Synopsis
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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Cast
- Alec BaldwinMartin Tennan
- Nikki ReedMinerva 'Mini' Droggs
- Jeff GoldblumMike Rudell
- Luke WilsonDet. Dwight Garson
- Joe EgenderJimmy
- Carrie-Anne MossDiane Droggs Tennan
- Svetlana MetkinaJelena
- David ShatrawHusband #1
- Sprague GraydenKayla
- Rick FoxFabrizio
Recommendations
- 75
New York Post
Aa saucy as a belly piercing, Mini's First Time is a black comedy that puts the soul of "Heathers" in Lolita's bikini. - 75
New York Daily News
This is a pitch-black sendup of a classic femme fatale, a teenage version of the husband-killers in "Double Indemnity" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice," without the saving grace of passion. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Pitch-black and bound to offend anyone who's not on its wavelength, Nick Guthe's entertainingly slick debut is a mordantly funny slice of lust, crime and sleaze life set in the world of L.A.'s industry elite: Call it 9021-noir. - 70
Variety
The performances lift "Mini" out of the gutter of utter cynicism and into the realm of the complex. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Boasts an uncommon stylization and some first-rate comic performances. But its provocative setup is undercut by its lengthy depiction of an all-too-familiar game of cat and mouse between the culprits and a dogged detective. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
What begins as a twisted sex romp turns film noir-ish. Guthe is so anxious to show us what a larcenous tramp Mini is that he never shows us any other sides to her. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Lacks originality. - 30
The New York Times
Delectably vulgar for 20 minutes or so, almost too bad to be true, but because it lacks the demented conviction of real camp, the glint of madness that keeps a bauble like "Valley of the Dolls" afloat, it soon loses its cheap-thrills appeal.
