As a self-proclaimed Drew Barrymore non-fan, I still have to admit that Never Been Kissed is, in my opinion, the greatest chick flick of all time.

Yes yes, I know, DISC SCRATCH. I am, indeed, the chick flick snob that wrote this very post, but I have several excellent reasons to back up my assertion here.

1. Nostalgia.
As a pre-pubescent teenager, I started to dream about what a first kiss would be like. I positively identified with Drew Barrymore’s character, even though she was like, 30, and uber-dorky (at the time, I was too). (Let me spare you the joke: “Sierra, you never really grew out of your uber dorky phase, har-de-har-har.” Yes thank you. I know. Let’s move on).

2. THE BEST KISS SCENE KNOWN TO MAN.
This kiss was positively rewindable–which is what I did many times on my little VCR (had the hardest time remembering what a VCR was called just now). I would watch “The Kiss” backwards and forward and pretending that I was Drew Barrymore and that I was being kissed on the high school pitcher’s mound in front of everyone.

But the real reason that Never Been Kissed is the best chick flick ever is a reason that I am just now sorting out.

3. The Best Kiss Scene Known to Man made Possible by THIS Man.

You may be thinking: “Who?” and I tell you that you are right to think that. He’s not really in the whole Hollywood scene these days. But he used to be!

Now that I am getting into the TV show, “Alias” out of sheer desperation and lack of summer shows, I have been able to pinpoint my youthful obsession with NBK, and I am realizing that it all has to do with this very man. I get goosebumps when he comes onto the screen, even if his character is kind of wussy (though the French speaking is a bonus).

I curse YouTube for getting so good at detecting copyrighted materials because this very poor excuses was the best clip I could find of this scene from NBK.