Original Sin 2001

Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News: We haven't had this much tawdry fun since Pia Zadora and Bo Derek's heydays. Read more

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: A plateful of steamed corn. Read more

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: [Cristofer] gets the look of art but not the pulse. Read more

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Tom Long, Detroit News: It's your basic, steamy black widow tale with one of the most implausible set-ups in memory. Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: If it had more panache, it would tumble into the infamous so-bad-it's-good category, but that's too positive a label for this sad-sack saga. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Cristofer sabotages his movie by killing most of the suspense and robbing it of logic. Read more

Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: It'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. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Original Sin is really about murky storytelling, bad dialogue and arty close-ups of Jolie's formidable lips. Read more

Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: It's both overripe and juiceless. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Cristofer's approach is relentlessly serious and dead-on, devoid of humor, wit or personality. Read more

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: It is never moving or shocking. It needs to be both. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: A textbook case of a movie that would have been better had it been worse. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Loses its nerve and instead of maintaining its theme of obsession, it starts piling up absurd complications. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: High on lust and low on logic, the preposterous Original Sin is an erotic thriller that evokes more laughs than sweat. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Cable fare masquerading as a theatrical feature because of its high-profile cast. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It's an exuberant example of what it is -- a bodice-ripping murder 'meller' -- and at that it gets a passing grade. Read more

Wesley Morris, San Francisco Chronicle: Neither epochal nor epic in its ludicrousness. It's just run-of-the-mill trash. Read more

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Mike Clark, USA Today: The actors have so little chemistry delivering tired dialogue that the sluggish direction by Michael Cristofer ... is merely the final insult. Read more

Lisa Nesselson, Variety: Lavish and florid, the corny venture falls into so-bad- it's-good territory. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: The movie is all posture, cliche, and editing-room Spackle. Read more