Mini's First Time (2006)

A rebellious girl hooks up with an escort agency where her stepfather is a client.

Director:

Nick Guthe

Writer:

Nick Guthe

Stars:

Alec Baldwin, Nikki Reed, Carrie-Anne Moss

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alec Baldwin	...	Martin
Nikki Reed	...	Mini
Carrie-Anne Moss	...	Diane
Jeff Goldblum	...	Mike Rudell
Luke Wilson	...	Garson
Svetlana Metkina	...	Jelena
Sprague Grayden	...	Kayla
Artie Baxter	...	Troy
Rick Fox	...	Fabrizio
Michael Laskin	...	Irv Flachsman
Joe Egender	...	Jimmy
Orlando Seale	...	Carlos
Jerry Giles	...	Promise Keeper
Jean St. James	...	Helga Hauptführer
David Shatraw	...	Husband #1

Storyline

Desperate to be free from her drunken, unloving mother Diane, the beautiful, scheming young Mini seduces her stepfather Martin and soon convinces him to join her in a sadistic scheme to have Diane declared insane. But their conspiracy soon escalates to murder and when John Garson, a young detective starts investigating, Martin and Mini begin to turn on each other.

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Plot Keywords:

escort | murder | detective | reality tv producer | nubile woman | 

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Taglines:

Sex. Murder. Blackmail. There's a first time for everything.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content, language, drug use and a scene of violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 August 2007 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Mein erster Mord

Filming Locations:

Calabasas, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$21,828 (USA) (14 July 2006)

Gross:

$48,913 (USA) (13 October 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bold Films, Trigger Street Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Because of their busy schedules, Carrie-Anne Moss and Alec Baldwin could not come up to set sometimes. Most of the times, Nikki Reed and the director were working on the scenes alone. In a Tribeca Film Festival interview with the director, Reed stated that this situation really helped them.

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Quotes

Mini: With desire, focus, and the willingness to treat every obstacle as an opportunity, it's amazing what you can accomplish.

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Crazy Credits

At 21:06 minutes into the movie where there is no dialog "Peggy from Hays, Kansas" appears in the English subtitles.

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Connections

References The Seven Year Itch (1955)

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Soundtracks

Polkaliope
Written and Performed by Jeffery C.J. Vanston (as C.J. Vanston)

User Reviews

Heathers Meets Gaslight.

I just saw this film's world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.

The movie starts off with Mini, played by Nikki Reed as a spoiled and manipulating child of a wealthy actress (Carrie Anne Moss). (ala Heathers). Anyway, Mini decides to work as a call girl for the heck of it, and one of her first clients is her step-father (Alec Baldwin). They begin a torrid love affair and devise a plan to drive Moss crazy so that they can be together (ala Gaslight). Predictably, the plan turns to murder. And "then" the movie gets really dark.

The first half of the film was really good as the various scenarios devised to make Moss go crazy are inspired and original. However, in the second half of the movie, the plot begins to fall apart and things just get too creepy. Also, the "twist" at the end is somewhat obvious throughout the film.

Finally, I still cant figure out why Jeff Goldblum is in this movie. He's a really good actor, but his character was superfluous and pointless. It seems the only reason he's even in this movie was to add some improv scenes and have him make strange faces for pointless comedy. Has Jeff Goldblum turned into the comedic version of Christopher Walken?