Clifford Kiyabu has reviewed Cookies & Cream on his high concept website TCWReviews.com. After further studying his site, we began to get a little uneasy after all of the high-concept, big budget Hollywood love and attention some of the films were getting. But upon further review, it seems that for even the people over at TCW, story trumps all, and thats what they try to judge a film on first and foremost.
Although apparently heathy and consistent coverage of Hollywood budgeted films sometimes may eventually influence a critic to grow accustomed to large and dramatic performances (he's not a huge fan of naturalism), this is a fleshed out review, from the man behind the curtain. Thanks to Clifford and company for another very cool review!
Here it is below:
"Many people go through life without knowing what their purpose is; some won’t ever know what that purpose is. Still though, time waits for no man and life continue to move forward whether you’re with it or not, or as they say in show business “the show must go on”.
Cookies & Cream is the first feature film by Writer/Director Princeton Holt and produced by his own production company One Way or Another Productions, and is an Official selection of the Sexy International Film Festival. The film is a character driven piece that is about a young woman who accepts a job in the adult entrainment field doing pornography for money so that she can support her 8 year old daughter.
The film takes its viewers deep into the life of Carmen (Jace Nicole) a girl who is driven to work for her money regardless, the film shows that she isn’t happy with how her life has turned out at the moment but continues to do it because the most important thing is her child and it doesn’t matter how unhappy she is so long as her child is taken care of.
But aside from supporting her daughter, the film expresses her deep loneliness that comes with the territory of doing adult films. Because of what she does and who may have seen it, she keeps a shield of armor up over her emotions and doesn’t allow things to progress far enough for it to become something truly and deeply real.
At first glance the film may look and feel like an X-rated skin flick to the viewing eye. However after given a few minutes the film opens up as a touching film with a lot of depth and an incredible sense of weight within its story. Though some might argue that the lack of the daughter's presence in the film is an incredible gap in the plot, I disagree; because this is a character piece which focuses on the individual and not everything else. The film had such meaning behind it that I felt as though I was right there alongside the characters."
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