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Mini's First Time

2006 · 91 min

A sly, nasty little noir-comedy that keeps you amused and uneasy as it slides from bad behavior to worse.

Directed by
Nick Güthe
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tagline
Sex. Murder. Blackmail. There's a first time for everything.
Overview
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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Directed by
Nick Güthe
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • corruption
  • family
  • obsession
  • deception
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, crime, drama
Directed by
Nick Güthe
Written by
Nick Güthe
Starring
Alec Baldwin, Nikki Reed, Jeff Goldblum, Luke Wilson, Joe Egender, Carrie-Anne Moss, Svetlana Metkina, David Shatraw
Music
Cato
Cinematography
Dan Stoloff
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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