Just a Kiss (film)

Just a Kiss (2002) is a dark comedy and the first feature film directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Fisher Stevens. Fisher also is credited with playing the harmonica (credited as Fisher 'Super Harp' Stevens). Patrick Breen wrote the screenplay adapted from his own off-Broadway play entitled "Marking" and co-starred in the film. It was filmed in New York, NY.
==Plot==
Dag (Ron Eldard) is a successful director of television commercials who shares his home with his girlfriend, Halley (Kyra Sedgwick). Dag, however, has a serious case of roving eye and is given to frequent flings with other women. Halley tries to turn a blind eye to Dag's infidelity, but when she discovers he had a one-night stand with Rebecca (Marley Shelton), a beautiful but troubled modern dancer who is dating Dag's close friend Peter (Patrick Breen), she decides things have gone too far. It worsens when she hears a message on her answering machine for Dag from another woman looking to meet up. Halley gives Dag his walking papers and she soon makes the acquaintance of Andre (Taye Diggs), a very handsome and well-mannered classical musician. Andre, however, is married to Colleen (Sarita Choudhury), a woman with exotic sexual tastes who meets up with Peter, now suddenly without a girlfriend, on an airline flight. Peter and Colleen have sex on the plane in the bathroom. Peter makes a cell phone call right before the plane lands, which interferes with the control tower which causes the plane to crash. The plane breaks in half and everyone in the first-class section lives, only landing a few feet from the front gate. Everyone in the tourist section is burned beyond all recognition. An ambulance runs over Colleen and kills her. Meanwhile, Peter's very angry confrontation with Dag attracts the attention of Paula (Marisa Tomei), a mysterious but very sexy woman who has taken a decidedly carnal interest in Peter. Though she at first gets involved with Dag--injuring and finally killing him. As he rejects her and mourns Rebecca, Paula plots to kill him next. Andre, Peter and Rebecca mourn their lovers. However, as Paula makes her way through Peter's daisy-chained circle of friends, events begin taking a strange turn as her new acquaintances begin to die in great numbers.
==Cast==
*Ron Eldard - Dag
*Kyra Sedgwick - Halley
*Marisa Tomei - Paula
*Marley Shelton - Rebecca
*Taye Diggs - Andre
*Sarita Choudhury - Colleen
*Patrick Breen - Peter
*Zoe Caldwell - Jessica
*Peter Dinklage - Dink
*Bruno Amato - Joe
*Idina Menzel (uncredited) - Linda
==Awards==
*2002 won Prize of the City of Setúbal at the Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival
*2002 nominated for the Open Palm Award for outstanding directorial debut at the Gotham Awards
Category:Paramount Vantage films
Category:English-language films
Category:2002 black comedy films
Category:Films directed by Fisher Stevens
Category:2000 directorial debut films
Category:2000 comedy films
Category:2002 comedy films
Category:2000s comedy film stubs