Jaded (1996)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Caryn Krooth

Writers:

Wendy Olinger (story) and
Caryn Krooth (story) ...

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Not Every Sexual Predator Is A Man.

Plot:

Drama about a pretty young woman who is raped in a most unusual way. There are unexpected turns and...

Plot Keywords:

Rape | Woman Detective | Camel Toe | Loveless Marriage | Female Lawyers

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Carla Gugino	...	Megan 'Meg' Harris
Richard Bright	...	Zack Brown
Robert Knepper	...	Freddy
Donna Mitchell	...	Joyce
Peter McRobbie	...	Dr. Mancuso
Aida Turturro	...	Helen Norwich
Catherine Dent	...	Lisa Heller
Christopher McDonald	...	Jack Carlson
Rya Kihlstedt	...	Patricia 'Pat' Long
Anna Levine	...	Alexandra 'Alex' Arnold (as Anna Thomson)
Danny Aiello III	...	Kurt Arnold
Daniel McDonald	...	Bart
Kevin Flood	...	Earl
Lorraine Toussaint	...	Carol Broker
Frankie Faison	...	Henry Broker

MPAA:

Rated R for strong scenes of a sexual assault, other violent images, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Germany:16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

City Block Productions

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Man driving past the café in his car, pauses in traffic, looks directly into the camera several times.

Soundtrack:

Nite With Daddy G

erotic thriller with a heart of gold

-it has Carla Gugino *yay* and a crappy ending *boo*

-"Jaded" is a highly erotic story about a beautiful woman who arrives in a town trying to escape her past. Whiles there she meets up with two lesbians and after a couple of drinks the two decide to have some fun. But one of the girls takes things a bit too far and rapes her whiles the second girl holds her down. She is discovered on the beach where the incident happens the next day and is taken to a hospital. After that, we spend the rest of the movie watching her attempting to bring down the two girls and at the same time learn some new info about who she is and where she comes from and a bit about her past.

-Director and co-writer Caryn Krooth does an excellent job with this movie considering its uber low budget. It hand-held and sometimes looks like 16mm but it fits the movie since the story demands a harsh look to it. The actors all do okay jobs with what is given to them and there's not really anything to complain about it. The standout feature in the movie is of course Carla Gugino who bares it all in this movie. She is actually more nude in this movie than she is in "Sin City". Christopher McDonald is also in the movie but his character is really kinda pointless, but he is fun to watch. I didn't really pay much attention to the music since it doesn't really draw attention to itself but it gets the job done with what it's got. The movie is R rated and it's that for a very good reason. it's very sexual and very graphic at times. It's essentially borders on soft core at times but the sex scenes are necessary for the movie so it doesn't feel like it's just there for the sake of being there. Although there is one pointless scene where we see Chris McDonald getting it on, that scene was a tad pointless but it's not really much of a problem I guess. The only fault with the movie is that we don't get to see the court trial after all that we go through in the movie. It's like having sex and not having an orgasm or something

-It's a shame that the talented Caryn Krooth has never made a feature film since this. This is a highly gifted woman can do great things with a very little budget. I really hope that she gets back in the game soon because she is an amazing director. Jaded is not a masterpiece of erotic cinema, instead what we have is an enjoyable movie that shows a great director in the making.

-Hide the kids and close the curtains, you don't want people to think you're watching porn whiles watching this movie.