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Does ‘Never Been Kissed’ Hold Up Today? Spoiler Alert, Not at All

Although a beloved romantic comedy of its day, Drew Barrymore’s 1999 film ‘Never Been Kissed,’ which features adults posing as high schoolers, has aged poorly

The film, which hit theaters in 1999, follows Josie Gellar (played by a 20-something Drew Barrymore), the youngest copy editor at The Chicago Sun-Times with grand hopes of one day becoming a full-time reporter. When her publisher ( Gary Marshall, in his most cartoonish role yet) assigns her an investigative feature in hopes to uncover what’s really going on with teenagers in the ‘90s, Josie jumps at the chance to relive her high school experience. While Molly Shannon’s Anita is hilarious, she is portrayed as utterly sex obsessed, from her willingness to get fired just to get a man’s attention to suggestively sucking on pencils in meetings for laughs.

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