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Please, don't spare us the details!, 15 November 2010

Author: foundgoat from Ontario, Canada

The following is a review of the unrated 95-minute version of Justine: Seduction Of Innocence (1996). This title has been rated on the basis of how well a Skinemax movie it is and not in comparison to other genres.

This first in a series of seven erotica videos featuring the extremely pretty Daneen Boone is labeled as being a part-comedy. That itself is funny, in an ironic sense. If there is any comedy to speak of it's presented very subtly, and mainly through the fact that our heroine is such a dim bulb. She's the stuff blonde jokes are made of. For example, in one scene Boone's character Justine is being grilled by an interrogator who asks her, in regard to the whereabouts of a priceless artifact: "Where in the desert?" "I don't know," Justine responds, adding: "The sandy part." More humor is derived from the interrogation, in that her questioner is only interested in the abridged version of Justine's adventures, specifically her memories regarding archaeological finds worth millions, meanwhile every memory of Justine's – shown in flashbacks – seems to contain a man and a woman having sex, be it in her travels to Egypt, a northern Inuit settlement situated near the Hudson Bay, or while in Scotland. Her probing captor, because of Justine's detailed and wandering recollections, becomes frustrated. Ah, but we don't! These sidetracking sexual escapades are the highlights of the movie (to some degree). As for the interrogation, it becomes quite tiresome after a while; heck, it lasts for practically the entire length of the movie.

The production values are good, in that the photography doesn't look cheap, but still this is low-budget: There's only about four main characters and a very limited amount of sets. In this regard, Justine's flashback recollections behave as a breath of fresh air, taking us out of the cramped interrogation room.

As for the acting, it's adequate. It's by no means poor. Timothy Di Pri plays Professor Paul Robson, and depending on the whims of the actors, the surname is either pronounced with a short or long "o." The Canadian Daneen Boone doesn't have to say a whole lot of lines; her performance is satisfactory, although I'd venture to guess that the actress is smarter than she acts, and that in one scene (in which she grabs a sword off the wall) she is purposely playing stagey. My favorite character is the interrogator/baddie played by the beefy Paul Michael Robinson, who's a staple of softcore cinema (the muscular dude who does Shauna O'Brien six ways to Sunday in 1996's Friend Of The Family 2). (In certain profiles, Robinson looks a bit like Tom Cruise, save for the lighter-colored hair.) And what's up with the villain's right-hand woman, Greta? She's not even listed in the credits under that name. Is this another instance of a character using a misnomer?

The winnowed moments calculated: There are 9 sex scenes; 8 heterosexual and 1 lesbian. Each of these contain beautiful women (in the second one the lady bears a striking resemblance to Nancy O'Brien). Boone appears in two of these. Some of the scenes are fairly explicit, others aren't, but all are erotic. However, not all are shot that well. The first couple ones has the camera-man circling the participants around and around to the point that you begin to feel dizzy. While a few others incorporate that diminishing ingredient that is slow-mo.

The soft-rock theme song, "Justine," by Michael Sutton and Wendy Young, with vocals by Sutton, is breezy and catchy.

In sum, Justine: Seduction Of Innocence contains a bevy of small-breasted, attractive women. Daneen Boone is a stunning bombshell, with petite, perky, spongy nibblers and a slim yet curvaceous figure; a débutante who exudes a springlike aura. She's in almost every scene but one never gets tired of gazing at her. I bought this movie and I don't regret doing so, for Boone is so easy on the eye. On the other hand, I squirmed repeatedly in my seat for the movie, as a whole, is excruciatingly boring. It *drags*. Weighing the two, not even Daneen Boone's beauty can redeem it.

4 out of 7 people found the following review useful:
potential, 31 August 2006

Author: Jo Wilson-Green (jowilsongreen@yahoo.co.uk) from United Kingdom

I liked this movie, it has potential, or several 'potentials'. A good idea of a plot - school girl setting, fantasies, action adventure, good looking professor, good looking actress. Not totally unreal - my professor in college was a spitting image of Indiana Jones and was always dashing off to the Far East, Africa or South America, and I had many friends who did not, and still does not, look any less cute or less prettier than Daneen Boone. As to the things we got up to, well, this is not the place to say, and I suppose the movie brought some memories back. I was not disappointed with this movie at all, fully enjoyed it, good fun.

6 out of 12 people found the following review useful:
Don't Bother!, 13 April 2002

Author: res0irzi from Seattle, USA

This is a poor softcore film even for an unrated version. The actresses looks so-so and sex were horrible. I don't mind a softcore having no plot, but this one has nothing. The only thing this film has proven is that the actress was indeed innocent because she had gotten no clue what she was supposed to do during sex. Conclusion: Sex - Awful, Nudity - Awful, Actresses Attractiveness - Slightly better than awful, but not by very much. Don't bother and save yourself few bucks.

0 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Just...too dumb!, 25 July 2003
Author: lisa from Paris

Justine is maybe the funniest softcore of all i have seen. Justine is a blond-haired girl totally ingenuous who tries to make love with her professor...! she's always dreaming in class and thinks to her wonderful boy... professor Robson. Funny isn't it? They are always in incredible situations, sometimes in the jungle, sometimes in indigen's village but most of the time in dream world lol. Totally dumb;) but funny to watch... If you want to see awful sex and awful actress like Justine-the-playmate. Try lol!

0 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Not the greatest Movie, 25 July 2003

Author: ArizonaKnightWolf from United States

This Movie has one redeeming feature, and that is the incredible beauty of Daneen Boone in the title role. It's too bad she can't act, though. The plot is tepid at best, which it is often not. Hard to believe they actually made sequels to this.

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