeds its own classification with smart writing and astute observations on the teenage animal.Incidentally, "I thought he/she was an undercover journalist" is a good excuse for any teacher accused of sexual interference.Green Light vidiotreviews.blogspot.com

flemmi225-1 Like Drew's character, as she stated in the voice-over in her article at the end, I have never fully recovered from what happened to me back in high school. That was over a quarter-century ago! I'm 44, married and have a beautiful daughter with my best friend, my wife! I left the state I grew up in for the final time in 1999; to this date, never to return. Unfortunately, the bitches and bastards who tortured Drew; and later the same ones who nearly succeed in torturing Sobieski are all too commonplace in real life! In a sense, I should congratulate myself for the very fact that I'm alive! If my nemeses had succeeded in their goals, I would be long dead! They tried valiantly to drive me to suicide! Some of those same people went on to succeed to a reasonable degree in adult life. This may sound evil and un-Christian, but I found out that one of the girls who gave me the most grief in junior/senior high school is now a drug addict and has several mugshots available for view on line. Apparently, she has committed a lot of fraud offenses to get money for drugs. I smiled from ear to ear and jumped for joy when I realized the tables had turned! One guy is now a crooked public servant in a major Kentucky city and also an obsessive body builder. He's more than likely still a sadistic and evil horse's ass! Again, it may sound ugly and un-Christian, but I would jump for joy and dance in the street if I found out he somehow died -- violently, at that!Back to the movie: I think the Barbie bitches and the hunks got off far too easy! I'd like to have seen Jessica Alba's boyfriend, the one with the dog food can in his hand, get his arm broken since his intent was to use it to humiliate poor Leelee!! Unfortunately, I'd still like to see that comeuppance be delivered to the real-life meanies (Barbies and hunks alike)! Just the image, real or imagined, of the nerd triumphing over the bully, and I mean standing tall over the crumpled figure of the bully, spirit broken beyond repair, still appeals to me!

Chefeetaboopers Never Been Kissed is a cute little movie with a silly plot- A newspaper editor named Josie Gellar, played by Drew Barrymore, dreaming of becoming a reporter is given a story to go undercover and to write about the high school scene.Having been a nerd and taunted a lot in high school, she sees this as a second chance to be "cool". With a makeover by her brother, she enters the high school scene. Her brother starts to get excited and decides to go undercover as well. Josie manages to become friends with both the popular and geeky kids and her second chance in high school becomes the life she always dreamed of.She becomes well liked in the school and starts to fall for her teacher.As school life and fun as a teen starts to get to her head, she begins to get closer to her deadline and must make a decision between blowing her cover and possibly dating the teacher or simply just writing her story and being done with high school forever.And to top it all off, she hasn't been kissed and would love for her teacher to be her first kiss. This leads to complications. If you're into girly movies and high school movies and feel good movies, you will LOVE Never Been Kissed. I was a big nerd in high school who wasn't really popular and thus, I hated high school like Josie did. While I wouldn't want a second chance, it was fun seeing Josie relive her high school days and having fun. It's one of those movies you really don't have to take too serious mainly cause the plot is kind of unrealistic. Other than that, you'll enjoy the movie. It's got a "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion" feel to it!