Guilty Pleasures (Wicked) Review

Reviewed by janicii  on  2/5/2006

This film had serious possibilities, but ultimately fell pretty flat for some fundamental reasons.

First, the good news... alec metro and serenity are great and perfectly cast in their leads as the conniving stepsiblings. (as you've already read, this film is a takeoff on "cruel intentions," where the steps are rich, beautiful and bored. alec is lusting after his stepsister serentity, and they make a bet where serenity will give him her goodies if he can bed kiki d'aire). each are self-absorbed, beautiful (except for alec's flaming red fake tan), and put down some seriously good acting. the set-up alone should have made the film hot. a couple of the sex scenes were fun, particularly the two g-g-b scenes, which i'm not even typically a fan of.

the bad news... kiki d'aire as the prize? ohmygod, to watch her was painful. she was entirely miscast as a supposed stuck-up, yet virginal lawyer. she can't read a line to save her life and, hey, the quasi-bo derek cornrow thing ain't working. every time she was on the screen i ff'd. and, once again, the girl in me was looking for a chance for a b-b-g scene, to no avail. there was a lot of talk about some supposed blackmail tape in the past where a cheerleader gangbanged a football team, but do we see anything of it? of course not. serenity would have been great with two guys.

overall, all show and no go. still looking for the perfect "couples" movie that generates significant heat. this ain't it.