Kissing Jessica Stein - 2001 * * *

She's so confused about love that she can't think straight.

This was quite a funny movie and the fact that the 2 lead females wrote, directed and starred in the film needs to be taken into account.

The character of Jessica Stein is one of the most annoying that I have ever had the misfortune to see on film. She is petty, ditzy, far too preoccupied with her image to think of true happiness and seemingly homophobic through half of the film!

She is certainly very watchable albeit whilst we are grimacing but I feel her co-star Helen is a much better and well-rounded excuse for a character. Then there is the weedy and chauvintistic co-worker of Jessica's who never plucks the courage up to say how he feels to her and waits until the last minute when it is too late before he blurts it out. Added to which this film does not have much of a moral or a message, not to give too much away but let's just say the character of Jessica Stein is back to the beginning at the end.

It's one of those movies that the Gay and Lesbian Film Community were agast by, so for that reason at least it's worth a watch, just don't expect too much.