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When we first meet Jessica - a sensitive but neurotic
New York journalist - she is at the end of her emotional
rope. Her brother's engaged, her best friend's pregnant,
she hasn't dated in a year, and she can't sleep.
After an optimistic but nightmarish dating spree,
she happens upon an intriguing personal ad, whose
only drawback is that it's in the "women seeking
women" section. On a daring whim, she decides
to answer it. She meets funky downtown hipster Helen
Cooper for drinks and, to her surprise, they click
instantly. Their evening of banter, connection and
heated debate culminates in a kiss that confounds
and intrigues even the reluctant Jessica.
With conventional gender roles absent, the two women
proceed to muddle through an earnest, but hilarious
courtship, making up the rules as they go along. KISSING
JESSICA STEIN is a modern romantic comedy that breaks
all the rules - it blurs the lines between friendship
and romantic love, and finds the funny, surprising
and ultimately poignant overlap between the two.
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