What fun (and greatest movie kiss in a long time!)

Rating: Null/10 (12 November 2004)

Having never fully given up being a teenage boy, I enjoyed this quirky movie. The combination of humor, teenage drama, romance and sex doesn't always play out, but it is an enjoyable ride. Sharing the on screen magic between Elisha Cuthbert and Emile Hirsch is a pleasure.
I'm not sure how much I have to reveal to be a "spoiler," but if you want to be sure you don't know anything about the movie, you better stop here just to be safe...
Elisha Cuthbert is beautiful, talented, and richly adorable -- she warms the heart in every scene. If Emile Hirsch had not come through to take care of her, everyone in the audience surely would have.
The first kiss between Elisha and Emile is the most wonderful movie kiss in memory. He walks up to her and takes her in their first fulfilled romantic embrace. After a few moments of their shared kiss, she leans back a little, looks at him and exhales through a grin that says "Can you see the smoke?"
They kiss again and finally smile into each others' eyes, as if they can already sense the lifetime of playful passion that will follow. When she runs her hand along his neck, you can feel the warmth of her rising love in its touch.
In the middle of the kiss Elisha drops her drink cup, and even the sound of it hitting the ground and splashing its contents on the grass is artfully faded away in the distance as though it, too, is unable to compete with the intensity of their kiss.
The rest of the movie has plenty of charm, but their first kiss alone makes it worth the ticket.