This movie from 2001 is already pretty dated. When you look at 2001 it might have been considered a little edge pushing, but looking at it today with just a little bit of language and very few adult situations, I am not sure this is even an "R" rated film today.
The film centers on Jessica Stein, her girlfriend, and her mother. The Actresses - Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen, & Tovah Feldshuh play Jessica, Mom Judy, and Girlfiend. Jessica, a woman who can not seem to find the right guy decides to answer a personal ad looking for a Lesbian Relationship. What she finds, to her surprise, is a woman she can fall in love with.
Jessica keeps in total denial to herself and is too shy to come out of the closet. She keeps tempting herself until finally one night her own mother arranges to get her and girlfriend into a small bed to experience their first time. For an "R" Rated movie to do it so innocently is the big surprise. It is almost as innocent as the classic Children's Hour of many years prior except this time the women actually do the deed.
Jon Hamm is Mad Men is on board as one of many in the cast, but this is really mostly a movie which women get more out of. The men are more or less very stereo type characters here to react to the women's evolving relationship.
Judy, Tovah Feldshuh- is an experienced mother in this one, playing the manipulative character like she did in Brewster's Millions many years prior. The subject here, and the plot is can a hot young Jewish girl, and her mother, accept that her daughter is interested in being a Lesbian, and can Jessica come out? The answer is yes, though by the end of the movie, they have broken up and are still friends.
The male characters and their reactions all scream stereo types. This is a true definition of a Lesbian Chick Flick. Jesica does appear in character as not just too fussy but also too quirky to actually be anything but a Lebian. She is a driven artist, which makes her someone who does not need a man and children to mess up her true goals in life.
The film centers on Jessica Stein, her girlfriend, and her mother. The Actresses - Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen, & Tovah Feldshuh play Jessica, Mom Judy, and Girlfiend. Jessica, a woman who can not seem to find the right guy decides to answer a personal ad looking for a Lesbian Relationship. What she finds, to her surprise, is a woman she can fall in love with.
Jessica keeps in total denial to herself and is too shy to come out of the closet. She keeps tempting herself until finally one night her own mother arranges to get her and girlfriend into a small bed to experience their first time. For an "R" Rated movie to do it so innocently is the big surprise. It is almost as innocent as the classic Children's Hour of many years prior except this time the women actually do the deed.
Jon Hamm is Mad Men is on board as one of many in the cast, but this is really mostly a movie which women get more out of. The men are more or less very stereo type characters here to react to the women's evolving relationship.
Judy, Tovah Feldshuh- is an experienced mother in this one, playing the manipulative character like she did in Brewster's Millions many years prior. The subject here, and the plot is can a hot young Jewish girl, and her mother, accept that her daughter is interested in being a Lesbian, and can Jessica come out? The answer is yes, though by the end of the movie, they have broken up and are still friends.
The male characters and their reactions all scream stereo types. This is a true definition of a Lesbian Chick Flick. Jesica does appear in character as not just too fussy but also too quirky to actually be anything but a Lebian. She is a driven artist, which makes her someone who does not need a man and children to mess up her true goals in life.