Kissing a Fool

19981998
RR
1h 33min

Mili Avital, David Schwimmer, and Jason Lee in Kissing a Fool (1998)

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Writer Jay and womanizing sportscaster Max have been friends since birth. Jay introduces his editor Samantha to Max and they hit it off. Max wants Jay to try to seduce Sam to test her before... Read allWriter Jay and womanizing sportscaster Max have been friends since birth. Jay introduces his editor Samantha to Max and they hit it off. Max wants Jay to try to seduce Sam to test her before their wedding.Writer Jay and womanizing sportscaster Max have been friends since birth. Jay introduces his editor Samantha to Max and they hit it off. Max wants Jay to try to seduce Sam to test her before their wedding.

Director
- Doug Ellin
Writers
- James Frey(story)
- Doug Ellin(screenplay)
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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Max is a popular local sports broadcaster and his marriage with attractive Sam is already set up. Max is not sure he wants Sam to be his wife and offers his best friend Jay a test: Jay will try to seduce Sam and if he fails Max will have enough trust in Sam to go on with a marriage. Jay refuses, but soon they become professionally connected with Sam. —Anonymous

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Taglines
- There are three sides to every love story.
Genres
- Comedy
- Romance
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for strong language
Parents guide

Trivia
During the restaurant scene when a woman offers to sleep with Max, he turns to her and says "How you doin'?", an obvious nod to his work on the show "F·r·i·e·n·d·s", where this a recurring line.

Goofs
In the opening scene, it sounds like the preacher is pronouncing them "Husbands and Wife." To be fair, he may be saying "Husbance", but it is definitely not "Husband."

Quotes
Max Abbitt: True love cannot be found where it does not truly exist, nor can it be hidden where it truly does.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Kissing a Fool/An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn/Krippendorf's Tribe/The Real Blonde/Dark City/The Long Way Home (1998)

Soundtracks
We Are In Love
Written by Harry Connick Jr.
Performed by Harry Connick Jr.
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

Top review

4/10

David Schwimmer Stud??

The story is told as a flashback from Linda Streicher (Bonnie Hunt) at their wedding. Max (David Schwimmer) is a womanizing sleaze. Jay (Jason Lee) is his best friend. Jay introduces Sam (Mili Avital) from work to Max and they hit it right off. Three weeks later, they are set to marry.

David Schwimmer is completely miscast as the womanizing stud who's every girl's dream. Somebody really needs to stub him with that toothpick. Maybe they should have switched his role with Jason Lee. And without any spoilers, let's just say the scheme breaks all kinds of bro code. And it's completely manufactured strictly for rom-coms. The jokes all fall flat. Mili Avital is functional as the lead, but considering they had the much funnier Judy Greer, and hotter Kari Wuhrer in the same movie, she pales in comparison. Jason Lee is the only one that does a great job. He plays a slightly nerdy lovable writer. Only he needs better partners to play opposite to.

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Release date
- February 27, 1998 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Gelini kim öpecek?
Filming locations
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Production companies
- Largo Entertainment
- Rick Lashbrook Films
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Gross US & Canada
- $4,106,588
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,308,145
- Mar 1, 1998
Gross worldwide
- $4,106,588

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Runtime
- 1h 33min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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