Just Looking (2000)

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Rating: R

Release Date: Oct 13, 2000

Running Time: 97 mins. (V)

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Ryan Merriman, Joseph Franquinha, Peter Onorati, Gretchen Mol, Ilana Levine, Richard Licata, Patti LuPone, Amy Braverman, Allie Spiro-Winn, John Bolger

director: Jason Alexander

During the summer of 1955, 14-year-old Lenny is sent to live with his relatives in Queens. When scopophilic Lenny discovers his neighbor Hedy has a habit of appearing by the window in her underwear, he's found his perfect match. But as Lenny grows more and more infatuated with watching Hedy, his adolescent lust turns into respect.

December 11, 2000

Just Looking is a coming-of-age sex farce, circa 1955, directed by Jason Alexander, who gives a young cast the benefit of the crack comic timing he displayed for nine TV seasons as George Costanza on Seinfeld. The plot centers on fourteen-year-old Lenny (Ryan Merriman), a Bronx kid who spends his summer vacation trying to catch two people in the act of doing it. Lenny joins an all-talk, no-action teen sex club, led by Alice (the appealing Amy Braverman). Alice likes him, but Lenny is fixated on…