Never Been Kissed is a 1999 American romantic comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell, and starring Drew Barrymore, Jessica Alba, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Leelee Sobieski, Jeremy Jordan, Molly Shannon, Garry Marshall, and John C. Reilly.

One day, her editor-in-chief, Rigfort, assigns her to report undercover at a high school to help parents become more aware of their children's lives.

Aldys, who loathes Guy and his gang, invites Josie to join the Denominators, a group of intelligent students.

However, on the night of the prom, Billy arrives with another girl and both of them hurl eggs and insults at Josie, humiliating her and breaking her heart.

One night while out driving with Aldys, Josie encounters Guy and his gang at a local hangout called "The Court" where promiscuity and underage drinking take place.

She praises Aldys for her kindness and warns the students that one's persona in high school means nothing in the real world.

Its consensus reads: "Drew Barrymore's effervescent charm is almost enough to make you forgive this teen comedy's incredibly silly storyline.

[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] For the 20th anniversary of its initial release on April 9, 2019, Barrymore posted the following on social media:[17] Never Been Kissed was my partner Nancy Fallon and my first official movie at Flower Films.

[18] Sporting her satin pink prom dress, matching scrunchie and braces, Josie stepped straight out of 1988 for an interview with Barrymore - with no knowledge of anything that's happened since then.

The film was inspired by a series of real life investigatory news articles written by Shann Jones (née Nix) on her experience as an undercover senior student in San Francisco's George Washington High School in 1992.

She undertook the assignment from the paper to investigate the adverse impact of California's school funding cuts resulted from the state's Proposition 13 property tax reduction.