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'{{more citations needed|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox film | name = Kinky | image = Kinky (film).png | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Jean-Claude La Marre]]<ref name="Director info">{{cite web |last1=Heard |first1=Amyr |title=Chicago fashion designer showcases new line in 'Kinky' |url=https://reelchicago.com/article/anre-brownlee-kinky/ |website=Reelchicago.com |date=11 October 2018 |publisher=Reel Chicago |accessdate=October 11, 2018}}</ref> | producer = {{Plainlist| * Jean-Claude La Marre * Jessie L. Levostre * Eurika Pratts * Michael Mendelsohn * Dawn Richard }} | writer = Jean-Claude La Marre<ref name="Deadline - Patrior Release" /> | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Robert Ri'chard]] * [[Dawn Richard]] * [[Darrin Dewitt Henson]] * Jean-Claude La Marre * Eurika Pratts * [[Gary Dourdan]] * [[Obba Babatundé]] * [[Vivica A. Fox]] }} | music = Shantez "Chi City" Jackson | cinematography = Vladimir Van Maule | editing = Juan Soto | production_companies = {{Plainlist| * Nu-Lite Entertainment * Patriot Pictures }} | distributor = Patriot Pictures | released = {{Film date|2018|10|12|United States}} | runtime = 70 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $3.5 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thatgrapejuice.net/entertainment/2016/08/vivica-fox-star-kinky/ |title=Vivica Fox To Star In... 'Kinky'|work=That Grape Juice|accessdate=October 12, 2018}}</ref> | gross = }} '''''Kinky''''' is a 2018 American [[Erotic film|erotic]] [[romantic film|romantic]] [[Thriller film|thriller]] directed, written and produced by [[Jean-Claude La Marre]]. The film stars [[Robert Ri'chard]],<ref name="Atlanta - Richard">{{cite news |last1=Sharpe |first1=Martel |title=Former child star Robert Ri'chard stars in 'Kinky' |url=https://www.theatlantavoice.com/articles/former-child-star-robert-richard-stars-in-kinky/ |accessdate=October 28, 2018 |publisher=The Atlanta Voice |date=October 28, 2018}}</ref> [[Dawn Richard]], [[Gary Dourdan]], and [[Vivica A. Fox]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackfilm.com/read/2016/09/dawn-richard-books-lead-role-jean-claude-lamarre-erotic-romance-drama-kinky/|title=Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard Books Lead Role In Jean Claude LaMarre's Erotic-Romance Drama "Kinky" - blackfilm.com/read|date=2016-09-01|access-date=2016-09-26}}</ref> The film was released in the United States on October 12, 2018,<ref name="Director info">{{cite web |last1=Heard |first1=Amyr |title=Chicago fashion designer showcases new line in 'Kinky' |url=https://reelchicago.com/article/anre-brownlee-kinky/ |website=Reelchicago.com |date=11 October 2018 |publisher=Reel Chicago |accessdate=October 11, 2018}}</ref> by Patriot Pictures.<ref name="Deadline - Patrior Release">{{cite web |last1=N'Duka |first1=Amanda |title=Vivica A. Fox Drama 'Kinky' Sets Date With Patriot Releasing |url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/vivica-a-fox-kinky-patriot-releasing-release-date-1202421972/ |website=Deadline.com |date=5 July 2018 |publisher=Deadline |accessdate=July 5, 2018}}</ref> ==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 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 have sex in the bathtub as well as kissing in public. 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. Tyron has been stealing money from his business and has evaded millions of dollars in tax evasion. As Joyce is in a sexual relationship with Tyrone, she agrees to wearing a wire, which is puts in her hair. That night while she and Tyone 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 prison and she asks her to marry him, which she does. As she leaves she meets her coworker who was the secret FBI agent and it turns out that they were actually dating the entire time, and that Joyce was also an FBI agent secretly tracking Tyrone. They get married but before arriving to her marriage, Joyce runs to her therapist and tells her that she is pregnant, but the baby belongs to Tyrone. The therapist congratulates her but she tells the therapist she won't tell anybody. ==Cast== * [[Dawn Richard]] as Dr. Joyce Carmichael * [[Robert Ri'chard]] as Tyrone Bernard * [[Vivica A. Fox]] as Marshalla * [[Gary Dourdan]] as Greenland * [[Marklen Kennedy]] as Mysterious Man * [[Darrin Dewitt Henson]] as Bradley * [[Willie Taylor]] as Ramone * [[Obba Babatundé]] as Mr. Bernard * [[Freda Payne]] as Mrs. Bernard * Eurika Pratts as Vanessa * Michael Bolwaire as a trainer * [[Jean-Claude La Marre]] as Dr. Richardson ==Reception== Austin critic [[Korey Coleman]] of [[Double Toasted]] slated the film, criticizing the storytelling, characters and ending.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/kcoolman/kinky-double-toasted-audio-review|title = KINKY - Double Toasted Audio Review}}</ref> 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?”"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rogersmovienation.com/2018/10/14/movie-review-clunky-kinky-lost-its-sexual-nerve-before-the-cameras-rolled/|title = Movie Review: Clunky "Kinky" lost its sexual nerve before the cameras rolled|date = 14 October 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.kinkythemovie.com/}} * {{IMDb title|6065246}} {{Jean-Claude La Marre}} [[Category:2018 films]] [[Category:2018 independent films]] [[Category:2018 romantic drama films]] [[Category:2010s erotic drama films]] [[Category:2010s romantic thriller films]] [[Category:African-American drama films]] [[Category:African-American romance films]] [[Category:American erotic drama films]] [[Category:American erotic romance films]] [[Category:American independent films]] [[Category:American romantic drama films]] [[Category:American romantic thriller films]] [[Category:BDSM in films]] [[Category:2010s English-language films]] [[Category:Films directed by Jean-Claude La Marre]] [[Category:Films set in Atlanta]] [[Category:2010s American films]]'