''Kinky'' is a 2018 American

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romantic thriller directed, written and produced by

Jean-Claude La Marre Jean-Claude La Marre is a Haitian-American actor, writer, and director. His acting credits include the films ''Malcolm X (1992 film), Malcolm X'' and ''Dead Presidents''. On television, he has guest-starred on ''New York Undercover'', ''Law & O ...

. The film stars

Robert Ri'chard Robert Andrew Ri'chard (born January 7, 1983) is an American actor, known for his roles as Bobby Walker on the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Cousin Skeeter'' (1998–2002), and as Arnaz Ballard on the UPN sitcom ''One on One (American TV series), One on On ...

, Dawn Richard, Gary Dourdan, and

Vivica A. Fox Vivica Anjanetta Fox (born July 30, 1964) is an American actress and producer. She began her career on ''Soul Train'' (19821983) and played roles on the daytime television soap operas ''Days of Our Lives'' (1988) and ''Generations (American TV s ...

. The film was released in the United States on October 12, 2018, by Patriot Pictures.

Cast

* Dawn Richard as Dr. Joyce Carmichael *

as Tyrone Bernard *

as Marshalla * Gary Dourdan as Greenland * Marklen Kennedy as Mysterious Man * Darrin Dewitt Henson as Bradley *

Willie Taylor William Madison Taylor III (born March 29, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a contestant from MTV's ''Making the Band 4'', where he was chosen by Sean Combs, Sean "Diddy" Combs to be a member and ...

as Ramone *

Obba Babatundé Obba Babatundé (born Donald Cohen; December 1, 1951) is an American actor. A native of Queens, New York City, he has appeared in more than seventeen stage productions, thirty theatrical films, sixty made-for-television films, and two prime-time ...

as Mr. Bernard *

Freda Payne Freda Charcilia Payne (born September 19, 1942Some sources give a birth year of 1945, but this appears to be an error as all sources agree that she is older than her sister Scherrie, born 1944.) is an American singer and actress. Payne is best ...

as Mrs. Bernard * Eurika Pratts as Vanessa * Michael Bolwaire as a trainer *

as Dr. Richardson

Reception

Austin critic

Korey Coleman Korey Coleman (born September 9, 1971) is an American film critic, animator, podcaster, filmmaker, voice actor, and comedian. He is best known for his now defunct film review site, Spill.com, and its current spiritual successor, Double Toasted. ...

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. 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?”"

References

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