Original Sin [DVD]

Cracking film

The Amazon page gives the wrong caption .The photo of the product does not match the write up of the film underneath. I ordered from the write up not from the photo so got the wrong dvd.

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I am sure that quite a lot of cinema goers might have enjoyed this dark and steamy thriller. However, if ratings are anything to go by, most of you would agree with me in saying that ‘Original Sin’ is an unforgivable sin, apart from baring Angelina Jolie well enough for those who have waited for that a very long time indeed!The book from which the film is adapted could have easily been written by Catherine Cookson for all I know, and as a result, the film is sickeningly cheesy. The long and successful, theatre and TV association of the director, Michael Cristofer makes the movie even more flawed, because of not having a single and unifying narrative style: it is just a mismatch of varying degrees of experimentation with nearly all aspects of the movie. Consequently, each facet of the film is as overpowering as the other, without the all important, balancing control that an able director would have exerted. The most annoying is the tawdry, music score by Terence Blanchard. It is not just overpowering, but so incongruently pseudo-ethnic.Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie try so hard to keep this sinking ship afloat, that their discomfort is blatantly visible much of the time. The rest is not even worth talking about!The only exciting attribute of this film is the pairing of Jolie and Banderas for the first time in central roles. Angelina’s screen presence is so intense that she steals the show and completely draws our attention in nearly all her films that I have seen. But, so is Antonio, who has even bigger a screen persona. When the two are together, Banderas grabs my attention more than Jolie does, but that is a matter of subjectivity.BrownPolarOctober 2011

Slow to start, slow moving, and a touch contrived in the manner in which it tries to establish a picture of a happy, suburban family in a happy, suburban environment, but this is a competent, made for TV movie. It'll offer light entertainment, not inspiring viewing or riveting drama.So, take an ordinary family - he's a competent young architect, establishing a sound local reputation, she's a doting mother and teacher. They have a young son, they are good family people, with good neighbours, good church connections, good prospects - the sort of American family that could be used as a yardstick to make the Simpsons look dysfunctional. Yes, they're that goody-goody - they look about as real and as natural as the hairstyles and wigs which will dance across your screen in the course of this film.Then somebody abducts their child. They try to cope. They cooperate with the police, they do everything they can to trace the boy. But one of them has a secret.A drama rather than a thriller, it can be slow moving at times, predictable at others; there are times when the annoying background music becomes the most dynamic thing happening. The acting is generally good - Ann Jillian is especially convincing in the role of distraught mother. Camera work and lighting are limited, and direction is sparse - it's a very middle-of-the-road, made for TV, don't do anything to frighten the horses, cliche-ridden production, with no great surprises, no originality, everything too neat and tidy, everything tied to the demands of TV advertising.A competent production which doesn't get above average and which won't get your pulse racing.

iI cannot imagine why Antonio Bandaras agreed to take part in this movie. The plot is ridiculous and long drawn out. I was having real difficulty in understanding what Angelina Jolie was saying at times. About a quarter of the way though I fast forwarded to the end as i wanted to see what the end of the story was. Would not recommend.

This is a highly erotically charged film. Ok acting. Angelina Jolie shows off all of her assets on screen so I can't really complain and her seductive curves... Oh my God!!!