Original Sin Reviews

Original Sin Review
by Edwin Jahiel (Rating: 1.5)
ORIGINAL SIN (2001) * 1/2 Directed and written by Michael Cristofer from the novel "Waltz Into Darkness" by Cornell Woolrich. Photography, Rodrigo Prieto. Editing, Eric Sears. Production design, David J. Bomba. Costumes, Donna Zakowska. Music,...more

Original Sin Review
by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 1.5/4)
Directed by Michael Cristofer. Screenplay by Cristofer, based on the novel "Waltz Into Darkness" by Cornell Woolrich. Starring Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane. Running time: 119 minutes. Rated AA for sexual content by the MFCB. Reviewed on...more

Original Sin Review
by Eugene Novikov (Rating: C)
It's been a while since Hollywood has come out with a really good, sultry, steamy, shameless melodrama. I'm not a fan of the genre, but an occasional entry can be a terrific guilty pleasure. So I found myself looking forward to Original Sin, the year's...more

Original Sin Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 1.5/4)
Have you heard the one about the mail order bride? A man with Antonio Banderas's looks feels the need to order his bride via the post office. Although he picks a homely woman, he gets a gorgeous one with Angelina Jolie's raw sexuality instead. Not...more

Original Sin Review
by Edward Johnson-Ott (Rating: 1.5/5)
Original Sin (2001) Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane, Jack Thompson, Gregory Itzin, Allison Mackie, John Pringle, Cordelia Richards, James Haven, Pedro Armendariz Jr. Written and directed by Michael Cristofer, based on the novel "Waltz Into...more

Original Sin Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 3/10)
PLOT: A rich guy who doesn't believe in love, orders a mail-order bride for himself. That very evening, the couple is married and fall madly in love soon thereafter. But what's this? One of them might not be the person they are pretending to be? Wow...a...more

Original Sin Review
by Harvey S. Karten
Reviewed by Harvey Karten MGM Director: Michael Cristofer Writer: Cornell Woolrich (novel, "Waltz Into Darkness"), Michael Cristofer Cast: Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Joan Pringle, Allison Mackie, Thomas Jane more

Original Sin Review
by Dustin Putman (Rating: 2/4)
Directed by Michael Cristofer. Cast: Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane, Jack Thompson, Gregory Itzin, Allison Mackie, John Pringle, Cordelia Richards, James Haven. 2001 - 116 minutes Rated R (for violence, sex, and nudity). Reviewed by...more

Original Sin Review
by Jerry Saravia
While watching the over-exaggerated histrionics and sexual biplay of "Original Sin," all I could think of was how much more I admire Stanley Kubrick's wildly panned last hurrah, "Eyes Wide Shut." If you recall, "Eyes Wide Shut" was the infamous film...more

Original Sin Review
by James Brundage (Rating: 1/5)
Depending on who you ask, the original sin was either the eating of the apple, the act of disobedience against God, or the act of betrayal. But in case you didn't know this, don't bother remembering it... the words "original sin" never come up in the...more