Kiss & Tell | |
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Directed by | Jordan Alan |
Produced by | Adam Fast Andrew Golov |
Starring | Justine Bateman Heather Graham |
Cinematography | Ron Travisano David Wittkower |
Edited by | Ed Marx |
Production company | Terminal Bliss Pictures |
Distributed by | Legacy Releasing Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Kiss & Tell, titled Kiss and Tell on its theatrical release poster, is a 1997 American film directed by Jordan Alan. It was made largely through improvisation.
Justine Bateman plays Molly, a performance artist who is found dead. Police detectives interview her friends (played by Heather Graham and others) to learn who killed her and why. [2]
Kiss & Tell was made largely through improvisation over the course of a year, on and off, on 16mm film. [3] The film featured in a small role David Faustino, known for his work on Fox's Married... with Children , which ended the year the film was released. One of Married with Children's writers at the time, Todd Newman, also had a small acting role in the film.
The film received mixed reviews. Merle Bertrand of Film Threat called the film "a mess", "confusing" and "not funny". [4] According to the Hollywood Reporter the film was instead "a candidate for eventual cult status". [5] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times gave a mixed review, stating that Alan "demonstrates his capability in handling a large cast that is by and large improvising" but that the movie "looks and sounds better than it is". [6]