Click to read the article
Comment
11/30/01
Original Sin (2001)
12
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
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
Top CriticClick to read the article
08/17/02
Top CriticClick to read the article
12/17/02
Neither convincingly passionate nor compellingly interesting, Original Sin turns out to be a big-name disappointment.
08/04/01
It's both overripe and juiceless.
08/02/01
If you can swallow some of the more overripe dialogue ... it's not nearly as mediocre a two hours as the trailers would have you think.
08/06/01
Cristofer takes liberties with the novel's downbeat ending and tacks on a happily ever after coda that seems more in keeping with something made under the studio system ...
12/21/01
The only sin committed here is the cardinal one of boring us to tears.
09/24/01
Well, if you're going for a good story, I'd say save your cashola.
08/08/01
Top CriticClick to read the article
08/06/01
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
An empty, overheated thriller straight out of bad '40s noir.
08/06/01
It's an exuberant example of what it is -- a bodice-ripping murder 'meller' -- and at that it gets a passing grade.
08/03/01
Top Critic[Cristofer] gets the look of art but not the pulse.
08/02/01
Click to read the article
10/15/02
Um melodrama que tenta esconder sua vulgaridade atrás de uma aura de falso refinamento.
05/30/02
Click to read the article
08/12/02
El candente verano nos trae en su cierre a Angelina Jolie y Antonio Banderas en una película con la promesa de una fuerte carga erótica ...
09/04/01
What starts off as a sleazy melodrama with intriguing co-star chemistry quickly gets bogged down in piled-up plot twists.
08/02/01
[Cristofer] presents it like one of those late-night HBO softcore flicks that tries to be 'artistic' and fails miserably.
08/03/01
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. 
More...
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.
More...
What’s Hot On RT
Other News
Fresh Links
Featured
Dressing Wonderland
Tim Burton's costume designer talks to Movieline about her long collaboration with the filmmaker and Johnny Depp.
Wes Anderson on Fox
The director talks about puppetry perfection and his film, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Win Glee DVDs
We've got 20 copies of the hit TV series' Pilot Episode to giveaway.
Win tickets to Cold Souls
Double passes up for grabs to the new comedy starring Paul Giamatti.
Follow Rotten Tomatoes on Twitter
Get all the latest movie updates, reviews, interviews and features here.
Competitions
Win Star Wars prizes
Enough Prequel, Original Trilogy and Family Guy DVDs to fill a space cruiser
Win the entire 007 collection
Everything from Dr. No to Quantum of Solace could be yours.
Win Fight Club Special Editions and more
We're giving away the 10th Anniversary Blu-ray, plus Braveheart and the Rocky collection
IGN RSS Feeds