Mini's First Time
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0026359359828
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 24, 2006
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 30036
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Description:
Alec Baldwin is Martin, the wealthy, clueless stepfather of Mini (played by Nikki Reed). She's clever and has a healthy libido. And she's on a mission to stir up as much trouble as she can before her high school graduation. It's pretty clear where Mini got her conniving streak from-her mom (Carrie-Anne Moss) who spends more time partying than with her husband. Diana quickly becomes the third wheel when Martin and Mini's relationship escalates. A series of disturbing events at their posh modern house finally prompts the arrival of John (Luke Wilson) as a nosey detective on the case. Jeff Goldblum delivers another shot of star quality playing the cheesy TV show host who lives next door. Part Heather and part Lolita, Mini's a girl to watch out for in this delightfully warped comedy.
Amazon.com:
A nymphet with a grudge is usually a promising combination for a thriller, and Mini's First Time lays on the Lolita complex in the capable person of Thirteen star Nikki Reed. Having been a bad girl at a tender age in that one, Reed plays a slightly older but even more dangerous teen in Mini, as the lethal daughter of a wannabe Hollywood actress (Carrie-Anne Moss) who never was. Joining the ranks of professional escorts while still in high school, Mini has an unsavory 'meet cute' with her future partner in crime: answering a call at a hotel, she sleeps with her surprised stepfather (Alec Baldwin). Pretty soon the odd couple is cooking up ways of getting the mother out of the picture--first by psychological war, then by, well, more extreme measures. Director Nick Guthe tries to draw out the Hollywood satire as well as the modern-noir elements, but the tone is too glib for the mix to sit well, and there isn't quite enough happening on either front for the movie to gain real traction. However, this HBO-produced picture does present a handful of delicious performances, led by Baldwin's marvelous portrait of a self-disgusted middle-aged man who might actually have fallen in love... the poor sap. Moss is a revelation in a comic role (she does an expert drunk act) and Jeff Goldblum contributes his uniquely discursive muttering to a few scenes. Luke Wilson plays a police detective so droll and laid-back he seems to have wandered in from a Wes Anderson film, or possibly an old episode of Columbo. --Robert Horton
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- quite exciting, but with shades of overdoing itA delicious, albeit rather predictable thriller, this movie is as entertaining as it is well acted. ... Read More
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- Sheer trashThis is a really bad movie. Badly directed, bad taste, bad acting by the leading actress. Every character ... Read More
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- Can't keep it up, but moments of brilliance4 stars mainly for the superlative start; 3 stars thereafter
Hoo boy, the first ten minutes are ... Read More
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- Great Movie!He should have known better. He knew it was wrong. Who wouldn't. So for his efforts he got what he deserved. ... Read More
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- The Sort Of Movie You Feel Silly For Watching But Keep Watching Closely All The SameYep, my title sums it up. This flashy flick had a movie of the week quality that suited its waaaay over the top ... Read More
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