"Stale Love Triangle"
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What You Need To Know:
With many hackneyed romantic comedy themes, KISSING A FOOL will probably appeal only to diehard fans of the genre. The goal is true love. The better man finds it in the end, but it takes a lot of arguing, pouting, smiles, champagne, and Italian food to bring it to resolution. There are some sexual situations and a visit to a strip club. Casual moviegoers may be offended at the number of obscenities, some repeated end on end. KISSING A FOOL stands merely as one more of several recent mediocre romantic comedies, all of which feature a cast member from FRIENDS.
Content:
(Ro, B, LLL, S, N, A, D, M) Romantic worldview with some moral elements of trust & commitment; 58 obscenities & 5 profanities; no violence; implied fornication, requests for sex, sexual situations, & visiting a strip club scene; women in bikinis & lingerie; smoking; alcohol use & drunkenness; and, lying & entrapment.
More Detail:
KISSING A FOOL is the first movie in 1998 featuring a cast member from the NBC hit TV comedy FRIENDS, namely David Schwimmer. After a horrible outing in THE PALLBEARER, he returns to romantic comedy in the marginally better KISSING A FOOL, with Director Kevin Smith’s (CLERKS, MALLRATS) alum, Jason Lee, at his whiny best. Without the clever conventions (like cats and dogs) found in today’s better romantic comedies, this movie literally broadcasts its ending. KISSING A FOOL only carries the viewer on the beauty of the girl in question (newcomer Mili Avital as Samantha Andrews) and a chance for FRIENDS fans to make sense out of Schwimmer’s nasty turn as a lecherous sports broadcaster.
The plot is simple. Jason Lee plays Jay Murphy, a writer who is penning a novel about his breakup with a former girlfriend. His editor is Samantha Andrews (Mili Avital), a dateless hard worker who loves Italy and sensitivity in men. Schwimmer plays Jay’s best friend, Max. Jay sets Max up with Samantha, hoping that Samantha will eventually dump Max. Jay thinks that if Max knows what it feels like to be dumped, then they will be able to commiserate with each other. Of course, Max falls in love with Samantha, and they even set a date to get married, but meanwhile, as Jay and Samantha work together on the book, Jay falls for Samantha. It is a classic love triangle as to who will get the girl in the end.
With many hackneyed romantic comedy themes, KISSING A FOOL will probably appeal only to diehard fans of the genre as well as FRIENDS fans and to a lesser degree Lee or Kevin Smith fans. The goal in the story is nothing more than true love. The better man finds it in the end, but it takes a lot of arguing, pouting, set-backs, smiles, champagne, and Italian food to bring it to resolution. Jay stands as sort of a moral counterpart to Max’s devious ways, standing firm in the face of ridiculous games that test the affections of Samantha. There are some sexual situations, including implied fornication and a visit to a strip club which indicates that these men suffer moral lapses. Casual moviegoers may be surprised or offended at the great number of obscenities in this movie, some repeated over and over again. Kevin Smith movies have many obscenities, so Lee fans may not care, but fans of the obscenity-free FRIENDS may be quite startled to hear so many foul words coming from Schwimmer.
KISSING A FOOL stands merely as one more of several recent mediocre romantic comedies, all of which feature a cast member from FRIENDS, such as 1997’s PICTURE PERFECT, which featured FRIENDS cast-member Jennifer Aniston. Mildly amusing, but mainly a novelty act, they will draw a small crowd, but offer no great laughs or insight into relationships with the opposite sex.
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