Andre, however, is married to Colleen, a woman with exotic sexual tastes who meets up with Peter, now suddenly without a girlfriend, on an airline flight.

However, as Paula makes her way through Peter's daisy-chained circle of friends, events take an even stranger turn as her new acquaintances begin to die in great numbers.

The site’s critics consensus reads, "With annoying characters and gimmicks, the romantic comedy Just a Kiss is neither touching nor funny.

[8][9] Of the animation, Roger Ebert said the technique was better executed in the film Waking Life, which was released a year prior.

[9] Ebert wrote, "I can imagine a way in which this could work, in a Roger Rabbit-type movie that moves in and out of the cartoon dimension.

"[9] Ken Eisner of Variety gave a positive review, saying it "mixes swell ensemble acting with eye-popping animation for a witch’s brew of good sex, bad timing and very funny dialogue.

"[5] TV Guide wrote, "veterans of the dating wars will smirk uneasily at the film's nightmare versions of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures.

"[10] Stephen Holden of The New York Times was similarly positive, praising "its surreal sense of humor and technological finish.

"[6] However, Holden commented the film "only half-succeeds in making its surreal game of mixed doubles transcend soap-opera spoof.

After a while the endless complaining begins to wear thin, and the more surreal the story becomes, the more it pulls away from characters, who seem more and more like pieces in a board game.

[9] Holden wrote, "As Jessica imperiously ticks off a list of famous former lovers, the movie finds its only note of genuine erotic despair.