The Kiss (2003) (V)

Director:

Gorman Bechard

Writers (WGA):

Gorman Bechard (written by) &
Stephen Manzi (written by)

Release Date:

19 August 2005 (Brazil)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

In search of the perfect ending.

Plot:

A newly promoted book editor discovers a potential best seller, although unfinished, manuscript buried in her predecessor's office...

Plot Keywords:

Friendship | Novel | True Love | Male Female Relationship

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Terence Stamp	...	Philip Naudet
Francoise Surel	...	Cara Thompson / Claire
Eliza Dushku	...	Megan
Billy Zane	...	Alan Roberts / young Philip Naudet
Illeana Douglas	...	Joyce Rothman
Steven Gilborn	...	Mumford
William Mapother	...	Peter
Jossie Thacker	...	Nurse
Steven Houska	...	Fred Winoker
Patty McCormack	...	Priscilla Standhope
Senta Moses	...	Julianna
Gary Bullock	...	Donald Kellermen
Gerry McIntyre	...	Darryl
Jennifer Echols	...	Post Mistress
Beans Morocco	...	Walt

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Norway:11 (TV rating) | Australia:M

Company:

Kingman Films International

Trivia:

Based on Robert Doisneau's famous 1950 photograph "Kiss by the Hotel de Ville".

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: I'm not sure if this counts, but at one point, Cara is signing a letter to send to the author and putting it in a priority mail envelope. She then folds the edge over to seal it, but she never removed the protective strip, so it wouldn't have stuck.

Quotes:

Cara Thompson: Where do you want to start?
Megan: I want to go back to the womb. My life had promise at that point.

I went to Boston for *this*?!

I'll see anything Eliza Dushku is in, but I was really looking forward to this after getting my hands on a copy of the script. Suffice it to say I wasn't impressed. Apparently neither were the writers - before the film began, Stephen Manzi stood up and asked the audience not to laugh in the wrong places, as well as other comments of a similar nature that escape my swiss-cheese memory.

I can't quite put my finger on what was wrong with The Kiss. It's a wonderful story with an incredibly talented cast, but something got lost along the way. The script moved me to sappy romantic tears and the movie completely failed to move me.