High on lust and low on logic, the preposterous Original Sin is an erotic thriller that evokes more laughs than sweat.
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08/09/01
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Original Sin (2001)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:2
Rotten:26
Average Rating:3.1/10
Consensus: Laughably melodramatic, Original Sin features bad acting, bad dialogue, and bad plotting.
Theatrical Release:Aug 3, 2001 Wide
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
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Reviews for Original Sin
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08/09/01
Top CriticThe movie is all posture, cliché, and editing-room Spackle.
08/07/01
Top CriticA textbook case of a movie that would have been better had it been worse.
08/06/01
Top CriticCable fare masquerading as a theatrical feature because of its high-profile cast.
08/06/01
Top CriticSuggests unintentional self-parody from the get-go.
08/03/01
Top CriticAficionados of movies in the so-bad-they're-good category might just revel in this overheated costume melodrama.
08/03/01
Top CriticNeither epochal nor epic in its ludicrousness. It's just run-of-the-mill trash.
08/03/01
Top CriticThe kind of movie that keeps you on your toes waiting for the next deadly serious absurdity.
08/03/01
Top CriticCristofer's approach is relentlessly serious and dead-on, devoid of humor, wit or personality.
08/03/01
Top CriticIt is never moving or shocking. It needs to be both.
08/03/01
Top CriticIt's your basic, steamy black widow tale with one of the most implausible set-ups in memory.
08/03/01
Top CriticA plateful of steamed corn.
08/03/01
Top CriticLoses its nerve and instead of maintaining its theme of obsession, it starts piling up absurd complications.
08/03/01
Top CriticOriginal 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
Top CriticCristofer sabotages his movie by killing most of the suspense and robbing it of logic.
08/03/01
Top CriticThe combination of a smoldering Banderas and a simmering Jolie generates as much heat as a 40-watt bulb.
08/03/01
Top CriticIt's hard to keep a straight face just thinking of Mr. Banderas and Ms. Jolie in the same shot, but Original Sin will bore the giggles right out of you.
08/03/01
Top CriticIt'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 CriticWe haven't had this much tawdry fun since Pia Zadora and Bo Derek's heydays.
08/02/01
Top CriticLatest 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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