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Never Been Kissed (1999)

Never Been Kissed poster
Directed by
Raja Gosnell
Genre
teen film, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 1,591 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A shy newspaper reporter goes undercover as a high school student to research a story. She unexpectedly finds herself falling for one of her teachers.

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What happens

Never Been Kissed is a 1999 American romantic comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell, and starring Drew Barrymore, Jessica Alba, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Leelee Sobieski, Jeremy Jordan, Molly Shannon, Garry Marshall, and John C. Reilly. Shy newspaper reporter Josie Geller enrolls in high school undercover to do research for a story, inadvertently mutually falling for English teacher Sam Coulson. Never Been Kissed was theatrically released on April 9, 1999, by 20th Century Fox. It received mixed reviews from critics but was a box-office success, grossing $84 million against a budget of $25 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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