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Original Sin (2001)
Released By: MGM Pictures, Inc.   Rating: R   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: MGM Pictures, Inc.
Genre: Mystery-Suspense
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Cristofer
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie
Published ID: 268948
UPC: 027616872302, 027616861498,
Plot: A lonely man's search for companionship soon takes him to dangerous and unexpected places in this erotically charged drama. Luis Antonio Vargas (Antonio Banderas) is a successful coffee salesman living in Cuba in the 1880s. Luis has had little luck finding love among the women of his native island, and he sends away to America for a mail-order bride. To his pleasant surprise, his fiancée from the United States, Julia Russell (Angelina Jolie), turns out to be not only beautiful but passionate and devoted. But Luis' happiness proves to be short-lived when he learns that Julia is not the person he imagined her to be, and detective Walter Downs (Thomas Jane) appears, trying to get to the bottom of Julia's mysterious past and possibly deadly secrets. Original Sin is based on the novel {-Waltz Into Darkness} by Cornell Woolrich, which Francois Truffaut previously adapted for the screen as La Sirene du Mississippi. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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skin flick
Added 7/9/2009

I saw this movie once. Yes two of the most beautiful people in Hollywood are in it...and yes I am an avid and consistant super fan of Angie...and yes this is a love story. I really cannot tell you how it is a love story because 70% of it is sex-almost soft core porn like what is found around 10:20 p.m. on Cinemax. I did not see the unrated version but I am pretty sure I wont any time soon.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Love Is Blind
Added 4/2/2009

Here's a "steamy" film - at least early on - about a Cuban (Antonio Bandaras_ who marries an American woman he had only previously written to, only to find out later she (Angelina Jolie) wasn't that woman but a scheming impostor (Billy Bob found this out in real life!)

This is nicely photographed, "lush" being the best adjective to describe it. I didn't find the story very involving, yet it wasn't boring and I could relate to Bandaras' character. Perhaps many men could with the old "love is blind" story.

****possible spoileers****This is one of those films with poor messages here and there where corrupt people live happily ever after despite their overt sins. There is an "R" version and a "unrated" version of this film, the latter being two minutes longer.

1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Just like the romances we read, only darker.
Added 1/18/2009

It is not as bad as many reviewers claim. Actually, I give this movie 3,5.
This is the story of a Cuban coffee farmer, Luis (Antonio Banderas) who asks to be brought from the USA, a woman so he can marry and have children. As he works too much, he has no time for knowing a woman the usual way. He becomes astonished when at the port, he looks at his future wife, a very beautiful woman called Julia (Angelina Jolie). The actors have a real chemistry, it can be seen whenever they look at each other and in the famous sensual scenes. Julia has a mysterious past and constant nightmares trouble her. The story becomes a bit confused as a letter is exchanged between Julia and her supposed sister. Then, we have the appearance of a weird detective, Walter Downs (Thomas Jane) and the subsequent Julia's disappearance. From that point on, Luis travels to Havana searching for his wife and his life turns upside down... I didn't like Angelina Jolie's character very much, her betrayal,even though you will see, her past follows her to the present and she cannot get rid of it. But we still have some surprises inside the top hat... Summing up, the movie is worth seeing, at least for the very beautiful couple, Banderas and Jolie.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
very hot and a solid film in general. the critics are wrong again
Added 1/2/2009

I really liked this film the story has a lot of twist and turns but it's a very sexy movie I really liked the script and their are some flaws believe me but for the most part I would recomend this to any fan of the actors/actresses of this film.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Original Sin (Unrated Version)
Added 9/3/2008

One of my favorite Angelina movies of all time....Keeps you in suspense, because you just never know what's going to happen next.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
skin flick
Added 7/9/2009

I saw this movie once. Yes two of the most beautiful people in Hollywood are in it...and yes I am an avid and consistant super fan of Angie...and yes this is a love story. I really cannot tell you how it is a love story because 70% of it is sex-almost soft core porn like what is found around 10:20 p.m. on Cinemax. I did not see the unrated version but I am pretty sure I wont any time soon.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Love Is Blind
Added 4/2/2009

Here's a "steamy" film - at least early on - about a Cuban (Antonio Bandaras_ who marries an American woman he had only previously written to, only to find out later she (Angelina Jolie) wasn't that woman but a scheming impostor (Billy Bob found this out in real life!)

This is nicely photographed, "lush" being the best adjective to describe it. I didn't find the story very involving, yet it wasn't boring and I could relate to Bandaras' character. Perhaps many men could with the old "love is blind" story.

****possible spoileers****This is one of those films with poor messages here and there where corrupt people live happily ever after despite their overt sins. There is an "R" version and a "unrated" version of this film, the latter being two minutes longer.

1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Just like the romances we read, only darker.
Added 1/18/2009

It is not as bad as many reviewers claim. Actually, I give this movie 3,5.
This is the story of a Cuban coffee farmer, Luis (Antonio Banderas) who asks to be brought from the USA, a woman so he can marry and have children. As he works too much, he has no time for knowing a woman the usual way. He becomes astonished when at the port, he looks at his future wife, a very beautiful woman called Julia (Angelina Jolie). The actors have a real chemistry, it can be seen whenever they look at each other and in the famous sensual scenes. Julia has a mysterious past and constant nightmares trouble her. The story becomes a bit confused as a letter is exchanged between Julia and her supposed sister. Then, we have the appearance of a weird detective, Walter Downs (Thomas Jane) and the subsequent Julia's disappearance. From that point on, Luis travels to Havana searching for his wife and his life turns upside down... I didn't like Angelina Jolie's character very much, her betrayal,even though you will see, her past follows her to the present and she cannot get rid of it. But we still have some surprises inside the top hat... Summing up, the movie is worth seeing, at least for the very beautiful couple, Banderas and Jolie.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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