Her Secret Life Review

Reviewed by astroknight  on  2/27/2004

The Little Details

Running Time: 80 min.

Production Date: 3 / 28 / 2000

Director: Jonathan Morgan

Cast: Stephanie Swift, Kaylynn, Jessica Drake, Shanna McCullough, Jeanie Rivers, Rachel Moore, Evan Stone, Ian Daniels, Brad Armstrong, Anthony Crane, and Jonathan Morgan in sexual roles and George Kaplan in a non-sex role

The Short Story

Initial Expectations: I’m pretty sure I’ve already seen this movie, but I’m still looking forward to it with Jonathan Morgan being behind the camera.

Initial Reaction: It has its faults, but it’s still a lot of fun and darn sexy!

Who Should Watch It : Anybody wanting a nice variety of sex with a fun and light plot

Who Should Avoid It: Anybody wanting serious porn with a defined plot or nastier sex

The Technical Stuff

Audio /Video Quality: The technical aspects are good, but not quite as good as I normally expect from Wicked. The audio is decently balanced, but also slightly muffled in places. The video has a soft feel to it that turns to light pixelation way too often, and some of the lighting seems a little off at times. It’s often a little rough and has some quick zooms, a little shake, and a few soft focus blurs. On the other hand, it varies from scene to scene to help with the artistic feel, and even goes so far as to work in black and white footage in an extremely pleasing manner.

Music: The music varies from scene to scene and normally helps the scene out. It’s often a bit on the loud side, but not so much as to interfere with the scene too much.

Menus: As usual Wicked put some decent effort into the menus. They’re nicely animated, and the main menu gives a good first impression. The chapter menu is pretty standard, and lets you choose a scene based on a small clip of each scene.

The Feature

When you have a boring job it’s hard to keep your mind from wandering sometimes. Stephanie’s job is so boring that she’s daydreaming where ever she is. It doesn’t matter if she’s at home, in the car, or at work, and if she doesn’t stop it, she’s going to lose her job. To make matters worse, she’s getting new responsibilities at work, such as training in the boss’s niece, which isn’t what she was hoping for at all.

Scene 1 - Stephanie Swift and Evan Stone

Stephanie starts things out in an old fashioned detective movie when Evan walks into her office and back into her life. They kiss passionately before Stephanie drops to her knees to mouth his manhood. Evan skips eating her out to go directly to boning her as she lays back on her desk. After getting in a little missionary and doggie for her pussy, Stephanie gets up for a little reverse cowgirl anal action and finishes things up with a facial.

This is a hot scene! Stephanie and Evan have decent chemistry and put out some nice energy. The art direction is also very nice, with the black and white video really fitting the style and helping the scene out even more. My only complaint here is that Evan is barely shown, which makes the chemistry iffy at times even if Stephanie is putting on a great performance.

Scene 2 - Shanna McCullough, Jeanie Rivers, and Rachel Moore

In another of Stephanie’s fantasies, evil super spy Shanna (aka Erma Crotchmuncher) and henchmen Jeanie and Rachel get it on to torture a captured agent. After getting out of their nordic costumes, Shanna grabs a couple dildos to fuck her henchmen. The henchmen return the favor before Jeanie and Shanna team up to DP Rachel. Not to be completely outdone by a mere henchman, Shanna has Jeanie fuck her ass with a dildo until she sees Stephanie helping her captured spy escape.

This is another nicely done scene. Once again the art direction helps the scene out rather than get in the way, and there’s nice chemistry and energy. The camera work lacked a little for this scene as well, and I’m not sure if I ever got to see all three girls working on each other until it was time to fuck Shanna’s ass, and then Rachel was barely in the shot.

Scene 3 - Stephanie Swift and Anthony Crane

After a great Silence of the Lambs opening, Stephanie goes into Anthony’s cell to pay him in advance for his services. She drops to her knees to suck his cock. Stephanie move on to ride him without getting any warmup in return before Anthony gets out of his straightjacket and orange jumpsuit to fuck her in a couple more positions. Finally, Anthony gives Stephanie a decent dose of dick droppings on her tongue.

This is an excellent scene, and almost all of the credit goes to Anthony Crane. Yes, Stephanie does a fantastic job of sucking and fucking, but it’s Anthony’s Hannibal Lector impression that makes the scene worthwhile. He nails it perfectly to the point that I think I might have enjoyed listening to and watching him more than Stephanie! I can only imagine what some of the outtakes her might have been like!

Scene 4 - Kaylynn and Jonathan Morgan

Jonathan shows why it’s great to be director by choosing to bang Kaylynn himself. He lets her drop down to suck his cock after learning her secret, and watches as she gives him some great eyes and plenty of action from her magnificent tongue. Jonathan gives it to Kaylynn through several positions both on the chair and on the desk before finally stroking himself onto her face as she does her best baby bird impression.

This is another impressive scene! Kaylynn is really into it, and puts out great energy and great vocals. I love how Kaylynn never gets completely undressed and how great she looks in her schoolgirl style outfit here. This scene is very nicely done.

