Never Been Kissed
Fox 2000 Pictures | Release Date: April 9, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
12
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
An easygoing and amusing romantic confection. Read full review
80
NewsweekTed Gideonse
The script is an odd take on the Cinderella formula, but Barrymore makes it shine with her relentless charm. Read full review
80
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Drew Barrymore has figured out what works, and what works for Drew Barrymore is this: Cinderella stories. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Barrymore pulls off the neatest trick of the year: She makes all this pop schlock matter. Read full review
80
VarietyLael Loewenstein
A likable romantic comedy with an engaging premise and strong cast. Read full review
75
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
Where Never Been Kissed succeeds is in its unabashed refusal to stoop to choosing sides in the high-school hipness war. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie's screenplay is contrived and not blindingly original, but Barrymore illuminates it with sunniness, and creates a lovable character Read full review
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
There are some indignities that Drew Barrymore should never be made to suffer. Read full review
70
Film.comRobert Horton
Barrymore's sunny energy pushes the movie along, but halfway through you realize there just isn't that much to push. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Drew Barrymore's virtuoso performance smooths over the plot holes. Read full review
70
SlateDavid Edelstein
It demands to be seen, for Drew Barrymore, who is at once the dizziest and most magically poised comedienne in movies today. Read full review
70
New Times (L.A.)Hal Hinson
If Drew Barrymore weren't at the center holding it all together, the result could have been disastrous. Read full review
63
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The best things about Never Been Kissed are its colorful camera work and funny dialogue. Read full review
60
Film ThreatRon Wells
Unfortunately, the script is a light romantic comedy and unwilling to go the extra distance to really make it stick. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen Holden
So hopelessly cartoonish and wrongheaded in its details that there's not even a semblance of reality. Read full review
60
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Toothless satire relatively inoffensive and relentlessly mediocre. Read full review
60
Village VoiceJustine Elias
A lively tribute to the awkwardness and power of adolescent girlhood. Read full review
60
The New YorkerBruce Diones
The film, which Barrymore produced, is meant to be a charming coming-of-age story, but it plays a little too sweetly for its own good. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMark Caro
Never Been Kissed features a fierce tug of war between the charm of Drew Barrymore and the stupidity of the script. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Some so-so movies are just easy to be around, and this is one of them. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Saying bad things about Never Been Kissed, an unapologetic crowd-pleaser, makes me feel like the Grinch stealing Christmas, but there are some things that can't be ignored. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Manages to get by on wry smarts, barbed asides, and plenty of Barrymore's comic grace. Read full review
50
Washington PostRita Kempley
Predictable, slightly painful and as embarrassing as all get-out. Read full review
40
Film.comSean Means
Shining above it all, like a kewpie-doll saint, is Drew Barrymore -- whose sweet innocence and sexy romanticism have survived movies as bad as this before Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Not even Drew Barrymore's million-dollar smile can save this humiliating comedy. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Labored miscalculation of a teen-trend comedy. Read full review
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