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Nick Guthe's darkly comic Mini's First Time stars Nikki Reed as the title character, a manipulative, highly sexualized teenager with parents who fail to offer much structure or guidance. Her stepfathe... read more read more...r (Alec Baldwin) is rich and dim, and her mother (Carrie-Anne Moss) leads a hard-partying lifestyle. As the relationship between Mini and her stepfather grows more twisted, criminal activity occurs. Luke Wilson appears as a detective investigating the situation, and Jeff Goldblum plays their wealthy neighbor. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Nick Guthe

Release Date: July 14, 2006

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DVD Release Date: October 24, 2006

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  • romy861
    August 13, 2011
    romy861
    Very dark little story - I didn't expect too much from it, so I was pleasantly surprised. The plot is a little silly - a young teenage girl (Nikki Reed) gets her kicks by daring herself to do things (hence the "first" in the title). In this case it is prostitution, followed by ... read moresleeping with her stepfather (Alec Baldwin).
    I personally am not the biggest fan of Nikki Reed on screen - I am sure she is a lovely person, but she's hard faced and she looks older than the characters she is playing (generally).
    In this case, though, it kind of works because Mini is totally unredeemable. She is not a nice girl, and she does not have any revelation by the end that makes her change her ways. Yeah, you get that her mum had issues and she didn't have the most loving upbringing,but this girl is borderline psycho!
    Enjoyable film if you don't pick at the flaws too much!
  • Godless
    November 5, 2006
    Godless
    An ok movie thats pretty predictable.
  • gator681
    September 14, 2007
    gator681
    [font=Century Gothic]"Mini's First Time" starts with Mini(Nikki Reed) giving her speech as the first high school valedictorian with a C average. How she got there begins with her jumping out of her own birthday cake naked at her birthday party thrown by her dipsomaniac mother, D... read moreiane(Carrie-Anne Moss). To top that, Mini goes to work for an escort service where unbeknowst to him, she has sex with her stepfather, Martin(Alec Baldwin), a public relations executive. They have an affair and plot to drive Diane insane...[/font]
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    [font=Century Gothic]"Mini's First Time" is a gleefully nasty black comedy without much of a conscience. And I mean that as a compliment. The movie is not terribly original but it succeeds more than any of its ilk, simply through pure attitude which is the only way to go here. A good cast helps including Luke Wilson and Jeff Goldblum. And Alec Baldwin has never been more relaxed.[/font]
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    [font=Century Gothic]I would not suggest looking for a moral here but if you were, it is that maybe with adults like these, it is no wonder the kids are so screwed up. And birth control is definitely a good idea.[/font]
  • weelee18
    January 29, 2011
    weelee18
    The performances are incredible. The twists and turns are a a blast. Definitely not a film for those who don't like dark comedy, but those with more sick, twisted senses of humor should love it.
  • Parannoyed
    January 12, 2010
    Parannoyed
    Don't get me wrong, I like the whole "tortured girl without a conscience" concept. But this is a whole bunch of crap. For all the correct reasons.
  • irisheyes686
    November 8, 2008
    irisheyes686
    This movie is extremely twisted. Normally I like this type of movie, but this one was just bad. Lots of good actors, but it fell short somewhere.
  • fb1532277942
    February 1, 2012
    fb1532277942
    The acting was good and I was laughing through out. Not sure if it was meant to be a comedy or anything but I had a good time watching it.
  • feralnectar
    January 28, 2012
    feralnectar
    I was pleasantly surprised, it's a fun, brainless, very predictable comedy. Jeff Goldblum is awesome.
  • edmeyer83
    October 1, 2009
    edmeyer83
    Fantastic movie mostly due to Nikki Reed. I am not downplaying the job Alec Baldwin does in this movie, but I am simply praising Nikki Reed and her hotness to carrying this movie! She looks amazing throughout the entire movie and unlike other movies like this, this one actually... read more has a good plot with some twists and turns. Lots of craziness ensues in this one. Overall - I think I might buy this for my collection! Definitely worth watching again (and again)!
  • jamilyn0276
    March 12, 2009
    jamilyn0276
    Mini is young, rich and bored. She is constantly coming up with outrageous stunts to pass the time and give her a thrill. How much trouble can one 18 year old girl really cause?
    I tend to seek out those B Rate movies that usually don't get a second look. Sometimes It proves to b... read moree a huge waste of time, and I end up so bored I want to cry. But once in a rare occasion, I find a winner. This was certainly the case with Mini's First Time. I enjoyed this film immensely. It was a delightfully twisted story.
    This film has a very noteworthy cast. Alec Baldwin, who is always top notch and very amusing. Carrie Ann-Moss, one of my new favorites since seeing her in Fido. Even Luke Wilson and Jeff Goldblum come along for the ride. Nikki Reed, who most recently played Rosalie in Twlight, illustrated Mini to a T. She was very deviant and delusive. The kind of girl that makes you love to hate her.
    Mini's First Time is a sublime little tale of sex, murder, and blackmail. It is indubitably a movie that needs to be checked out. I noticed few Flixsterites have watched it and most have dubbed it "Not Interested". Please reconsider, you won't be disappointed.

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Critic Reviews

Colin Covert
September 7, 2006
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

A lethal joyride through the debauched lifestyles of L.A.'s glamour-industry elite.

Manohla Dargis
July 14, 2006
Manohla Dargis, New York Times

Mini's First Time is delectably vulgar for 20 minutes or so, almost too bad to be true, but it soon loses its cheap-thrills appeal.

Stephen Whitty
July 14, 2006
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

Mini's First Time is not about taking an honest look at adolescence. It's not even really about teens, or high-school life, or upper-class marriages. What it's about is an unpleasantly pervy adult mal... Full Review

Kyle Smith
July 14, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post

Surrounded by all these pros, Reed more than holds her own: She has so much integrity about being amoral that she keeps the audience dangling between disgust and admiration.

Jack Mathews
July 14, 2006
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

Mini has a cleverly devious wrap-around ending, but you have been warned: It's twisted. Full Review

Robert Abele
July 14, 2006
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

The swirl of bad girl shenanigans, Hollywood satire and noir-ish melodrama in Mini's First Time that was intended to make for an icy cocktail of prurience and moral insight tastes more like freezer bu... Full Review

Peter Rainer
July 14, 2006
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

Guthe is so anxious to show us what a larcenous tramp Mini is that he never shows us any other sides to her. We have her pegged from the get-go, even if no one in the movie does. Full Review

Joe Morgenstern
July 13, 2006
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

Mini's First Time is Bret Easton Ellis territory with palm trees, explored by smarmy blunderers. Full Review

John Anderson
July 13, 2006
John Anderson, Newsday

A comedy that's a mix of Mean Girls, Mamet and Mephistopheles. Full Review

Luke Y. Thompson
July 11, 2006
Luke Y. Thompson, Village Voice

Mini is impossible to like, especially since she delivers some of the worst narration ever spoken, and her final lines are like a big middle finger to viewers foolish enough to enjoy the film. Full Review

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