Scene 5 - Jessica Drake, Kaylynn, and Brad Armstrong

Kaylynn and Jessica start out the penultimate scene dominating Brad, with all of them in black latex. Kaylynn gives Brad a little oral action while he tongues Jessica’s pussy before climbing up to ride him while Jessica works her mouth between them and sucks Brad’s cock clean. Jessica also gets a turn before Kaylynn takes a little anal action from Brad. Finally, Jessica sucks and strokes Brad until he pops on Kaylynns face, and then licks it up off her as well as sucking what’s left out.

This is an extremely hot scene, and the best in the feature! There’s a glamour feeling to the scene, but there’s still the darkness of the fetish to balance it out. I also love the balance between the girls, and everybody really seems to be into everybody else. This is an excellent scene, and the only thing that’s missing is a bit of cum swapping at the end.

Scene 6 - Stephanie Swift and Ian Daniels

Stephanie and Ian get a little done at the office to finish things up. They exchange oral favors before Stephanie lets Ian have his way with her on the boss’ desk. Stephanie and Ian make it through the big 3 of missionary, doggie, and reverse cowgirl before Ian finishes things up on Stephanie’s excellent natural chest while she gives him excellent eyes. She shows that she isn’t afraid of a little spooge afterwards and sucks and strokes the last few drops out of him.

This is a very nice scene to finish things with. Once again Stephanie delivers a very solid performance, and puts some nice energy and vocals into it. Ian also delivers his typical performance. Although he seems incredibly reliable and plays a good nice guy (and from what I hear is one in real life), he’s normally fairly underwhelming for me sexually. It’s a decent and enjoyable scene, but not the best in the feature.

Her Secret Life is a great piece of fluff porn. There’s nothing here that takes much thought or blows your mind with visuals or art direction, but it is a lot of fun. In fact, nothing about the movie is exceptional in any way. What it is, however, is very enjoyable. Most of the sequences have a few good laughs in them, and the sex is all well above average. There wasn’t a single scene here where I felt like getting out the remote and almost every scene put a smile on my face. Her Secret Life is a very enjoyable piece of smut.

The Extra Stuff

Wicked put some decent effort into this DVD. There’s a couple bonus scenes, plenty of photo galleries, and a few of the things you normally expect on their DVDs. Trailers are included for XXX Training, Heat, Hercules, Falling From Grace, and Bordello Blues. There’s also promotional materials, DVD-ROM stuff, and a commercial for the Free Speech Coalition.

The photo gallery lasts about three and a half minutes with about six seconds per good looking snapshot or full screen photo. Star galleries are included for Stephanie Swift, Kaylynn, Jessica Drake, Shanna McCullough, Rachel Moore, and Jeanie Rivers which last between a minute and a half and two minutes. There are also star stats, which include a little personal information, a few photos, and a link to the star’s scene for Stephanie Swift, Kaylynn, Jessica Drake, Brad Armstrong, and Jonathan Morgan.

Bonus Scene 1 - Jenna Jameson and Vince Voyeur

Vince Voyeur shows Jenna Jameson his cockpit after giving her a tour of the bridge in a scene from Dangerous Tides. Jenna starts out by giving Vince’s knob a little oral attention before having her pussy eaten as she squeals away. Of course, a little pussy fucking is next, with Jenna still squealing away. She gets into it really good here too as she rides Vince reverse cowgirl and pulls herself off of him with the bar on the ceiling. She finishes it by taking a nice man-milk mustache with plenty more on her tits.

It’s a very hot scene and one that will be sure to please all of Jenna’s fans and maybe even create a few more. She looks great, despite her obvious implants, and she looks like she’s really enjoying herself. Scenes like this remind me why Jenna has such a following.

Bonus Scene 2 - Stephanie Swift and Evan Stone

In a scene from Chances, Stephanie Swift gets it on with boyfriend Evan Stone after getting out of the shower. She gets his attention by whacking with a pillow while he plays his guitar. They make their way into the bedroom where they have a little playful fighting before moving past being just playful. After giving each other a little solo oral attention, they work it together in a 69. They finally get around to the main event, and Evan fucks her in a couple positions before giving her stomach some of his special ball lotion. It’s a very good scene that has good chemistry, heat, and a realistic feel to start it off that you rarely see in adult films.

The Down -n- Dirty Sex Stuff

Themes: Straight, anal, group, lesbian, toys, and group

Raincoat Factor: High

Condom Usage: 100%, but treated well enough that there were times I wasn’t sure.

The Bottom Line:

Currently, many of Wicked’s DVDs can be found online for between $15 and $30 with many stores offering them for around $21. Although there’s nothing about it that really stands out in any way, I really enjoyed this one and wouldn’t hesitate to pick it up at the low end. The movie’s fun, the technical aspects are decent, and there’s even some decent extras. This one’s a nice package.

Note to Wicked Pictures: A few more chapter breaks would be really nice!

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