Family Secrets: Tales Of Victorian Lust Review
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Studio: Sweet Sinner
Category: Couples , Fauxcest , Feature film
Directed by: Nica Noelle
Starring: Sean Michaels, Rayveness, Nat Turnher, Dane Cross, Wolf Hudson, Alia Starr, Sammy Grind
Released on: 10/20/2010
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Family Secrets: Tales Of Victorian Lust |
| Prologue: I became interested in director Nica Noelle of Sweet Sinner when she described her style and goals for making films with more realistic sex than is normal in porn. Checked out one of her first efforts, The Deviant, and was very pleasantly surprised with the heat generated by this plot based feature. I also viewed Hotel Sin and was disappointed by its sexual redundancy, as all the scenes but one could be considered identical. So now I'm fast forwarding to the present for a feature that uses Victorian in the title, making it a period piece, but by the looks of it, is set in the Civil War Era South. There are performances by the ever beautiful Rayveness as well as the luscious and controversial Alia Starr, who is gorgeous, stacked, and black, yet allegedly won't work with black men, so I guess we know it won't be Sean Michaels or Nat Turnher that taps that ass. |
Rayveness is shown in the opening as a new widow down on her luck, sending her children to an old friend, DeLuxe and her family. Tension from the outset in this newly blended family of adults and children, black and white. The dinner table gets testy as Alia Starr dredges up some bad memories and possible family secrets centering around the birth of Wolf Hudson and alleged miscarriage of Rayveness. Sean Michaels is the patriarch of his family, and the obvious link between the two. Nat Turnher plays the fiance of Alia, while Sammy Grand and Dane Cross are Rayveness' brood. The future connections are pretty clear right from this opening scene. Wolf is a disappointment to his father for the non academic path he's taken and he's quite the angry soul. Later, Dane spies on Alia preparing for bed, making a loud noise on his clumsy retreat and rousing another suspicion in the buxom beauty. Sean and DeLuxe argue about Wolf as they go to sleep. Dane rubs one out thinking of Alia, who confronts him about his spying, but slips him a kiss instead of a rebuke. Wolf is fantasizing about Sammy |
| Alia |
| Sean is in his study writing a letter, interrupted by Sammy |
| Rayveness |
| Epilogue: As stated in my opening, using Victorian in the title is a mite misleading, as it's an era attached to the UK. The narrative that sets the stage for this little story is a wee short on exposition. Is it Antebellum or Reconstruction? I'm assuming Rayveness is from the South, but what of Sean Michaels and his brood? Is most of this activity taking place in the North? To what do we attribute this remarkable relationship considering the times they were set in? Past that, once the drama starts to unfold, a good job was done at setting up the relationships and budding attractions, so the pairings that ensued made perfect sense. Director Nica Noelle eschews the porn conventions of open positioning and gyno closeups, as well as the circus acts so beloved in gonzo/sportfucking. Where I think that fell a little is that all the men seemed to read the same book on how to "make love" to a woman, leaving little variation in personality or activity. I thought Sammy Grand transcended this limitation, as she appeared to be genuinely lit up by Wolf, and even moreso by Nat, who I believe could have taken things to another, nastier, level had he chosen to. The style of sex chosen should have drawn a more dynamic camera work. Instead it varied between static and obscured, showing little instinct or anticipation. Nica definitely needs to shit can the behind the head shot that neither shows nor conveys anything erotic or graphic. She does show a knack for creating a soap opera-like story with about as much content as a half hour show. Will this work for couples looking for some inspiration? I think it will, though I know Nica can do better. It has enough to draw people in, but not so much that it exhausts or acts as a replacement for the real sex it would like to inspire. Good enough, but far from great. |
| The Disk: I can't make any comments on the disk, and even hesitate to judge the visual quality of this video because I received a burned DVD made especially for screening. The scrawl and logo that appears in my screen caps were ever present. There are no extras for me to review. In short, I don't have a consumer version to evaluate, and even though I can understand a company worrying about illegal copying and file sharing emanating from screeners, I can't condone this method. I won't be reviewing any more Sweet Sinner product if this is their MO. |
| Recommendation: A good video for couples. |
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