Original Sin (2001)
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12% of critics liked it
(91 reviews) -
64% of users liked it
(52,163 ratings)
A lonely man's search for companionship soon takes him to dangerous and unexpected places in this erotically charged drama. Luis Antonio Vargas (Antonio Banderas) is a successful coffee salesman living in Cuba in the 1880s. Luis has had little luck finding love among the women of his native… More A lonely man's search for companionship soon takes him to dangerous and unexpected places in this erotically charged drama. Luis Antonio Vargas (Antonio Banderas) is a successful coffee salesman living in Cuba in the 1880s. Luis has had little luck finding love among the women of his native island, and he sends away to America for a mail-order bride. To his pleasant surprise, his fiancée from the United States, Julia Russell (Angelina Jolie), turns out to be not only beautiful but passionate and devoted. But Luis' happiness proves to be short-lived when he learns that Julia is not the person he imagined her to be, and detective Walter Downs (Thomas Jane) appears, trying to get to the bottom of Julia's mysterious past and possibly deadly secrets. Original Sin is based on the novel Waltz Into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich, which Francois Truffaut previously adapted for the screen as La Sirene du Mississippi. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Cristofer
- Written By
- Michael Cristofer
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
- In Theaters
- Aug 3, 2001 Wide
- Studio
- MGM/UA
Critic Reviews
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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.
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Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
The movie is all posture, cliché, and editing-room Spackle.
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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
A textbook case of a movie that would have been better had it been worse.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Cable fare masquerading as a theatrical feature because of its high-profile cast.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Suggests unintentional self-parody from the get-go.
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Cast
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Antonio Banderas
as Luis Antonio Vargas
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Angelina Jolie
as Julia Russell
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Thomas Jane
as Walter Downs
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Jack Thompson
as Alan Jordan
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Gregory Itzin
as Colonel Worth
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Allison Mackie
as Augusta Jordan
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John Pringle
as Sara
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Cordelia Richards
as Emily Russell
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James Haven
as Faust (Stage)
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Pedro Armendariz Jr.
as Jorge Cortés, Jorge Cortés, Jorge Cort?
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Robert M. Martinez
as Cuban Priest
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Harry Porter
as Stage Manager
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Fernando Torre Lapham
as Wedding Priest
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Shaula Vega
as Dressmaker Girl
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Lisa Owen
as Margareta (Stage)
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Daniel Martinez XI
as Rafael
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Farnesio DeBernal
as Bank Clerk
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Nitzi Arellano
as Prostitute
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Roger Cudney
as Ship's Captain
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Adrián Makala
as Ship's Waiter
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Francis Laboriel
as Ship's Stewardess
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Patricio Castilla
as French Dining Steward
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Derek Rojo
as Bell Boy
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Abraham Stavans
as Mr. Gutiérrez, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mr. Guti?...
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Roberto Medina
as Card Player
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Julian Sedgwick
as Card Player
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Alejandro Corp
as Card Player
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Alejandro Reza
as Train Station Man
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Guy de Saint Cyr
as Chief Jailer
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Julio Bracho
as Guard
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George Belanger
as Gentlemen in Morocco
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Osami Kawano
as Gentlemen in Morocco
