Mini's First Time (2006)

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Good start, but then it gets ruined

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

Mini (Nikki Reed) is bored with her life. Her mother Diane (Carrie-Anne Moss) is a boozing gold-digger. Her latest catch is her stepfather Martin (Alec Baldwin). Mini is always looking for challenging "Firsts" and joins an escort service. Her client turns out to be her stepfather Martin. They begin a secret affair behind her mother's back and then scheme to get rid of her.This tries to be a black comedy. It tries and tries but can't quite get there. The writing has nothing new and lacks funny jokes. The biggest problem may be Nikki Reed. She looks sexy in skimpy outfits but doesn't excel in comedic roles. She's better as the femme fatale. The movie is not quite dark enough to push the envelop of black comedies. This is all very familiar and simply less than good.

What do you get when you mix together portions of " Gaslight ", " Double Indemnity ", " Lolita ", " Body Heat ", & " Wild Things "? You get " M.F.T ", a film in which the main characters are all devoid of moral compasses, or any other redeeming qualities.It also appears that Nikki Reed is well on her way to building her entire career on playing the same ' Sly-Slinky-Sexpot-Macchiavelian-Puppetmaster ' Character over and over again. But because she really does play it so well, and, yes, because she is so $@#%-ing Hot, she can pull it off! ;-)M

what a powerhouse of a movie. this one has a lot of racy stuff. a well of rich-guy Alec Baldwin is married to Carrie Ann Moss who constantly finds herself with a bottle and a bunch of pills, partying all the time, he is a lawyer in his firm, Nikki Reed plays Mini, a sexy young teen girl in High School who thinks she's got to have it all. Jeff Goldblum is their busybody neighbor, and Luke Wilson plays the detective hot on the trail of murder. the sequence of events goes by pretty quick so this is a movie where you really got to pay attention to every detail. the daughter feels neglected i guess and decides to turn tricks at the local escort agency,, at first she gets a client who is so remorseful he cries in her lap,, so she requests customers who actually have no regrets and want to do her,, so next client comes in ,, guess what,, it's her stepfather,, no he has no idea it's her at all,, she sees him,, makes him turn out the lights, and does a southern drawl to throw him off,, only after they get to the parking garage do the finally see each other,, she tells him,, oh you were so great.. yeah this is twisted. must see TV........

About 25 minutes into this film, it struck me. This is a sicko fantasy flick for teenage girls. Drink alcohol. Become a ho. Screw your step father. Kill your mother. Do it all to a musical accompaniment. (Turn up the bass.) Do it with a sneer that's supposed to be sexy. I had to watch the whole wretched thing to confirm that it was going to end with the obvious "plot twist." It did.There's nothing to redeem this film. The characters are stereotypes. The acting is atrocious. The girl is not pretty. And sorry fellows, she doesn't get naked.If you want to see a great film about an illicit affair turned murderous, see Body Heat. The author of this movie did.