---
title: 'Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Charles Herman-Wurmfeld'
released: '2001-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/kissing-jessica-stein-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264761/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)

2001 · 97 min · Comedy, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Kissing Jessica Stein is a 2001 American independent romantic comedy film written and co-produced by the film's stars, Jennifer Westfeldt and Heather Juergensen, and directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld. The film also stars Scott Cohen, Jackie Hoffman, and Tovah Feldshuh. It is one of the earlier film appearances of actors Jon Hamm and Michael Showalter. The film is based on a scene from the 1997 off-Broadway play Lipschtick by Westfeldt and Juergensen. It was released in 2001 by Fox Searchlight Pictures.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Heather Juergensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/heather-juergensen), [Jennifer Westfeldt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-westfeldt)
- **Director:** [Charles Herman-Wurmfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-herman-wurmfeld)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marcelo Zarvos](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcelo-zarvos)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lawrence Sher](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-sher)
- **Editor:** [Greg Tillman](https://cinepixo.com/people/greg-tillman)

## Cast

- [Naomi Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/naomi-scott)
- [Jon Hamm](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-hamm)
- [Heather Juergensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/heather-juergensen)
- [Scott Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-cohen)
- [Tibor Feldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/tibor-feldman)
- [Jackie Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jackie-hoffman)
- [Tovah Feldshuh](https://cinepixo.com/people/tovah-feldshuh)
- [Michael Ealy](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ealy)
- [Brian Stepanek](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-stepanek)
- [Jennifer Westfeldt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-westfeldt)
- [Alysia Reiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/alysia-reiner)
- [Michael Mastro](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mastro-2)
- [John Cariani](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cariani)
- [Kevin Sussman](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-sussman)
- [Idina Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/idina-menzel)

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Official site: http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/kissingjessicastein/
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