Kissing Jessica Stein
- Jennifer Westfeldt: Jessica Stone
- Tovah Feldshuh: Judy Stone
- Scott Cohen: Josh Myers
- Jackie Hoffman: Joan
- Michael Mastro: Martin
- Carson Elrod: Sebastian
- David Aaron Baker: Dan Stone
- Jon Hamm: Charles
Kissing Jessica Stein is a romantic indie comedy from 2001. The film is based on the off - Broadway play Lipschtick.
Action
The 28 -year-old Jessica Stein, a Jewish journalist who lives in New York, has the different blind dates really tired when she stumbles across a classified, is quoted in Rainer Maria Rilke. The display comes from the gallerist Helen Cooper. Initially skeptical, Jessica gives in to Helen. Initially, the relationship seems almost perfect, but the longer Jessica keeps the relationship secret, the more dissatisfied Helen is with the situation. This also Jessica's family seems to be an obstacle, the mother tries yet again, to pair Jessica.
Awards
At the Los Angeles Film Festival, the film received the Audience Award for Best Feature Awards film and the Critics Special Jury Award. Other awards were for example: Glitter Award, Audience Award at the Miami Film Festival and the Golden Satellite Award.
Others
The two main actresses had the roles been held in the stage play and also wrote the screenplay with. In the audio commentary, the producers talk about the shooting; many passers-by and the grandmother of one of the producers come in the movie. Some background scenes in New York were cut out later, because they showed the World Trade Center.