Sinful (2006) from Tuna
Sinful (2006) is a direct-to-vid effort from Shock-O-Rama, featuring Misty Mundae and Erika Smith. The title was supposed to be Mine, but the producer wanted something he thought would have a better marketing presence. He also required that one of the major characters be changed from a dwarf to a normal person.

COMPLETE SPOILER

What follows is a complete spoiler. Misty has a bad marriage to a drunk, a dead end job, and can't have what she want most in the whole world, a baby to own. Mind that it is not some maternal instinct. She just wants something that is completely hers. Next door is pregnant Erika Smith who has everything Misty doesn't, including a loving husband that she has a great sex life with. Misty gets more and more obsessive, and finally hacks the baby out of Erika's womb.

END SPOILER

There isn't even that much nudity in this film. It is supposed to be a drama or a thriller or something, but it just plain doesn't work. It is more like a disjointed collection of irritating scenes with little or no point. If you did not read the above paragraph because you plan on seeing this film, you may want to bookmark this page and read it later because I couldn't figure the plot out from watching the movie. I created the spoiler summary after listening to some of the commentary and watching the special features, when I finally realized what this mess was supposed to be about.

I am something of a Misty fan, but she was not effective in this role, and she is beginning to lose her little girl looks as the baby fat becomes less cute. Perhaps she will manage to develop as an actress, since he is reputed to have a great work ethic.

 

DVD INFO

  • Commentary by director Tony Marsiglia
  • Behind-the-scenes featurette
  • Interview with star Misty Mundae
  • Clips from 2006 New Jersey International Film Festival

 

NUDITY REPORT

Erika Smith and Misty Mundae both do full frontal, but there isn't that much nudity in this film.

The Critics Vote ...

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The People Vote ...

The meaning of the IMDb score: 7.5 usually indicates a level of excellence equivalent to about three and a half stars from the critics. 6.0 usually indicates lukewarm watchability, comparable to approximately two and a half stars from the critics. The fives are generally not worthwhile unless they are really your kind of material, equivalent to about a two star rating from the critics, or a C- from our system. Films rated below five are generally awful even if you like that kind of film - this score is roughly equivalent to one and a half stars from the critics or a D on our scale. (Possibly even less, depending on just how far below five the rating is.

Our own guideline:

  • A means the movie is so good it will appeal to you even if you hate the genre.
  • B means the movie is not good enough to win you over if you hate the genre, but is good enough to do so if you have an open mind about this type of film. Any film rated B- or better is recommended for just about anyone. In order to rate at least a B-, a film should be both a critical and commercial success. Exceptions: (1) We will occasionally rate a film B- with good popular acceptance and bad reviews, if we believe the critics have severely underrated a film. (2) We may also assign a B- or better to a well-reviewed film which did not do well at the box office if we feel that the fault lay in the marketing of the film, and that the film might have been a hit if people had known about it. (Like, for example, The Waterdance.)
  • C+ means it has no crossover appeal, but will be considered excellent by people who enjoy this kind of movie. If this is your kind of movie, a C+ and an A are indistinguishable to you.
  • C means it is competent, but uninspired genre fare. People who like this kind of movie will think it satisfactory. Others probably will not.
  • C- indicates that it we found it to be a poor movie, but genre addicts find it watchable. Any film rated C- or better is recommended for fans of that type of film, but films with this rating should be approached with caution by mainstream audiences, who may find them incompetent or repulsive or both. If this is NOT your kind of movie, a C- and an E are indistinguishable to you.
  • D means you'll hate it even if you like the genre. We don't score films below C- that often, because we like movies and we think that most of them have at least a solid niche audience. Now that you know that, you should have serious reservations about any movie below C-. Films rated below C- generally have both bad reviews and poor popular acceptance.
  • E means that you'll hate it even if you love the genre.
  • F means that the film is not only unappealing across-the-board, but technically inept as well.

 

Based on this description, this film is an E. I can't recommend it to anyone. I like soft-core. I'm a Misty Mundae fan. And even I hated this film.

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