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11/30/01
Original Sin (2001)
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Reviews Counted:90
Fresh:11
Rotten:79
Average Rating:3.4/10
Consensus: Laughably melodramatic, Original Sin features bad acting, bad dialogue, and bad plotting.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $15,113,699
Synopsis: Late nineteenth century Cuba. Dawn. At the docks, Luis (Antonio Banderas) waits for his American mail-order bride. But, his wait seems to be in vain. Then, magically, she appears--Julia (Angelina... [More]
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Jack Thompson, Thomas Jane
Director: Michael Cristofer
Reviews for Original Sin
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08/17/02
Top Critic[Cristofer] presents it like one of those late-night HBO softcore flicks that tries to be 'artistic' and fails miserably.
08/03/01
While some scenes are splendidly produced, Banderas and Jolie lighting the screen with danger and amore; others fall flat.
08/23/01
Even with all its delicious atmosphere, the movie is just spectacularly uninvolving.
08/02/01
The movie is all posture, cliché, and editing-room Spackle.
08/07/01
Makes for an extremely well-acted movie.
08/03/01
Cable fare masquerading as a theatrical feature because of its high-profile cast.
08/06/01
Director Michael Christofer falls victim to the frivolous trappings of...pulp carnality, letting the tawdry get the better of him...
08/03/01
Watching Banderas and Jolie rolling around ... you find yourself thinking about Melanie and Billy Bob, Zorro and Lara Croft, and, ultimately, Access Hollywood.
08/02/01
One of the most torturous films of the summer, definitely front running to make my bottom ten of the year.
08/06/01
Not a performance that doesn't smack of contrivance, not a situation that somehow doesn't seem artificial.
08/03/01
Original Sin, despite the heavy-handedness, isn't awful enough to be a hilarious howler. But neither is it good enough to become the tropical noir it could have been.
08/03/01
A load of pretentious crap.
08/12/01
Cristofer has flashes of brilliance here, but there is simply too much trash weighing this film down.
08/03/01
The script rambles between airy pomposities ... and atrocious ribaldries.
08/02/01
The actors have so little chemistry delivering tired dialogue that the sluggish direction by Michael Cristofer ... is merely the final insult.
08/02/01
Top CriticAn empty, overheated thriller straight out of bad '40s noir.
08/06/01
A ridiculous story about how far people will go to maintain possession of an especially phenomenal ****.
10/11/01
Whodunit is the last thing on this period thriller's mossy little mind. But motive is everything, and that's where it fails.
08/02/01
Latest News for Original Sin
May 22, 2001:
Based upon: The novel, Waltz into Darkness, by Cornell Woolrich, an author and screenwriter responsible for many film noir classics like Rear Window and Phantom Lady. 
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May 22, 2001:
The Banderas - Jolie matchup was hot enough to spark rumors (much denied) of an on set romance. Then again Cristofer's last flick was the opposite of hot Body Shots.
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