The Last Kiss

Because we're people who know people, we got into yet another movie premiere. This time it was for the latest Zach Braff flick, "The Last Kiss". It also stars Jacinda Barrett of MTV's "Real World: London" fame, Casey Affleck, Rachel Bilson (who we hear is on a little TV show called "The OC"), and Blythe Danner. It's a comedy/drama, but don't expect to leave the theater feeling all warm and fuzzy after you see it. Actually, if you want to leave the movie feeling warm and fuzzy, just watch it with ear plugs. There are some hot sex scenes that will make you feel like all is right with the world, just so long as you don't know the circumstances that brought those people together.

Don't get us wrong, the flick isn't all that bad. Looking at Braff, Bilson and Affleck for an hour and a half is in no way painful. But watching the part of relationships that we so often try to keep under wraps, the part where everything is screwed up (which is essentially what the film is about), doesn't exactly scream happiness. Braff said, "Whereas 'Garden State' was about being lost and confused in your mid-20s, this film is about being lost and confused as you turn 30." (Great, so at no point will we leave the land of confusion?)

"The Last Kiss" began life as the Italian film "L'Ultimo Bacio." Nominated for 10 Davids (Italy's Oscar®), including Best Film, and winner of five, the film had a profound effect on Lakeshore Entertainment's Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi. "Two people told me about the Italian film in the same week - in fact, one was Jacinda Barrett, who would have a role in 'The Last Kiss," recalls Rosenberg. "I thought of it as a coming of age film. When I was a kid, people faced adulthood at 20 or 21, but these kids in the movie are 29 going on 30, which I think is the new coming of age; it seems there's a bit of a prolonged adolescence today.

"I loved 'L'Ultimo Bacio,'" says Lucchesi, "and unlike many foreign films it seemed to lend itself naturally to an American remake. I found the subject matter really fascinating and the content seemed to have an American style to it."

Basically, if you're feeling conflicted about your life, maybe you should just pick this one up at Blockbuster in 5 years or so, when things have calmed down. In the meantime, just catch the lead characters in all of their hottness in their respective TV shows, or do what we do ... internet stalk them. If you are yet to come to your quarter-life crises, or if it is long passed, we're sure you'll have a great time watching "The Last Kiss".

"The Last Kiss" opens Sept. 15