Kinky (film)

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Directed by Jean-Claude La Marre [1]
Written byJean-Claude La Marre [2]
Produced by
  • Jean-Claude La Marre
  • Jessie L. Levostre
  • Eurika Pratts
  • Michael Mendelsohn
  • Dawn Richard
Starring
CinematographyVladimir Van Maule
Edited byJuan Soto
Music byShantez "Chi City" Jackson
Production
companies
  • Nu-Lite Entertainment
  • Patriot Pictures
Distributed byPatriot Pictures
Release date
  • October 12, 2018 (2018-10-12)(United States)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.5 million [3]

Kinky is a 2018 American erotic romantic thriller directed, written and produced by Jean-Claude La Marre. The film stars Robert Ri'chard, [4] Dawn Richard, Gary Dourdan, and Vivica A. Fox. [5] The film was released in the United States on October 12, 2018, [1] by Patriot Pictures. [2]

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Plot

Dr. Joyce Carmicheal is a shy woman who has strong repressed sexual urges, who also happens to be one of the most renowned African American surgeons in the entire world. She doesn't have much of a social life, with no husband or boyfriend. At work, she is constantly harassed by her coworker who wants to date her, but she tells him she is seeing someone even though she isn't. She meets billionaire investor Tyrone "Greenland" Bernard and becomes attracted to his money. She begins a relationship with him, who introduces her to the kinkier side of sex, such as kissing and holding hands. Joyce becomes more experimental and bold as their erotic relationship develops, including having sex in the bathtub as well as kissing in public. Joyce moves in with Tyrone.

Joyce's friends often meet her after work for salad and to complain about their husbands. Joyce eventually find out that her coworker who has been asking her out is a secret FBI agent, who wants Joyce to wear a recording device to get Tyrone "Greenland" Bernard to confess to his sick crimes. Tyrone has been stealing money from his business and has evaded millions of dollars in tax. As Joyce is in a sexual relationship with Tyrone, she agrees to wearing a wire, which she puts in her hair. That night while she and Tyrone are having sex, right before climaxing he admits that he has been stealing money from his business, which then the FBI breaks into the room and arrest him.

The following day, Joyce meets him in death row and she asks him to marry her, which he does. As she leaves, outside she meets her coworker who was the secret FBI agent and it turns out that they were actually husband and wife the entire time, and that Joyce was also an FBI agent secretly tracking Tyrone. After years of eluding them, Joyce came up with the plan to become doctors in order to arrest him. They go to a wedding but before arriving to the marriage, Joyce runs to her therapist and tells her that she is pregnant, but the baby belongs to Tyrone. The therapist congratulates her and she says she will tell her husband that the baby belongs to him.

Cast

Reception

Austin critic Korey Coleman of Double Toasted lambasted the film, criticizing the storytelling, characters, and ending. He went on to call it one of the worst movies that he has ever seen. [6] Movie Nation gave Kinky 2 stars out of five, comparing it to 50 Shades of Grey, but for Black people. They said the movie has "Bad acting by pretty people, awesome sex scenes but not a lot of S&M wear, What is this, “Fifty Shades of Ebony?”" [7]

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