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AMUSE BOUCHE
DORCEL/PULSE DISTRIBUTION
DorcelVision.com
DIRECTOR: Ricky Greenwood
CAST: Lumi Ray, Alexis Tae, Rara Knupps, Katrina Colt, Nathan Bronson, Derrick Pierce, Hollywood Cash; Tommy Pistol, Others (Non-Sex Roles)
TIME: 190 Min.
CATEGORY: ROMANCE, DRAMA
When Paris-trained chef Lumi Ray returns to her recently-widowed father's restaurant, with the kitchen run by T-shirt-casual short-order cook Nathan Bronson, sparks fly, especially when TV chef Derrick Pierce wants to showcase the restaurant on his reality- TV show.
Pierce is ultra-critical about the restaurant and also heavily interested in getting horizontal with Ray. A will-they- or-won't-they confrontation between Ray and Bronson in the restaurant ends badly, leading Ray to Pierce's hotel room.
The meandering story fills the three- hour running time well, with grace-note sex scenes as well as hookups with the main players. Tommy Pistol shines in a non-sex role as Ray's dad trying to get his chefs to work together, and Ray is excellent center stage as the conflicted center of attention.
Director Ricky Greenwood and cinematographer Matt Holder present stellar performances and eye-catching images, cleverly filling the frame with familiar faces from both sides of the adult camera.
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74 AVN.COM | 8.24 | EDITOR’S CHOICE
AAAA 1/2
