The problem I have with romantic comedies is that they rarely (if ever) strike me as particularly romantic or particularly comedic. At their best they are cute. Or sweet. Or bittersweet. With a touch of intelligence.And, for those reasons I really liked Kissing Jessica Stein.
It's about a youngish woman (28) who is smart and charming and neurotic and who can't seem to meet a man. Largely because of what other people judge to be her high expectations. One day she stumbles on a personal ad featuring a Rilke quote which had coincidentally recently moved her. The ad was placed by a woman.
The two meet and they are both very appealing, attractive, smart, talented woman and they have a very sweet (although not too passionate) attraction that they explore. It's very well done and everybody, including Jessica's Jewish mother, is very likable. There are no bad guys.
Annoyingly, Jessica goes back to men. Which just frustrated the fuck out of me.
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